Daily Calendar for Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Born
- George Rogers Clark (military leader) –
- James Garfield (20th U.S. president) –
- Tommy Dorsey (musician) –
- Roy Campanella (baseball player) –
- Larry King (radio & television personality) –
- Dick Cavett (talk show host) –
- Ted Turner (businessman) –
- Calvin Klein (fashion designer) –
- Eileen Collins (astronaut) –
- Meg Ryan (actress) –
- Jodie Foster (actress) –
Died
- Franz Schubert (composer) –
- Emma Lazarus (poet) –
- Sir Basil Spence (architect) –
- Mike Nichols (director) –
- Ron Hynes (Canadian singer-songwriter) –
- Della Reese (singer and actress) –
- Larry Korn (agricultural educator and author) –
- Rosalynn Smith Carter (U.S. First Lady) –
Events
- Christopher Columbus first sighted what is now Puerto Rico –
- Jay’s Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain signed –
- President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address –
- Hudson Bay Co. ceded territory to Canada –
- Boss Tweed sentenced to 12 years in prison, New York City –
- Frederick Blaisdell was granted a patent for a paper-wrapped pencil –
- Five-year old TIME magazine presented a cover portrait for the first time –
- Leonard Bernstein appointed Music Director of the New York Philharmonic –
- Ford Motor Co. discontinued the Edsel –
- Pele, Brazilian soccer star, scores his 1000th goal, at Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janiero. –
- John Carpenter became the first contestant to win $1,000,000 on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire –
- David L. Pickens granted patent for registered pedigree “stuffed animals” –
Weather
- Up to 18 inches of snow fell on the Great Plains of Colorado, with 5-foot drifts in suburban Denver –
- Seventy-nine degrees F, Denver, Colorado –
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