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 324^th 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, 28,866,240 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 ‘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.

November 19 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1952 –
  Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1955 –
  National Review publishes its first issue.
• 1959 –
  The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
• 1969 –
  Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2010 –
  The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand; 29 people are killed in the nation’s worst mining disaster since 1914.

Who were born on November 19?

• 1893 –
  René Voisin, French classical trumpet player (d. 1952)
• 1922 –
  Rajko Mitic, Serbian footballer and coach (d. 2008)
• 1930 –
  Kurt Nielsen, Danish tennis player (d. 2011)
• 1956 –
  Glynnis O'Connor, American actress
• 1960 –
  Matt Sorum, American musician (The Cult, Guns 'N Roses, Velvet Revolver)
• 1962 –
  Dodie Boy Peñalosa, Philippine boxer
• 1963 –
  Zsuzsanna Jánosi, Hungarian fencer
• 1976 –
  Petr Sýkora, Czech ice hockey player
• 1979 –
  Keith Buckley, American singer (Every Time I Die)
• 1985 –
  Alex Mack, American football player

Who died on November 19?

• 1672 –
  John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b. 1614)
• 1703 –
  The Man in the Iron Mask, French prisoner (Eustache Dauger)
• 1810 –
  Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and ballet master (b. 1725)
• 1823 –
  Alvin Smith, Brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. (b. 1798)
• 1897 –
  William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (b. 1810).
• 1954 –
  Walter Bartley Wilson, English artist (b. 1870)
• 1960 –
  Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1989 –
  Grant Adcox, NASCAR Driver (b. 1950)
• 1992 –
  Diane Varsi, American actress (b. 1938)
• 1998 –
  Ted Fujita, Japanese-born American meteorologist (b. 1920)