Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 19
This is a list of selected November 19 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1095 – Council of Clermont | Moved to November 27 |
| 1955 – The National Review, one of the most widely read and influential American conservative magazines, was first published. | refimprove section |
| 1999 – Shenzhou 1 (model pictured), China's first unmanned test flight of the Shenzhou spacecraft, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia. | stubby, no footnotes |
Eligible
- 1493 – Christopher Columbus became the first European to land on Puerto Rico, naming it San Juan Bautista after John the Baptist.
- 1794 – The United States and Great Britain concluded the Jay Treaty, the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
- 1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1941 – World War II: The Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran destroyed each other in the Indian Ocean.
- 1977 – TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashed while attempting to land at Madeira Airport in Funchal, Madeira, killing over 130 people on board.
- 1994 – The first National Lottery draw in the United Kingdom was held.
- 2005 – Iraq War: A group of United States Marines allegedly massacred twenty-four people in the town of Haditha in Iraq.
November 19: International Men's Day; Liberation Day in Mali
- 1816 – The University of Warsaw, currently the largest university in Poland, was established as Congress Poland found itself a territory without a university.
- 1942 – World 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 the Soviet Union's favour.
- 1969 – Playing for Santos against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer Pelé (pictured) scored his 1000th goal.
- 1985 – Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan held the first of five summit meetings between them in Geneva.
- 2010 – The first of four explosions occurred at the Pike River Mine in the West Coast Region of New Zealand in the nation's worst mining disaster in nearly a century.