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 324th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 42 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 6, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,731,974,400 seconds 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 ‘trihectaicosatetragon’ 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 71 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 4,351 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 19 Historical Events
- 1095 –The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins.
- 1816 –Warsaw University is established.
- 1881 –A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1954 –Télé Monte Carlo, Europe’s oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
- 1955 –National Review publishes its first issue.
- 1967 –The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
- 1985 –Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
- 1999 –Shenzhou 1: The People’s Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
Who were born on November 19?
- 1887 –James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1955)
- 1895 –Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (d. 1989)
- 1933 –Jerry Sheindlin, American jurist; husband of Judith Sheindlin
- 1933 –Larry King, American TV personality
- 1951 –Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, British politician and former Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain
- 1957 –Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
- 1959 –Allison Janney, American actress
- 1965 –Douglas Henshall, Scottish actor
- 1976 –Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (d. 2007)
- 1988 –Patrick Kane, American ice-hockey player
Who died on November 19?
- 1723 –Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
- 1804 –Pietro Guglielmi, Italian composer (b. 1728)
- 1924 –Thomas Ince, American film director (b. 1882)
- 1938 –Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (b. 1866)
- 1943 –Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (b. 1895)
- 1962 –Grigol Robakidze, Georgian writer (b. 1882)
- 1983 –Tom Evans, English bass guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
- 2004 –George Canseco, Filipino composer (b. 1934)
- 2004 –Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor (b. 1914)
- 2010 –Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1952)
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