November 19 birthdays & history

Famous people born on November 19

• 1917Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India
• 1962Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer
• 1600Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland
• 1711Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian physicist, chemist, astronomer, and geographer
• 1888José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban-American chess player and theologian
• 1933Larry King, American journalist and talk show host
• 1909Peter Drucker, Austrian-American theorist, educator, and author.
• 1961Meg Ryan, American actress and producer
• 1938Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System
• 1925Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-English sociologist, historian, and academic

What happened on November 19

• 1794The United States and Great Britain signed the Jay Treaty, the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
• 1802The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (present-day Belize).
• 1816Warsaw University is established.
• 1824Temenggong Abdul Rahman of Johor and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ceded the governance of Singapore to the British East India Company.
• 1847The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened.
• 1881A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odesa, Ukraine.
• 1916Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
• 1933A coalition of right-wing parties won the majority of seats in the Congress of Deputies in the first general election in Spain with suffrage extended to women.
• 1942Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
• 1969Playing for Santos against Vasco da Gama in the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer Pelé scored his thousandth goal.
• 1985The first of five summits between Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. president Ronald Reagan began in Geneva.
• 1991Mexican singer Luis Miguel released the album Romance, which led to a revival of interest in bolero music.

Also observed on November 19

• Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
• Flag Day (Brazil)
• Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize)
• International Men's Day
• Liberation Day (Mali)
• The Sovereign Prince's Day (Monaco)