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What happened in history on this day: November 19?
On November 19 in ...
- 461 - Saint Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 498 - Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1299 - Death of St. Mechtilde von Hackeborn (born about 1241 near Halle (Germany)).
- 1493 - On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus makes landfall in what is now Puerto Rico in the northwestern Caribbean Sea. The main island is found to be inhabited by the indigenous Taino people.
- 1600 - Birth of Charles I king of England (1625-49); executed by Parliament.
- 1644 - First Protestant ministry society in New England.
- 1752 - Birth of George Rogers Clark frontier military leader in Revolutionary War.
- 1770 - Birth of Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor (Dying Lion).
- 1794 - Jay Treaty, first US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain.
- 1805 - Birth of Ferdinand de Lesseps in France; diplomat (built Suez Canal).
- 1831 - Birth of James A. Garfield in Orange Township, Ohio, USA; President of Eclectic Institute (1857), Senator for Ohio (1859-61), colonel and major general of 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiment (1861-63), US House of Representatives for Ohio (1862-79), 20th President of the USA (1881).
- 1859 - Birth of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov in Russia; musician (Armenian Rhapsody).
- 1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his famous Gettysburg Address during the dedication of a new national cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 1874 - William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (New York City) is convicted of defrauding the city of $6 million, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment.
- 1879 - US National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter.
- 1881 - In Grosliebenthal, Russia, a man is reported injured by a meteorite.
- 1887 - Emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired and poor"), dies in New York at age 38.
- 1888 - Birth of Jose Raul in Capablanca, Cuba; world chess champion (1921-27).
- 1899 - Birth of Allen Tate; US poet (Mr Pope and Other Poems).
- 1904 - Birth of Nancy Carroll in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Alice - Aldrich Family).
- 1905 - Birth of Tommy Dorsey in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany).
- 1906 - Birth of Bill Cottrell in South Bend, Indiana, USA; cameraman at Walt Disney Company on animation films, first recognized for 50 years service, helped plan and build Disneyland, named a Disney Legend in 1994.
- 1917 - Birth of Indira Gandhi in Allahabad, India; Indian Prime Minister (1966-77, 1980-84).
- 1919 - Birth of Alan Young in England; actor (Time Machine, Wilbur Post - Mr Ed).
- 1919 - Birth of George Fenneman in Peking, China; TV announcer (You Bet Your Life).
- 1921 - Birth of Roy Campanella; Brooklyn Dodgers' catcher (National League Most Valuable Player 1951,1953,1955).
- 1926 - Birth of Jeane J Kirkpatrick; US ambassador to United Nations (Republican).
- 1932 - Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game.
- 1933 - Birth of Larry King; radio/TV talk show host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show).
- 1935 - Birth of John F Welch Junior in Salem, Massachusetts, USA; CEO (General Electric).
- 1936 - Birth of Dick Cavett in Kearney, Nebraska, USA; talk show host (Dick Cavett Show).
- 1938 - Birth of Robert "Ted" Turner in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; founder of Turner Broadcasting System and Cable News Network, sports team owner (Atlanta Braves), won America's Cup yacht race.
- 1939 - Birth of Garrick Utley in Chicago, Illinois, USA; newscaster (first Tuesday, NBC Weekend).
- 1939 - Don Lash wins 6th straight Amateur Athletic Union cross-country 10km championship.
- 1941 - Birth of Dan Haggerty in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Grizzly Adams).
- 1942 - Birth of Calvin Klein; fashion designer (Calvin Klein Jeans).
- 1942 - Soviet counteroffensives with one million soldiers north and south of Stalingrad break through the German and Romanian armies.
- 1947 - Birth of Bob Boone in San Diego, California, USA; catcher (Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels).
- 1949 - Birth of Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore); NFL receiver (Minnesota Vikings)/sportscaster.
- 1949 - Birth of Mickey Lee Davis Junior in Tennessee, USA; murderer (FBI Most Wanted List).
- 1949 - Prince Rainier III coronation in Monaco.
- 1951 - Roy Campanella named National League Most Valuable Player on his 30th birthday.
- 1954 - Birth of Kathleen Quinlan in Mill Valley, California, USA; actress (Rose Garden, Twilight Zone).
- 1956 - Birth of Glynis O'Connor in New York City, USA; actress (California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe).
- 1956 - Birth of Scott Jacoby in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High).
- 1957 - Birth of Kathy Sanborn; Women's Professional Basketball League guard (New York Stars).
- 1957 - Birth of Otis J Anderson; NFL running back (New York Giants, 1990 Superbowl Most Valuable Player).
- 1957 - Birth of Sharon Farrah; Women's Professional Basketball League guard (New York Stars).
- 1959 - ABC debuts cartoon TV show Rocky and His Friends.
- 1959 - Ford cancels the Edsel automobile.
- 1960 - Birth of "Lovely" Elizabeth in Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA; WWF's first lady of wrestling.
- 1961 - Birth of Meg Ryan in Bethel, Connecticut, USA; actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns).
- 1961 - Houston Oilers' George Blanda passes for seven touchdowns versus New York Titans (49-13).
- 1962 - Birth of Jodie Foster in Bronx, New York City, USA; actress (Taxi Driver, Accused).
- 1963 - Birth of Terry Farrell in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; actress (Laurie - Paper Dolls).
- 1963 - Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1968 - Army coup seizes power in Mali.
- 1969 - Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become third and fourth humans on the Moon.
- 1970 - Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a California state historical landmark.
- 1971 - Bill Stern, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at age 64.
- 1972 - Parliamentary elections are held in Federal Republic of Germany. The CDU/CSU gets 44.9 percent of the vote, the SPD 45.8 percent and the FDP 8.4 percent. The coalition between the SPD and the FDP continues, and Willy Brandt continues as chancellor.
- 1979 - Former California Angels' player Nolan Ryan becomes the first free agent to sign a million dollars per year contract with a new team.
- 1979 - Chuck Berry is released from prison on income tax evasion.
- 1980 - Birth of Adele Silva; British actress.
- 1980 - CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jeans ad featuring Brooke Shields.
- 1981 - President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines bans video games in the country, because of parent and teacher complaints regarding youth morality.
- 1983 - An attempted hijacking of the Aeroflot Flight 6833 in Soviet Georgia results in several dead and wounded.
- 1983 - Birth of DeAngelo Hall; National Football League cornerback.
- 1983 - Peter Coffield of Illinois, actor (Kevin - W.E.B.), dies at age 37.
- 1984 - A series of explosions at the PEMEX Petroleum Storage Facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec, in Mexico City, ignites a major fire and kills about 500 people.
- 1985 - In Geneva, Switzerland, US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
- 1985 - Stepin Fetchit, first black star, dies of pneumonia at age 83.
- 1988 - Christine Onassis, American shipping heiress, dies of heart failure at age 37 (born 1950).
- 1989 - US beats Trinidad 1-0 qualifying for the 1990 world soccer cup finals. It is US' first qualification since 1950.
- 1990 - Birth of James Chichester, Earl of Belfast, Irish Peer.
- 1990 - Greyhound files reorganization plan so they can be traded publicly.
- 1990 - Iraq announces it will free all German hostages.
- 1990 - Disney's Beach Club Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World in Florida.
- 1991 - Near the West Coast of Colombia, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs.
- 1994 - First National Lottery draw in England. Ticket sales estimated at 45 million pounds.
- 1996 - Albert Belle signs a record five-year, $55 million deal with the Chicago White Sox.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle Columbia flies the longest mission (STS-80) of the Space Shuttle program.
- 1997 - In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey, a resident of the nearby town of Carlisle, gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies are born alive.
- 1997 - Bell Laboratories in New Jersey announces that it has developed a 60-nanometre MOS transistor that is five times faster and one quarter the size of current transistors. It also uses 60 to 160 times less power.
- 1998 - FOX-TV airs the 100th episode of Party of Five.
- 1998 - The United State House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- 1999 - John Carpenter becomes the first top prize winner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and breaks the record of the largest single win (US$1 million) on a United States game show.
- 1999 - In Istanbul, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ends a two-day summit by calling for a political settlement in Chechnya and adopting a Charter for European Security.
- 1999 - MGM releases the film The World Is Not Enough to theaters.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the film Toy Story 2 to theaters.
- 1999 - NBC airs the 100th episode of TV show ER.
- 2003 - At the end of a long public inquiry, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Prescott, gives planning approval to London Bridge Tower, set to become the tallest building in Europe.
- 2004 - The NBA's Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons engage in a brawl that involves fans and players. The incident gets Pacer Ron Artest suspended for the whole season.
- 2004 - Buena Vista Pictures Distribution releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film National Treasure in theaters in the USA.
- 2004 - Death of John Robert Vane, British pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1927).
- 2005 - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa takes office as President of Sri Lanka after the presidential election.
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the Wii video game system in North and South America. It includes a wireless Wii remote controller, a Nunchuk controller attachment, and video game Wii Sports. Price is US$249.99 in the USA. Total sales in first 8 days: 600,000.
- 2008 - Claudia Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful trachea transplant using a tissue-engineered organ.
- 2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls below 8000.
- 2009 - Hamid Karzai is sworn in for a second term as president of Afghanistan.
- 2009 - European Union leaders choose Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy as first permanent European Council President, and select Baroness Catherine Ashton from the UK as High Representative.
- 2010 - A mining explosion in New Zealand traps 29 miners underground.
- 2010 - Sri Lanka president Mehinda Rajapaksa is inaugurated for a second term.
- 2010 - Warner Bros. releases the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 to theaters.
- 2017 - Death of Charles Manson, American criminal and cult leader (born 1934).
- 2017 - Death of Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (born 1968).
- 2017 - Death of Pancho Segura, Ecuadorian-American tennis player (born 1921).
- 2019 - General election in Spain: Socialists 120, People's Party 89, Vox 52, Podemos 35, Ciudadanos 10, others 10.
- 2019 - Google enters the video game market with the launch of Stadia.
- 2023 - Death of Rosalynn Carter at age 96 at home in Plains, Georgia, USA; First Lady to US President Jimmy Carter.
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