November 19
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November 19 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 41 days remaining until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 1493 - Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).
- 1863 -U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1946 - Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
- 1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin seeking a permanent peace settlement.
- 1979 - Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
- 1990 - Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because they did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It’s True album.
- 1996 - The case of the Port Arthur massacre comes to trial.
- 1998 - The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
[change] Births
- 1600 - King Charles I of England (d. 1649)
- 1831 - James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)
- 1900 - Anna Seghers, German writer (d. 1983)
- 1917 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
- 1933 - Larry King, American television personality
- 1938 - Ted Turner, American businessman
- 1961 - Meg Ryan, American actress
- 1962 - Jodie Foster, American actress
[change] Deaths
- 1481 - Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (b. 1472)
- 1492 - Jami, Persian poet (b. 1414)
- 1828 - Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (b. 1797)
[change] Holidays and observances
- Brazil - Flag Day
- Mali - Liberation Day
- Puerto Rico - Discovery of Puerto Rico (1493)
- Norway - The Liberation of the Sami People of the coast
