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

• 1911 –
  The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
• 1912 –
  First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
• 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.
• 1946 –
  Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
• 1950 –
  US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
• 1952 –
  Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1955 –
  National Review publishes its first issue.
• 1967 –
  The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
• 1985 –
  Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.
• 1998 –
  Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Who were born on November 19?

• 1912 –
  George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
• 1924 –
  Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (d. 2011)
• 1949 –
  Amand Theis, German footballer
• 1956 –
  Eileen Collins, American astronaut
• 1957 –
  Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
• 1957 –
  Tom Virtue, American actor
• 1960 –
  Matt Sorum, American musician (The Cult, Guns 'N Roses, Velvet Revolver)
• 1971 –
  Jeremy McGrath, American motorcycle racer
• 1985 –
  Chris Eagles, English footballer
• 1989 –
  Tyga, American rapper

Who died on November 19?

• 498 –
  Pope Anastasius II
• 1478 –
  Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
• 1665 –
  Nicolas Poussin, French painter (b. 1594)
• 1703 –
  The Man in the Iron Mask, French prisoner (Eustache Dauger)
• 1772 –
  William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
• 1959 –
  Joseph Charbonneau, archbishop of Montreal (b. 1892)
• 1960 –
  Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1962 –
  Grigol Robakidze, Georgian writer (b. 1882)
• 1976 –
  Sir Basil Spence, British architect (b. 1907)
• 2004 –
  George Canseco, Filipino composer (b. 1934)