19 November History
- 1620 - The Pilgrims reach Cape Cod.
- 1828 - In Vienna, Composer Franz Schubert dies of syphilis at age 31.
- 1861 - Julia Ward Howe writes "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" while visiting Union troops near Washington.
- 1863 - Lincoln delivers the "Gettysburg Address" at the dedication of the National Cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 1885 - Bulgarians, led by Stefan Stambolov, repulse a larger Serbian invasion force at Slivinitza.
- 1873 - James Reed and two accomplices rob the Watt Grayson family of $30,000 in the Choctaw Nation.
- 1897 - The Great "City Fire" in London.
- 1905 - 100 people drown in the English Channel as the steamer Hilda sinks.
- 1911 - New York receives first Marconi wireless transmission from Italy.
- 1915 - The Allies ask China to join the entente against the Central Powers.
- 1923 - The Oklahoma State Senate ousts Governor Walton for anti-Ku Klux Klan measures.
- 1926 - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Politburo in the Soviet Union.
- 1942 - Soviet forces take the offensive at Stalingrad.
- 1949 - Prince Ranier III is crowned 30th Monarch of Monaco.
- 1952 - Scandinavian Airlines opens a commercial route from Canada to Europe.
- 1969 - Apollo 12 touches down on the moon.
- 1973 - New York stock market takes sharpest drop in 19 years.
- 1976 - Patty Hearst is released from prison on $1.5 million bail.
- 1981 - U.S. Steel agrees to pay $6.3 million for Marathon Oil.
19 November Birthdays
- 1600 - Charles I, King of England and Ireland.
- 1797 - Sojourner Truth, abolitionist and women's rights advocate.
- 1831 - James Garfield, 20th president of the United States.
- 1899 - Allen Tate, Southern novelist, poet and critic.
- 1915 - Billy Strayhorn, composer, arranger and pianist who wrote "Take the A Train."
- 1917 - Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India from 1967 to 1977 and 1978 to 1984 who was assassinated by her own guards.
- 1921 - Roy Campanella, Hall of Fame baseball star.
- 1942 - Sharon Olds, poet (The Dead and The Living, The Gold Cell).