November 19 is the 323th day of the year (324th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. The number of days left until the end of the year is 42.
Events
- 1595 – Koca Sinan Pasha was dismissed due to his failure in the Wallachian Campaign. Tekeli Lala Mehmed Pasha became the Grand Vizier instead. However, upon the death of Tekeli Lala Mehmed Pasha on November 29, 1595, he would be reinstated on December 1, 1595 for the fifth and final time.
- 1808 – An uprising broke out in Istanbul under the leadership of Kandıralı Mehmed. Nearly five thousand janissaries and four hundred sekban died.
- 1816 – The University of Warsaw was founded.
- 1863 - Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address after the Battle of Gettysburg was won.
- 1881 – Meteor fell on Großliebenthal village, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
- 1900 – In the United Kingdom, 119 women seeking suffrage are arrested for breaking into the House of Commons.
- 1926 – Trotsky and Zinoviev are expelled from the Soviet Union's Politburo.
- 1938 – Atatürk's body was taken from Istanbul to Ankara with a sad ceremony.
- 1941 – The United Kingdom goes on the offensive against the Germans and Italians in North Africa.
- 1942 - The "War Economics Bureau" was established for food, clothing and fuel.
- 1943 – III. History congress convened.
- 1946 – Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden become members of the United Nations.
- 1949 – Istanbul Radio started broadcasting again in its new building in Harbiye.
- 1954 – Sammy Davis, Jr. lost his left eye in a car accident in San Bernardino, California.
- 1960 – Amnesty is out. 15 thousand detainees and convicts benefited from the amnesty.
- 1967 – The Turkish Grand National Assembly authorized the government to send troops abroad. The navy was put on alert, the 28th Division in Ankara moved to Iskenderun.
- 1975 – In Izmir, a person named Halil Fevzi Uyguntürk went to the field where the girl was working after the young girl he wanted to marry got engaged to someone else and killed the girl, the girl's mother and another woman. He was executed on September 12.
- 1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to visit Israel.
- 1977 – A Portuguese Airlines Boeing 727 crashes in the Madeira Islands: 130 people are killed.
- 1979 – Ilhan Darendelioğlu, a former MP for the Ortadoğu Newspaper, died in an armed attack in Istanbul.
- 1984 – UN officer Enver Ergun was killed by Armenian aggressors in Vienna.
- 1985 – US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time in Genoa.
- 1988 – Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- 1990 – Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) convened; On 21 November, the “Paris Charter” was signed.
- 1991 – The 49th Government was formed with the coalition of the True Path Party led by Süleyman Demirel and the Social Democrat Populist Party led by Erdal İnönü. Erdal İnönü became the Deputy Prime Minister.
- 1992 – 4 police officers were killed in the fire opened on the police car in Istanbul. Dev-Sol claimed responsibility for the attack. The slogan "Down with Human Rights" was chanted at the funeral of the police.
- 1994 – Halil Mutlu broke 7 world records and won 3 gold medals at the World Weightlifting Championships. Naim Süleymanoğlu broke 64 world records in 5 kg and won 3 gold medals, while Fedai Güler broke 70 world records in 2 kg and won 2 gold medals.
- 1997 - In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gave birth to sevens. This is the first case of sevens where all babies are born alive.
- 1999 – On the last day of the OSCE Summit in Istanbul, the adapted version of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) agreement was signed by the leaders of the parties.
- 2005 – Hadith massacre: A group of American soldiers kill a group of Iraqi civilians, including many children, women, and the elderly.
Births
- 1462 – Go-Kashiwabara, 104th emperor of Japan in traditional succession (d. 1526)
- 1600 – Charles I, King of Scotland and of England and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution on 30 January 1649 (d. 1649)
- 1711 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist (d. 1765)
- 1770 – Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish-Icelandic sculptor (d. 1844)
- 1805 – Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and entrepreneur (who created the Suez Canal) (d. 1894)
- 1810 – August Willich, German soldier (d. 1878)
- 1816 – André Oscar Wallenberg, Swedish banker, industrialist, and politician
- 1831 – James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)
- 1833 – Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (d. 1911)
- 1843 – Richard Avenarius, German philosopher (d. 1896)
- 1859 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, conductor, and teacher (d. 1935)
- 1875 – Mikhail Kalinin, Bolshevik revolutionary who became President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (d. 1946)
- 1877 – Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician (d. 1947)
- 1887 – James B. Sumner, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (d. 1955)
- 1888 – Jose Raul Capablanca, Cuban world chess champion (d. 1942)
- 1894 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician (d. 1987)
- 1896 – Georgi Zhukov, Marshal of the USSR (d. 1974)
- 1898 – Arthur Von Hippel, German-American physicist (d. 2003)
- 1899 – Ebu'l-Kasım Hoyî, Iranian-Iraqi Shiite authority (d. 1992)
- 1899 – Allen Tate, American poet (d. 1979)
- 1900 – Anna Seghers, German writer (d. 1983)
- 1906 – Franz Schädle, last commander of Adolf Hitler's special bodyguard, the Führerbegleitkommando (FBK) (d. 1945)
- 1909 – Peter F. Drucker, Austrian management scientist and author (d. 2005)
- 1912 – George Emil Palade, Romanian-born cell biologist (d. 2008)
- 1912 – İsmail Baha Sürelsan, Turkish composer and classical Turkish music artist (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland, American pharmacologist and biochemist (d. 1974)
- 1917 – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
- 1919 – Vahit Melih Halefoğlu, Turkish diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2017)
- 1919 – Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian screenwriter and filmmaker (d. 2006)
- 1924 - William Russell, English actor
- 1924 – Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist and philosopher (d. 2017)
- 1933 – Larry King, American TV host (d. 2000)
- 1934 - Kurt Hamrin, Swedish football player
- 1934 – Nurten İnnap, Turkish folk singer and actress (d. 2007)
- 1934 – Valentin Ivanov, Soviet-Russian former football player and manager (d. 2011)
- 1935 – Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian biochemist and Qur'anic writer (d. 1990)
- 1936 – Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist
- 1936 – Süleyman Turan, Turkish cinema and theater actor (d. 2019)
- 1938 – Ted Turner, American businessman
- 1939 – Emil Constantinescu, Romanian professor and politician
- 1939 – Richard N. Zare, American Professor of Chemistry
- 1942 – Dan Haggerty, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1942 – Calvin Klein, American fashion designer
- 1953 – Zübeyde Seven Turan, Turkish writer, poet and painter
- 1954 - Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
- 1954 – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egyptian soldier and President of Egypt
- 1955 – Sam Hamm, American screenwriter
- 1956 - Eileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut
- 1956 – Ann Curry, American journalist
- 1957 – Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
- 1958 Isabella Blow, British magazine editor (d. 2007)
- 1958 – Algirdas Butkevičius, Lithuanian politician, former Prime Minister of Lithuania
- 1958 – Charlie Kaufman, Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, screenwriter, and director
- 1959 - Allison Janney, Emmy-winning American actress
- 1959 – Steve Lightle, American comics artist (d. 2021)
- 1961 – Meg Ryan, American actress
- 1962 – Faruk Özlü, Turkish politician
- 1962 – Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer
- 1964 – Jung Jin-young, South Korean actor
- 1965 - Laurent Blanc, French football player
- 1966 - Jason Scott Lee, American actor
- 1969 – Philippe Adams, Belgian Formula 1 driver
- 1969 - Erika Alexander, American actress
- 1969 – Ertuğrul Sağlam, Turkish coach
- 1969 - Richard Virenque, retired French road racer
- 1971 – Justin Chancellor, English musician
- 1975 – Sushmita Sen, Indian model and actress
- 1976 – Jack Dorsey, American software architect and businessman
- 1978 – Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech athlete
- 1979 – Melike Öcalan, Turkish presenter and TV actress
- 1980 – Vladimir Radmanović, Serbian basketball player
- 1980 – Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata, Brazilian football player
- 1983 - Adam Driver, American actor
- 1985 – Chris Eagles, English football player
- 1986 – Milan Smiljanić, Serbian national football player
- 1986 – Açelya Topaloğlu, Turkish TV actress
- 1989 – Tyga, American rapper
- 1993 – Kerim Frei, Turkish national football player
- 1993 – Suso, Spanish football player
- 1994 – Ibrahima M'baye, Senegalese national football player
- 1999 – Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Russian figure skating athlete
Deaths
- 1092 – Melikşah, Ruler of the Great Seljuk State (b. 1055)
- 1293 – Mechtilde of Hackeborn, German Cistercian priestess, mystic, and saint (b. 1241)
- 1581 – Ivan Ivanovich, Russian tsar of House Rurik (b. 1554)
- 1665 – Nicolas Poussin, French painter (b. 1594)
- 1692 – Georg Friedrich, German and Dutch field marshal (b. 1620)
- 1828 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (b. 1797)
- 1868 – Ivane Andronikashvili, general of the Russian Empire (b. 1798)
- 1883 – William Siemens, German engineer (b. 1823)
- 1938 – Kaarlo Castrén, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1860)
- 1949 – James Ensor, Belgian painter (b. 1860)
- 1962 – Grigol Robakidze, Georgian writer, political writer, and public figure (b. 1880)
- 1967 – Kazimierz Funk, Polish biochemist (b. 1884)
- 1968 – Mehmet Cavit Baysun, Turkish ordinaryus historian (b. 1899)
- 1979 – İlhan Egemen Darendelioğlu, Turkish journalist (assassinated) (b. 1921)
- 1981 – Enver Gökçe, Turkish poet (b. 1920)
- 1984 – Enver Ergun, Turkish diplomat, UN officer
- 1988 – Christina Onassis, American businessperson (b. 1950)
- 1988 – Alan J. Pakula, American director (b. 1928)
- 1992 – Diane Varsi, American film actress (b. 1938)
- 1998 – Alan J. Pakula, American film director, writer, and producer (b. 1928)
- 2004 – Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
- 2004 – John Robert Vane, English pharmacologist (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Kevin DuBrow, American singer (b. 1955)
- 2007 – Magda Szabó, Hungarian writer
- 2008 – Gündüz Suphi Aktan, Turkish diplomat, writer and politician (b. 1941)
- 2010 – Feriha Sanerk, the first female Turkish Police Chief
- 2011 – John Neville, English actor (b. 1925)
- 2011 – Lütfi Ömer Akad, Turkish cinema director (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Boris Strugatskiy, Soviet writer (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Diane Disney Miller, American philanthropist (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Frederick Sanger, British biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry (b. 1918)
- 2014 – Mike Nichols, American film director, producer, screenwriter, and Academy Award winner for Best Director (b. 1931)
- 2016 – Ida Levin, American classical violinist (b. 1963)
- 2017 – Claudio Báez, Mexican film and television actor (b. 1948)
- 2017 – Charles Manson, American criminal (b. 1934)
- 2017 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (born 1968)
- 2017 – Della Reese, American singer and actress (b. 1931)
- 2018 – Dominique Blanchard, French film actress (b. 1927)
- 2018 – Eva Probst, German actress (b. 1930)
- 2019 – Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne, 20th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and senior Sri Lankan politician (b. 1931)
- 2020 – Sebuh Chuldjian, Turkish-Armenian Apostolic Bishop (b. 1959)
- 2020 – Manvel Grigoryan, Armenian soldier and politician (b. 1956)
- 2020 – Reşit Karabacak, Turkish wrestler (b. 1954)
