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November 19: Day of the Week
November 19, 2024 is the 324th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 42 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
November 19 Historical Event(s)
1493
Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).
1847
The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railway, is opened.
1885
Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
1911
The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
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.
1954
Télé Monte Carlo, Europe’s oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
1959
The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
1984
San Juanico Disaster: A series of explosions at the PEMEX petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people.
2010
The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand; 29 people are killed in the nation’s worst mining disaster since 1914.
Who were born on November 19?
1859
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (d. 1935)
1900
Bunny Ahearne, Irish ice hockey promoter (d. 1985)
1909
Peter Drucker, American management theorist (d. 2005)
1922
Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer, poet, writer, dramatist and filmmaker (d. 1995)
1935
Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian imam (d. 1990)
1944
Agnes Baltsa, Greek mezzo-soprano
1966
Rocco DiSpirito, American chef
1966
Shmuley Boteach, American rabbi
1973
Django Haskins, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter
1973
Savion Glover, American dancer and choreographer
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