November 19

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on November 19, include:

• American Made Matters Day 
• Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day 
• Equal Opportunity Day 
• Have a Bad Day Day 
• International Men's Day
• National Blow Bagpipes Day 
• National Camp Day 
• National Entrepreneurship Day - November 19, 2024 (Third Tuesday in November)
• Parents Day - November 19, 2024 (Tuesday of American Education Week)
• Play Monopoly Day 
• Rocky and Bullwinkle Day 
• Women's Entrepreneurship Day 
• World Toilet Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include November 19, are:

• American Education Week - November 18-22, 2024 (Monday - Friday week prior to Thanksgiving)
• International Fraud Awareness Week - November 17-23, 2024
• International Restorative Justice Week - November 17-23, 2024 (Starts on the Third Sunday of November)
• National Geography Awareness Week - November 17-23, 2024 (Third Full Week in November)
  
• National Global Entrepreneurship Week - November 18-24, 2024
• World Antimicrobial Awareness Week - November 18-24

2024 Monthly Holidays that include November 19, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our November Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of November.

NOTE: A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Pirates Fest - Cayman Islands National Festival - November 1-24, 2024 (Little Cayman - November 1-3, 2024; Grand Cayman - November 8-17, 2024; Cayman Brac - November 22-24, 2024) This is the Cayman Islands, National Festival and features different events such as street dances, costumes, float parade, heritage days, underwater treasure hunt, games, controlled mayhem with a mock invasion, lots of music and events for kids and teens.

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for November 19 is Scorpio.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for November are:

• Chrysanthemum - abundance, cheerfulness, compassion, friendship, secret love

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for November is Topaz and Citrine.

Famous Birthdays

• 1600 - Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1649)
• 1831 - James A. Garfield - American General, lawyer, and politician who became the 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)
• 1905 - Tommy Dorsey - American trombonist, composer and bandleader (d. 1956)
• 1941 - Dan Haggerty - American actor and producer (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams) (d. 2016)
• 1942 - Calvin Klein - American fashion designer who founded Calvin Klein, Inc.

Famous Deaths

• 1850 - Richard Mentor Johnson - American Colonel, lawyer and politician who became the 9th Vice President of the United States (b. 1780)
• 1988 - Christina Onassis - American-Greek businesswoman (b. 1950)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1834 - Franklin Pierce, U.S.Congressman and future U.S. President marries Jane Appleton
• 1923 - Architect Frank Lloyd Wright marries artist Maude Noel
• 1939 - Baseball player Joe DiMaggio marries actress Dorothy Arnold
• 1961 - American actress and comedian Lucille Ball marries stand-up comic Gary Morton
• 2005 - Racer Danica Patrick marries physical therapist Paul Hospenthal
• 2005 - Singer Christina Aquilera marries music executive Jordan Bratman

Quote of the Day

Made in the U.S.A.
November 19th is American Made Matters Day

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Repurposing leftovers is a healthy diet habit to adopt, because it discourages grabbing fast food or processed food products. Who wants to eat at McDonalds, when you could quickly whip up a meal at home that you love, and costs little time, energy, or money to prepare?

Creative meal planning and repurposing leftovers will give you a second meal idea that does not look anything like the original meal! No leftover complaints here!

Your goal should be to plan and repurpose foods into new and healthy recipes that can be shared together. This new meal might not resemble the original meal at all!

Find lots of tips on repurposing leftovers from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

This Day in History

• 1816 - Warsaw University in Poland is established
• 1847 - The Montreal and Lachine Railroad, Canada's second railway line is opened
• 1863 - The Gettysburg Address is given by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• 1911 - The Doom Bar in Cornwall claims the Island Maid and the Angele where the entire crew except for the captain are killed
• 1916 - Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures
• 1941 - During World War II, the HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran sink each other off the coast of Western Australia with 645 Australians and 77 German seamen killed
• 1943 - Nazis murder at leased 6,00 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt at the Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg, western Ukraine
• 1944 - To help pay for World War II, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the sixth War Loan Drives with a goal of selling $14 Billion in U.S. War Bonds
• 1946 - Afghanistan, Iceland, and Sweden join the United Nations
• 1950 - U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe
• 1955 - The National Review publishes its first issue
• 1969 - Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon
• 1977 - TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands kills 131 on board
• 1985 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time in Geneva
• 1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begin impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton after the Monica Lewinsky scandal
• 2002 - The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia releasing over 20 million US gallons of oil
• 2013 - a double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 and injures 160 people

This Day in Music

• 1994 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers play You Don't Know How It Feels and Honeybee on Saturday Night Live
• 2012 - Nobody's Business is released by Rihanna
• 2013 - Adam Levine is named Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine 
• 2018 - Snoop Dogg gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

This Day in Sports

• 1906 - London is selected to host the 1908 Olympics
• 1978 - Carl Yarborough wins the 28th NASCAR Sprint Cup
• 1979 - The Houston Astros sign Nolan Ryan to a record 4 year, $4.5 million contract
• 1989 - The U.S. beat Triniday, 1-0 which qualifies them for the 1990 Wold Soccer Cup finals
• 1989 - Rusty Wallace wins the 39th NASCAR Sprint Cup
• 2019 - Lebron James hits 25 points, 11 rebounds & 10 assists as the LA Lakers beat Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107
• 2021 - MLB Cleveland Indians change their name officially to Guardians

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!