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On This Day · The 323rd day of the year

November 19

November 19's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

Scorpio is the sign for November 19 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on November 19?

November 19 is the 323rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1794 and 2013. Famous people born on November 19 include Indira Gandhi, Laurent Blanc and Rashad Khalifa.

Released on November 19

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Grand Theft Auto VI

2025

  • Game Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
  • Game Demonschool

2024

  • Game Threshold
  • Game Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
  • Game Toads of the Bayou
  • Game Towers of Aghasba

2021

  • Game Battlefield 2042

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1794

    Jay Treaty

  2. 1863

    American Civil War

  3. 1941

    World War II

  4. 1943

    The Holocaust

  5. 1944

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

  6. 1946

    Afghanistan

  7. 1969

    Association football

  8. 1988

    Serbia

  9. 2010

    Pike River Mine disaster

  10. 2013

    2013 Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 19

Indira Gandhi

b. 1917

Laurent Blanc

b. 1965

Rashad Khalifa

b. 1935

Nina Bari

b. 1901

James A. Garfield

b. 1831

Matt Sorum

b. 1960

Jodie Foster

b. 1962

Sean Parnell

b. 1962

Deaths

  • 2014Mike Nichols
  • 2012Warren Rudman
  • 1998Alan J. Pakula
  • 1883Carl Wilhelm Siemens
  • 1828Franz Schubert
  • 1665Nicolas Poussin

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Giacomo Benefatti
  • —Christian feast day: Mechthild of Hackeborn
  • —Christian feast day: Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Raphael Kalinowski
  • —Christian feast day: Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician
  • —Christian feast day: November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
  • —Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Russia, Belarus)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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