November 19

Today in History
• 1493 - Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage
• 1581 - Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich dies after being attacked by his father Ivan the Terrible
• 1620 - The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast
• 1794 - Jay Treaty, first US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain
• 1805 - Lewis and Clark expedition, reaches the Pacific Ocean
• 1824 - Storm causes flooding in St Petersburg, killing 10,000
• 1861 - The first petroleum shipment from the U.S. to Europe leaves Philadelphia, for London
• 1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg addres


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Discovery of Puerto Rico Day
• Garifuna Settlement Day
• Monaco National Day
• National Camp Day
• National Integration Day
• National Play Monopoly Day
• Women Entrepreneurs Day
• World Toilet Day

Birthdays
• 1462 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara, 104th Emperor of Japan (1500-26)
• 1600 - Charles I, king of England, 1625-49, ; executed by Parliament
• 1802 - Solomon Foot, American politician (U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1851-66)
• 1805 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat (built Suez Canal)
• 1831 - James Garfield, 20th US President (Republican: 1881)
• 1835 - Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen of the princely state of Jhansi in North India
• 1875 - Hiram Bingham, American archaeologist who re-discovered the Incan site of Machu Picchu
• 1894 - Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician (13th President of Portugal 1958-74)