Summary of the Day ✨ 19 November (19/11)
On this day, the 2023 Cricket World Cup final showcased international sportsmanship as India hosted Australia, while tragedy struck globally with a deadly nightclub shooting in Colorado, a devastating bombing at Iran’s Beirut embassy, and New Zealand’s worst mining disaster in a century. The day concluded with unprecedented chaos in the NBA as history’s worst brawl resulted in multiple suspensions and criminal charges against players and fans.
Historical Events 📜
- 2023: The 2023 Cricket World Cup final takes place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, played between host nation India and Australia.
- 2022: A gunman kills five and injures 17 at Club Q, a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- 2013: A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others.
- 2010: The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation’s worst mining disaster since 1914.
- 2004: The worst brawl in NBA history results in several players being suspended. Several players and fans are charged with assault and battery.
- 2002: The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 76,000 m3 (20 million US gal) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
- 2001: The Aviation and Transportation Security Act is enacted by the 107th United States Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
- 1999: Shenzhou 1: The People’s Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
- 1999: John Carpenter becomes the first person to win the top prize in the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- 1998: Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings into U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- 1997: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-87.
- 1996: Space Shuttle program: Columbia is launched on STS-80, which would become the longest mission in the program at 17 days. On this mission, astronaut Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five space shuttles.
- 1996: A Beechcraft 1900 and a Beechcraft King Air collide at Quincy Regional Airport in Quincy, Illinois, killing 14.
- 1994: In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.
- 1993: A factory fire killed 87 and injured 51 in Shenzhen, China.
Famous Births 👶
- 1999: Evgenia Medvedeva, Russian figure skater
- 1998: Nahuel Ferraresi, Venezuelan footballer
- 1997: Zach Collins, American basketball player
- 1997: Kotonowaka Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1996: RiceGum, American YouTuber
- 1996: FaZe Rug, American YouTuber
- 1996: Fred Warner, American football player
- 1995: Vanessa Axente, Hungarian model
- 1994: Ibrahima Mbaye, Senegalese footballer
- 1993: Justin Anderson, American basketball player
- 1993: Joey Gallo, American baseball player
- 1993: Suso, Spanish footballer
- 1992: Cameron Bancroft, Australian cricketer
- 1992: Roland Baumann, Austrian politician
- 1992: James Tarkowski, English footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Tony Campolo, American sociologist and pastor (born 1935)
- 2023: Rosalynn Carter, American mental health activist, First Lady of the United States (1977–1981), and of Georgia (1971–1975) (born 1927)
- 2023: Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and publisher (born 1935)
- 2022: Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (born 1973)
- 2017: Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer (born 1934)
- 2017: Warren “Pete” Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1938)
- 2017: Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (born 1968)
- 2017: Della Reese, American singer and actress (born 1931)
- 2017: Mel Tillis, American singer and songwriter (born 1932)
- 2015: Armand, Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1946)
- 2015: Allen E. Ertel, American lawyer and politician (born 1937)
- 2015: Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)
- 2015: Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (born 1953)
- 2015: Mal Whitfield, American runner and diplomat (born 1924)
- 2014: Roy Bhaskar, English philosopher and academic (born 1944)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Blessed Giacomo Benefatti - Christian feast day:
Mechthild of Hackeborn - Christian feast day:
Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Raphael Kalinowski - Christian feast day:
Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician - Christian feast day:
November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
- Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Russia, Belarus)
- Flag Day (Brazil)
- Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize)
- International Men’s Day
- Liberation Day (Mali)
- Martyrs’ Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)
- The Sovereign Prince’s Day (Monaco)
- World Toilet Day