On This Day — November 19

🕰️ Notable Events on November 19

• 2016 — Pope Francis created 17 new members of the College of Cardinals at a consistory in Vatican City. Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others. Wikipedia ↗
• 2010 — The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand; 29 people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914. Wikipedia ↗
• 2004 — The Malice at the Palace: The worst brawl in NBA history, Ron Artest suspended 86 games (rest of season), Stephen Jackson suspended 30 games Wikipedia ↗
• 2002 — The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history. Wikipedia ↗
• 1999 — Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5 million. Wikipedia ↗
• 1996 — Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire. Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers. Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time. Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty. Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud. Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — San Juanico disaster: A series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran. Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131. Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon. Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal. Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong. Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel. Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — National Review publishes its first issue. Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III. Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece. Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe. Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden. Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen. Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures. Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1911 — The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain. Wikipedia ↗
• 1885 — Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1881 — A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine. Wikipedia ↗
• 1863 — American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia ↗
• 1847 — The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railway, is opened. Wikipedia ↗
• 1816 — Warsaw University is established. Wikipedia ↗
• 1802 — The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (Present day Belize) Wikipedia ↗
• 1794 — The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1493 — Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico). Wikipedia ↗
• 636 — The Rashidun Caliphate defeated the Sasanian Empire at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in Iraq. Wikipedia ↗
• 461 — Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on November 19

• 1999 — Evgenia Medvedeva, Russian figure skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — Vanessa Axente, Hungarian model Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Ibrahima Mbaye, Senegalese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Kerim Frei, Austrian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Suso, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Marina Marković, Serbian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Fabien Antunes, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Genki Yamamoto, Japanese professional racing cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Marquise Goodwin, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — John Moore, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Benedikt Schmid, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — John McCarthy, Australian footballer (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Roman Sergeevich Trofimov, Russian ski jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Tyga, American rapper Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Timo Eichfuss, Estonian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Patrick Kane, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Sílvia Soler Espinosa, Spanish tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Sam Betty, English rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Jeannie Ortega, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Michael Saunders, Canadian baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Jessicah Schipper, Australian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Veronica Scott, American fashion designer, co-founded Fuchsia Clothing Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Milan Smiljanić, Serbian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Chris Eagles, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Alex Mack, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Dawid Kucharski, Polish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Brittany Maynard, American activist (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Janus del Prado, Filipino actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Chandra Crawford, Canadian skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Adam Driver, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Daria Werbowy, Polish-Canadian model Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Marcus Banks, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — André Lotterer, German race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, Argentine rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — DJ Tukutz, South Korean DJ, producer, and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Mark Wallace, Welsh-English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Courtney Anderson, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Andrew Copson, English businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Otis Grigsby, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Vladimir Radmanović, Serbian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Keith Buckley, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Mahé Drysdale, New Zealand rower Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — John-Ford Griffin, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Ryan Howard, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Larry Johnson, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Leam Richardson, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Dries Buytaert, Belgian computer programmer, founded Acquia Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Matt Dusk, Canadian singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech discus thrower and shot putter Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Kerri Strug, American gymnast and runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Jack Dorsey, American businessman, co-founded Twitter Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Robin Dunne, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Jun Shibata, Japanese singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Petr Sýkora, Czech ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Stylianos Venetidis, Greek footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Toby Bailey, American basketball player and agent Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Sushmita Sen, Indian actress, model and Miss Universe 1994 Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Arun Vijay, Indian actor and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Billy Currington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Savion Glover, American dancer and choreographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Django Haskins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Sandrine Holt, English-American model and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Justin Chancellor, English bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Jeremy McGrath, American motorcycle racer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Naoko Mori, Japanese-English actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Alice Peacock, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Tony Rich, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Philippe Adams, Belgian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Erika Alexander, American actress and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Ertuğrul Sağlam, Turkish footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Richard Virenque, Moroccan-French cyclist and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Randi Kaye, American journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Shmuley Boteach, American rabbi and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Gail Devers, American sprinter and hurdler Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Rocco DiSpirito, American chef and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Kakhaber Kacharava, Georgian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Jason Scott Lee, American actor and martial artist Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Laurent Blanc, French footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Douglas Henshall, Scottish actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Jason Pierce, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spiritualized and Spacemen 3) Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Paulo S. L. M. Barreto, Brazilian cryptographer and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Paul Weitz, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Fred Diamond, American-English mathematician and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Vincent Herring, American saxophonist and flute player Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Phil Hughes, Irish footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Jung Jin-young, South Korean actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Irina Laricheva, Russian target shooter Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Eric Musselman, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Nicholas Patrick, English-American engineer and astronaut Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Peter Rohde, Australian footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Tony Ryall, New Zealand banker and politician, 38th New Zealand Minister of Health Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Ronnie Sinclair, Scottish footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Crystal Waters, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Alfredo Zaiat, Argentine economist and journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Shawn Holman, American baseball pitcher Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Terry Farrell, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Jon Potter, English-American field hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Sean Parnell, American lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Alaska Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Dodie Boy Peñalosa, Filipino boxer and trainer Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Jim L. Mora, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Meg Ryan, American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Matt Sorum, American drummer, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Robert Barron, American bishop, author, and theologian Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Jo Bonner, American U.S. Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Allison Janney, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Algirdas Butkevičius, Lithuanian sergeant and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Lithuania Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Terrence C. Carson, American actor and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Annette Gordon-Reed, American historian, author, and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Charlie Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Michael Wilbon, American sportscaster and journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Peter Carter, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Estonia (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Eileen Collins, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Ann Curry, Guamanian-American journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Glynnis O'Connor, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Sam Hamm, American screenwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egyptian field marshal and politician, 6th President of Egypt Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Réjean Lemelin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Kathleen Quinlan, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Robert Beltran, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Alexander O'Neal, American R&B singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Stephen Soldz, American psychoanalyst and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Peter Biyiasas, Greek-Canadian chess player Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Raymond Blanc, French chef and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Ahmad Rashād, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese politician, 10th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Lamar S. Smith, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Hans Monderman, Dutch engineer (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Bobby Tolan, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Agnes Baltsa, Greek soprano and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Fred Lipsius, American saxophonist and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban-American baseball player and manager (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Roland Clift, English engineer and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Larry Gilbert, American golfer (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, founded Calvin Klein Inc. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Sharon Olds, American poet and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Dan Haggerty, American actor and producer (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Tommy Thompson, American captain and politician, 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Gary Gruber, author and expert on test-prep Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Tom Harkin, American commander, lawyer, and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Jane Mansbridge, American political scientist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Richard Zare, American chemist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Frank Misson, Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Penelope Leach, English psychologist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Dick Cavett, American actor and talk show host Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Ray Collins, American singer (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and scholar (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗

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