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

• 1095 –
  The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins.
• 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.
• 1863 –
  American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the military cemetery ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
• 1912 –
  First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
• 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.
• 1977 –
  TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 130.
• 1990 –
  Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It’s True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
• 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.
• 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.

Who were born on November 19?

• 1898 –
  Klement Jug, Slovenian philosopher and mountaineer (d. 1924)
• 1943 –
  Fred Lipsius, American musician (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1954 –
  Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
• 1960 –
  Elizabeth Hulette, American professional wrestling manager (d. 2003)
• 1963 –
  Zsuzsanna Jánosi, Hungarian fencer
• 1965 –
  Douglas Henshall, Scottish actor
• 1971 –
  Alice Peacock, American folk singer
• 1976 –
  Petr Sýkora, Czech ice hockey player
• 1980 –
  Adele Silva, English actress
• 1989 –
  Roman Sergeevich Trofimov, Russian ski jumper.

Who died on November 19?

• 1478 –
  Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
• 1581 –
  Ivan Ivanovich, son of Ivan IV of Russia (b. 1554)
• 1772 –
  William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
• 1804 –
  Pietro Guglielmi, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1887 –
  Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1849)
• 1949 –
  James Ensor, Belgian painter and printmaker (b.1860)
• 1960 –
  Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1962 –
  Grigol Robakidze, Georgian writer (b. 1882)
• 2004 –
  Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
• 2009 –
  Daul Kim, South Korean fashion model (b. 1989)