Thursday, November 19, 2026

Name day

Today's name day is:

Tanguy

Astrological sign: Scorpio (October 23 - November 22)

Festivals and international days on November 19:

• World Toilet Day
• World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse
• International Men's Day
• Monaco National Day
• World Philosophy Day
• Beaujolais Nouveau

See also: November 18 - November 20 - All days of 2026

November 1-30: Movember, the moustache celebration

November 9-20: COP31, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Antalya (Turkey)

November 15-22: ATP Tour Finals, Turin (Italy)

November 18-19: Slush, Helsinki (Finland)

November 19-21: Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix (United States)

November 19, 1493: Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, taking possession of it in the name of the Crown of Castile.

November 19, 1919: The United States Senate refuses to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, effectively preventing the country from joining the League of Nations. This refusal will thus reduce the organization's influence.

November 19, 1942: The Red Army counterattacks at Stalingrad, encircling German forces of more than a million men; this is Operation Uranus.

November 19, 1969: Apollo 12, the sixth crewed spaceflight of the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon, touches down on the Ocean of Storms.

November 19, 1990: The signing of the disarmament treaty between the eastern bloc (the Warsaw Pact) and the western bloc (NATO) ends the Cold War. Its official name is the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), and it is signed by 22 states.