What are the important events that happened on November 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 19 is the 323^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 42 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 6, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,391,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosatrigon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 90 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,716 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 19 Historical Events

• 1863 –
  American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the military cemetery ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
• 1911 –
  The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
• 1916 –
  Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1950 –
  US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
• 1959 –
  The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1999 –
  Shenzhou 1: The People’s Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

Who were born on November 19?

• 1833 –
  Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (d. 1911)
• 1859 –
  Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (d. 1935)
• 1895 –
  Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (d. 1964)
• 1924 –
  William Russell, British actor
• 1938 –
  Ted Turner, American businessman
• 1958 –
  Terrence “T.C.” Carson, American actor
• 1965 –
  Laurent Blanc, French footballer
• 1972 –
  Sandrine Holt, Canadian actress
• 1977 –
  Kerri Strug, American gymnast
• 1980 –
  Courtney Anderson, American football player

Who died on November 19?

• 1785 –
  Bernard de Bury, French composer (b. 1720)
• 1868 –
  Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
• 1887 –
  Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1849)
• 1915 –
  Joe Hill, American labor activist (b. 1879)
• 1918 –
  Joseph F. Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838)
• 1960 –
  Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1992 –
  Diane Varsi, American actress (b. 1938)
• 2001 –
  Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
• 2004 –
  John Robert Vane, British pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1927)
• 2005 –
  Erik Balling, Danish TV and film director (b. 1924)