Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
| November 19 | ||
| 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. | |
| Born on November 19 | ||
| 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). | |
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