On This Day: 19 November

19 November in Indian history

• 2023The 2023 Cricket World Cup final takes place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, played between host nation India and Australia.India
• 1941World War II: The Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran destroyed each other in the Indian Ocean.India
• 1824Temenggong Abdul Rahman of Johor and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ceded the governance of Singapore to the British East India Company.India

19 November in world history

• 2022A gunman kills five and injures 17 at Club Q, a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 2005Iraq War: A group of United States Marines massacred 25 people in the town of Haditha.
• 2002The Greek oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Galicia after spilling 420 thousand barrels (17.8 million US gallons) of oil, in the worst environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
• 1998Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings into U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• 1996Space Shuttle program: Columbia is launched on STS-80, which would become the longest mission in the program at 17 days. On this mission, astronaut Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five space shuttles.
• 1993A factory fire killed 87 and injured 51 in Shenzhen, China.
• 1988Serbian 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
• 1985Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
• 1979Iran 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.
• 1969Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
• 1946Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
• 1944World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.
• 1942World War II: Soviet troops launched Operation Uranus at the Battle of Stalingrad with the goal of encircling Axis forces, turning the tide of the battle in their favour.
• 1863American Civil War: U.S. president Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
• 1794The United States and Great Britain signed the Jay Treaty, the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.

Born on 19 November

• 1989Tyga, American rapper
• 1975Sushmita Sen, Indian actress, model and Miss Universe 1994India
• 1939Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania
• 1935Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and scholar (died 1990)
• 1922Salil Chowdhury, Indian director, playwright, and composer (died 1995)India
• 1917Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (died 1984)India

Died on 19 November

• 1976Basil Spence, Indian-Scottish architect and academic, designed the Coventry Cathedral (born 1907)India
• 1975Roger D. Branigin, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Governor of Indiana (born 1902)
• 1887Emma Lazarus, American poet (born 1849)
• 1831Titumir, Bengali revolutionary (born 1782)India

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 19 November in history?

2023: The 2023 Cricket World Cup final takes place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, played between host nation India and Australia. 2022: A gunman kills five and injures 17 at Club Q, a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 2005: Iraq War: A group of United States Marines massacred 25 people in the town of Haditha. 2002: The Greek oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Galicia after spilling 420 thousand barrels (17.8 million US gallons) of oil, in the worst environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.

What happened on 19 November in Indian history?

2023: The 2023 Cricket World Cup final takes place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, played between host nation India and Australia. 1941: World War II: The Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran destroyed each other in the Indian Ocean. 1824: Temenggong Abdul Rahman of Johor and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ceded the governance of Singapore to the British East India Company.

Which famous people were born on 19 November?

Tyga, American rapper (1989); Sushmita Sen, Indian actress, model and Miss Universe 1994 (1975); Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania (1939); Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and scholar (died 1990) (1935).

Which day is observed on 19 November?

International Men's Day & World Toilet Day; Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico); Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Russia, Belarus); Flag Day (Brazil); Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize).