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Historical Events

19 Nov 1302
Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree Unam sanctam
19 Nov 1367
League of Cologne goes against Danish king Waldemar IV
19 Nov 1521
Battle at Milan Emperor Karel VspontificalSpanishGerman troops beat France & occupy Milan
19 Nov 1620
The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod & explores the coast
19 Nov 1621
Rabbi Isaiah ben Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel
19 Nov 1644
First protestant ministry society in New England
19 Nov 1700
Battle at Narva Swedish King Karel XII defeats Russians
19 Nov 1794
Jay Treaty first US extradition treaty signed with Great Britain
19 Nov 1805
Lewis & Clark expedition reaches the Pacific Ocean first European Americans to cross the west
19 Nov 1824
Storm causes flooding in St Petersburg killing 10000
19 Nov 1835
A ship carrying 500 armed Maori from Ngati Tama and Ngati Mutunga arrives on the Chatham Islands those Moriori (indigenous people of the Chatham Islands) that are not killed are enslaved
19 Nov 1837
Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens
19 Nov 1861
Julia Ward Howe committed Battle Hymn of the Republic to paper
19 Nov 1861
The first petroleum shipment (1329 barrels) from the U.S. to Europe leaves Philadelphia USA for London England on the Elizabeth Watts
19 Nov 1872
E.D. Barbour of Boston is awarded the first U.S. patent for the first calculator an adding machine capable of printing totals and subtotals
19 Nov 1873
James Reed and two accomplices rob the Watt Grayson family of 30000 in the Choctaw Nation
19 Nov 1879
National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what is a trotter
19 Nov 1881
A meteorite lands near the village of Groliebenthal southwest of Odessa Ukraine.
19 Nov 1885
Bulgarians led by Stefan Stambolov repulse a larger Serbian invasion force at Slivinitza
19 Nov 1887
Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Dying Detective (BG)
19 Nov 1894
Dutch troops occupy & plunders palace of Tjakra Negara Lombok
19 Nov 1895
American inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patents the pencil
19 Nov 1896
Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Sussex Vampire (BG)
19 Nov 1905
The steamer Hilda sinks in the English Channel (100 people drown)
19 Nov 1909
Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper denies corruption
19 Nov 1910
Ferenc Molnrs Tester premieres in Budapest
19 Nov 1919
US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
19 Nov 1922
Demonstration for a French Language University in Ghent
19 Nov 1923
The Oklahoma State Senate ousts Governor Walton for anti-Ku Klux Klan measures
19 Nov 1932
Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game
19 Nov 1933
Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing)
19 Nov 1939
Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship
19 Nov 1940
First major German air raid on Birmingham - about 440 bombers kill 450
19 Nov 1942
Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front
19 Nov 1942
Operation Uranus Soviet offensive begins during Battle of Stalingrad 1 million Soviet soldiers encircle the German Sixth Army
19 Nov 1949
Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco
19 Nov 1952
North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record 1124 KPH
19 Nov 1952
Scandinavian Airlines opens a commercial route from Canada to Europe
19 Nov 1953
US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
19 Nov 1955
KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck ND (CBSABC) begins broadcasting
19 Nov 1957
Antonin Novotny appointed president of Czechoslovakia
19 Nov 1958
First 2 F-27 Fokkers Friendships delivered on Aer Lingus
19 Nov 1959
Ford Motors cancels its poorly received Edsel model
19 Nov 1960
Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team
19 Nov 1961
Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)
19 Nov 1962
KOET (now KULC) TV channel 9 in Ogden UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
19 Nov 1965
ABC radio begins weekly Vietnam Update report
19 Nov 1966
Mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha to become NWA champ
19 Nov 1967
The establishment of TVB the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong
19 Nov 1968
Military coup in Mali president Modibo Keita flees
19 Nov 1968
Yankees pitcher Stan Bahnsen wins AL Rookie of Year
19 Nov 1969
Apollo 12s Charles Conrad & Alan Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon
19 Nov 1969
WENY TV channel 36 in Elmira NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
19 Nov 1970
Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Californian state historical landmark
19 Nov 1972
Ambassador opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 9 performances
19 Nov 1972
Dear Oscar closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 5 performances
19 Nov 1972
Gershwin Theater (Uris) opens at 1633 Broadway NYC
19 Nov 1972
KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac WI suspends broadcasting
19 Nov 1972
Leader of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Sen MacStiofin is arrested in Dublin
19 Nov 1973
Elections in Suriname premier Sedneys PNP doesnt win a chair
19 Nov 1973
New York stock market takes sharpest drop in 19 years
19 Nov 1976
Jaime Ornelas Camacho takes office as the first President of the Regional Government of Madeira Portugal.
19 Nov 1977
Canucks Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
19 Nov 1978
Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time
19 Nov 1978
The Miracle at the Meadowlands Eagles Herman Edwards returns a fumble for a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give Philadelphia a 19-17 victory over the rival New York Giants
19 Nov 1979
Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion
19 Nov 1981
U.S. Steel agrees to pay 6.3 billion for Marathon Oil
19 Nov 1984
Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes 334 die
19 Nov 1984
NY Met Dwight Gooden 20 is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year
19 Nov 1985
Herb Gardners Im Not Rappaport premieres in NYC
19 Nov 1985
In the largest civil verdict in US history Pennzoil wins 10.53 billion judgement against Texaco
19 Nov 1986
Tina Howes Coastal Disturbances premieres in NYC
19 Nov 1989
US beats Trinidad 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US 1st qualification since 1950
19 Nov 1989
German tennis No. 1 Steffi Graf regains the WTA Tour Championship in NYC beats Martina Navratilova 64 75 26 62
19 Nov 1990
Greyhound files reoganization plan so they can be traded publicly
19 Nov 1990
Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it is learned they did not sing on their award-winning Girl You Know Its True album
19 Nov 1992
3 From Brooklyn opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 45 performances
19 Nov 1993
Algerian Muslim fundamentalists uprising 27 killed
19 Nov 1993
Curacaose vote to remain part of Dutch Antilles
19 Nov 1994
Aishwarya Rai 21 of India crowned 44th Miss World
19 Nov 1994
Sams Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson for the third time
19 Nov 1995
Sacrilege closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 21 performances
19 Nov 1995
School for Scandal opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 23 performances
19 Nov 1995
83rd CFL Grey Cup Balt Stallions defeats Calgary Stampeders 37-20
19 Nov 1995
Keelin Curnuck 23 Ms Venus Swimwear 1994 crowned Miss NY USA
19 Nov 1995
Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad kills 16
19 Nov 1995
German tennis No. 1 Steffi Graf outlasts No. 2 Anke Huber 61 26 61 46 63 to win the WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden NYC
19 Nov 1995
Home crowd favourite Boris Becker wins his 3rd and final ATP Tour World Championship tennis title with a 76 60 76 win over American Michael Chang in Frankfurt Germany
19 Nov 1996
God Said Ha opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 22 performances
19 Nov 1996
Albert Belle signs record five-year 55 million with White Sox
19 Nov 1996
Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21) launches into space
19 Nov 1996
The case of the Port Arthur massacre comes to trial.
19 Nov 1996
Lieutenant General Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire
19 Nov 1996
The 12.9 km Confederation Bridge joining Borden-Carleton Prince Edward Island and Cape Jourimain New-Brunswick is completed and becomes the longest bridge over ice covered waters in the world
19 Nov 1997
Eugene Onegin opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
19 Nov 1997
McCaughey septuplets born to Bobbi McCaughey in Des Moines Iowa. First set of septuplets to survive infancy.
19 Nov 1999
Shenzhou 1 The Peoples Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
19 Nov 1999
In Istanbul the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ends a two-day summit by calling for a political settlement in Chechnya and adopting a Charter for European Security.
19 Nov 2000
Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis wins WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden NYC beats Monica Seles 67 64 64
19 Nov 2006
94th CFL Grey Cup BC Lions defeats Montreal Alouettes 25-14
19 Nov 2006
Roger Federer captures his 3rd Tennis Masters Cup title with a comfortable 60 63 64 win over American James Blake in the final in Shanghai China
19 Nov 2010
New Zealand suffers its worst mining disaster since 1914 when the first of four explosions occurs at the Pike River Mine 29 people are killed
19 Nov 2013
23 people are killed by a suicide bombing attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Lebanon
19 Nov 2017
Martin Truex Jr. driving for Furniture Row Racing wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway Florida to claim Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series by 5 points from Kyle Busch
19 Nov 2017
Bulgarian tennis star Gregor Dimitrov breaks through for a first season-ending ATP World Tour Finals title with a 75 46 63 win in London over David Goffin of Belgium
19 Nov 1274
Mongol army lands at Hakata Bay in Japan during their first invasion attempt and are defeated a typhoon destroys most of their fleet as they withdraw
19 Nov 1620
The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast
19 Nov 1969
Apollo 12s Charles Conrad and Alan Bean become the 3rd and 4th humans on the Moon
19 Nov 1995
CFL Grey Cup Taylor Field Regina Baltimore Stallions become only American-based team ever to win Grey Cup defeat Calgary Stampeders 37-20
19 Nov 2006
CFL Grey Cup Canad Inns Stadium Winnipeg BC Lions win 5th Championship defeat Montreal Alouettes 25-14
19 Nov 2017
Oumuamua first detected by scientists 400 meters long and reddish first known interstellar object in our solar system first and of possible alien origin
19 Nov 2018
Rams beat Kansas City Chiefs 54-51 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 3rd-highest scoring game in NFL history first time 2 teams score 50 points in same game Patrick Mahomes 6 TD passes for KC most in Monday Night Football history
19 Nov 2018
Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn arrested in Japan for financial misconduct
19 Nov 1919
US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 to 39 Congress two years later approves resolution ending hostilities with Germany and Austria-Hungary
19 Nov 1939
Comic superheroes Flash (as Jay Garrick) and Hawkman (Carter Hall) first appear in Flash Comics No. 1 published by DC
19 Nov 2019
More than 1000 protesters detained by police after 3-day battle at Hong King Polytechnic University
19 Nov 2019
As many as 106 have died over five days in protests across 21 Iranian cities according to Amnesty International just 12 deaths reported by the government
19 Nov 2019
EPL club Tottenham sacks high profile manager Mauricio Pochettino after disappointing start to season replacement is higher profile ex-Chelsea and Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho
19 Nov 1521
Battle at Milan Emperor Charles Vs pontifical Spanish and German troops beat French forces and occupy Milan
19 Nov 1798
Dutch Rijksmuseum founded in the Hague (moved to Amsterdam 1808)
19 Nov 1861
American abolitionist Julia Ward Howe commits lyrics of Battle Hymn of the Republic to paper
19 Nov 1903
Temperance activist Carrie Nation attempts to address the US Senate
19 Nov 1910
Ferenc Molnrs play Tester premieres in Budapest
19 Nov 1947
200 mirror arrives at Mt Palomar Observatory California
19 Nov 2002
Nonesuch Records releases Travelogue Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchells 18th studio album a collection of re-worked versions her own songs backed by an orchestra
19 Nov 2017
Oumuamua first detected by scientists 400 meters long and reddish first known interstellar object in our solar system thought to be of possible alien origin (since thought to be slice of small planet)
19 Nov 2020
Inquiry find credible evidence elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan civilians
19 Nov 2020
Scottish American Douglas Stuart wins the Booker Literary prize for his first novel Shuggie Bain
19 Nov 1530
The Recess document resulting from the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and catholic princes
19 Nov 1776
American Revolutionary War US forces abandon Fort Lee New Jersey and retreat to Pennsylvania after British and Hessian troops take Fort Washington New York
19 Nov 1861
American poet and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe commits lyrics of Battle Hymn of the Republic to paper
19 Nov 1955
KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck North Dakota (CBSABC) begins broadcasting
19 Nov 1961
Houston Oilers quarterback George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns in a 49-13 rout of NY Titans at Jeppesen Stadium Houston
19 Nov 1962
Todor Zhivkov (51) becomes Prime Minister of Bulgaria
19 Nov 1968
New York Yankees pitcher Stan Bahnsen wins AL Rookie of the Year
19 Nov 2021
Austria becomes the first country to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory (from 1 Feb) as it announces its fourth lockdown [1]
19 Nov 2021
Longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440 lasting 3 hours 28 minutes and 23 seconds
19 Nov 2021
MLB Cleveland Indians name change to Guardians becomes official
19 Nov 2021
US jury clears Kyle Rittenhouse (18) of murder for fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during racial justice protests in Kenosha Wisconsin
19 Nov 1530
The Recess the final decree of the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and Catholic princes reaffirming Catholic rites and principles (after departure of Protestant Princes)
19 Nov 1567
Spanish Mendana Expedition departs Callao Peru led by Alvaro de Mendana de Neira and his uncle Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa to explore the Pacific (1st Europeans to discover Solomon Islands) [1]
19 Nov 1869
Hudson Bay Company signs deed of transfer of Prince Ruperts Land (3.9 million sq. km) to the British Crown who then cedes it to Canada for 300000 or 1.5 million (effective 1870) [1]
19 Nov 1983
Robert Whitney (79) conducts his final concert leading the Louisville Orchestra at the opening of the Whitney Concert Hall at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville Kentucky
19 Nov 1995
The Beatles Anthology documentary series premieres in US on ABC-TV the 6-hour program airs over three nights that week
19 Nov 2012
Plymouth Crown Court clears two farmers of health and safety offenses related to giant hay bale death of ELO cellist Mike Edwards [1]
19 Nov 2021
Rare original copy of the U.S. Constitution sold to Ken Griffin head of hedge fund Citadel for 43.2 million - world record price for a book historical document or manuscript [1]
19 Nov 2022
General elections in Malaysia produce the countrys first ever hung parliament with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim securing the most seats [1]
19 Nov 2022
Gunman opens fire at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs killing five people and injuring 19 in an apparent hate crime [1]
19 Nov 1367
League of Cologne goes against Danish King Valdemar IV
19 Nov 1530
The final decree of the Diet of Augsburg The Recess is signed by Charles V and Catholic princes reaffirming Catholic rites and principles after the departure of Protestant princes
19 Nov 1619
Dutch ship Nieuw Hoorn explodes in the Sunda Strait near Sumatra after a fire on board reaches the gunpowder killing over 100 men [1]
19 Nov 1895
American inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell of Philadelphia patents the self-sharpening paper-sheathed pencil commonly known as a china marker
19 Nov 1942
Operation Uranus Soviet offensive begins during the Battle of Stalingrad 1 million Soviet soldiers encircle the German Sixth Army
19 Nov 1953
US Supreme Court rules (7-2) that baseball is a sport not a business
19 Nov 1959
1st episode of Jay Wards cartoon series Rocky and His Friends featuring Rocket J. (Rocky) Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose. airs on ABC voice talents of June Foray Paul Frees and William Conrad
19 Nov 1997
McCaughey septuplets (all 7 of them) born to Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey in Des Moines Iowa. First set of septuplets to survive infancy.
19 Nov 2023
Brazil records its highest-ever temperature - 44.8C (112.6F) in Araua Minas Gerais state [1]
19 Nov 2023
Far-right politician Javier Milei elected President of Argentina [1]
19 Nov 2023
ICC Mens Cricket ODI World Cup Narendra Modi Stadium Ahmedabad India Australia beats India by 6 wickets (with 42 balls remaining) for 6th ODI triumph Player of the Match Travis Head (AUS) 137 (120)
19 Nov 1621
Rabbi Isaiah ben Avraham Ha-Levi Horowitz returns to the Holy Land settles in Jerusalem
19 Nov 1872
E. D. Barbour of Boston is awarded the U.S. patent for a calculator the first adding machine with keys capable of printing totals and subtotals
19 Nov 1894
Dutch troops occupy and plunder the palace of Tjakra Negara in Lombok
19 Nov 1894
First mushroom appears on a stamp (China 1 & 5 Ap)
19 Nov 1952
The North American F-86D Sabre sets a world speed record of 1124 kmh (698.5 mph)
19 Nov 1970
Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a California state historical landmark
19 Nov 1994
First drawing of UKs National Lottery takes place administered by the Camelot Group a franchised private operator
19 Nov 1996
Albert Belle signs a record five-year 55 million contract with the White Sox
19 Nov 1996
Case of the Port Arthur massacre comes to trial in Hobart
19 Nov 1996
The 12.9 km Confederation Bridge joining Borden-Carleton Prince Edward Island and Cape Jourimain New Brunswick is completed and becomes the longest bridge over ice-covered waters in the world
19 Nov 1997
McCaughey septuplets (all 7 of them) are born to Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey in Des Moines Iowa as the first set of septuplets to survive infancy
19 Nov 1999
China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft Shenzhou 1 in an uncrewed flight
19 Nov 1999
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ends a two-day summit in Istanbul by calling for a political settlement in Chechnya and adopts a Charter for European Security
19 Nov 2017
Oumuamua 400 meters long and reddish the first known interstellar object in our solar system is first detected by scientists and is initially thought to be of possible alien origin (since thought to be a slice of a small planet)
19 Nov 2021
Longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440 lasting 3 hours 28 minutes and 23 seconds
19 Nov 2021
Rare original copy of the U.S. Constitution is sold to Ken Griffin head of hedge fund Citadel for 43.2 million setting a world record price for a book historical document or manuscript [1]
19 Nov 2024
Ukraine for the first time fires American-made longer-range missiles into Russia after the US eases restrictions on their use [1]