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, 1,763,510,400 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 ‘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

• 1911 –
  The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
• 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.
• 1946 –
  Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
• 1947 –
  George VI of the United Kingdom creates Philip Mountbatten the Duke of Edinburgh in preparation for his wedding to George’s elder daughter, Princess Elizabeth, the next day.
• 1954 –
  Télé Monte Carlo, Europe’s oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
• 1977 –
  TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 130.
• 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.
• 1996 –
  Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.
• 1999 –
  Shenzhou 1: The People’s Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
• 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.

Who were born on November 19?

• 1926 –
  Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2006)
• 1934 –
  Valentin Kozmich Ivanov, Soviet-Russian footballer (d. 2011)
• 1954 –
  Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
• 1956 –
  Eileen Collins, American astronaut
• 1956 –
  Glynnis O'Connor, American actress
• 1960 –
  Elizabeth Hulette, American professional wrestling manager (d. 2003)
• 1966 –
  Jason Scott Lee, American actor
• 1978 –
  Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz musician / vocalist
• 1983 –
  Chandra Crawford, Canadian cross-country skier
• 1988 –
  Patrick Kane, American ice-hockey player

Who died on November 19?

• 498 –
  Pope Anastasius II
• 1630 –
  Johann Schein, German composer (b. 1586)
• 1723 –
  Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
• 1773 –
  James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (b. 1722)
• 1785 –
  Bernard de Bury, French composer (b. 1720)
• 1960 –
  Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1992 –
  Bobby Russell, American songwriter (b. 1941)
• 2005 –
  Erik Balling, Danish TV and film director (b. 1924)
• 2007 –
  Mike Gregory, English rugby league footballer (b. 1964)
• 2009 –
  Daul Kim, South Korean fashion model (b. 1989)