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

• 1863 –
  American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the military cemetery ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
• 1885 –
  Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1998 –
  Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5 million.
• 1999 –
  Shenzhou 1: The People’s Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

Who were born on November 19?

• 1722 –
  Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (d. 1810)
• 1770 –
  Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
• 1895 –
  Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (d. 1964)
• 1924 –
  William Russell, British actor
• 1956 –
  Eileen Collins, American astronaut
• 1962 –
  Dodie Boy Peñalosa, Philippine boxer
• 1979 –
  John-Ford Griffin, American baseball player
• 1981 –
  DJ Tukutz, South Korean DJ, producer, songwriter (Epik High)
• 1986 –
  Milan Smiljanić, Serbian footballer
• 1989 –
  Tyga, American rapper

Who died on November 19?

• 1478 –
  Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
• 1785 –
  Bernard de Bury, French composer (b. 1720)
• 1822 –
  Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
• 1931 –
  Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (b. 1897)
• 1938 –
  Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (b. 1866)
• 1975 –
  Roger D. Branigin, American politician (b. 1902)
• 1976 –
  Sir Basil Spence, British architect (b. 1907)
• 1983 –
  Tom Evans, English bass guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
• 2004 –
  Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
• 2007 –
  Mike Gregory, English rugby league footballer (b. 1964)