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November 19

November 19 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1794 and 2013. 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.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 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.

The shape of the day

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.

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

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

    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.

  2. 1863

    American Civil War

    American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

  3. 1941

    World War II

    World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.

  4. 1943

    The Holocaust

    The Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.

  5. 1944

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the sixth War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

  6. 1946

    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

  7. 1969

    Association football

    Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.

  8. 1988

    Serbia

    Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

  9. 2010

    Pike River Mine disaster

    The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.

  10. 2013

    2013 Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut

    A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others.

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 19

Indira Gandhi

b. 1917

Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India

Laurent Blanc

b. 1965

French footballer and manager

Rashad Khalifa

b. 1935

Egyptian-American biochemist and scholar

Nina Bari

b. 1901

Russian mathematician

James A. Garfield

b. 1831

American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States

Matt Sorum

b. 1960

American drummer, songwriter, and producer

Jodie Foster

b. 1962

American actress, director, and producer

Sean Parnell

b. 1962

American lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Alaska

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)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted 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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