1827
Activism
Birth in Luanda, Angola
Catherine Mulgrave was born on November 19, 1827, in Luanda, Angola.
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30 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1869
Medicine
Leads the 'Edinburgh Seven' into the University of Edinburgh Medical School
Jex-Blake led a group of seven women admitted to study medicine at Edinburgh, the first women matriculated at any British university.
View details1887
Literature
Death of Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus passed away on November 19, 1887, in New York.
View details1895
Arts
Birth of Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Louise Dahl-Wolfe was born on November 19, 1895, in San Francisco.
View details1897
Literature
First public talk in Chicago
Elliott gave a public talk at the home of Mrs. Charles Schwartz in Chicago.
View details1900
Science
Birth of Anna Seghers in Mainz
Netty Reiling, later known as Anna Seghers, was born in Mainz, Germany, into a Jewish art-dealer family.
View details1903
Arts
Performed pioneering harpsichord recital reviving Baroque performance practice in Paris
Landowska's Paris performances on the harpsichord in the early 1900s reintroduced the instrument to modern concert audiences.
View details1904
Arts
Birth of Vera Bradford
Born on November 19, 1904, in Melbourne, Australia, Vera Bradford would become a famed classical pianist.
View details1917
Politics
Birth of Indira Nehru (Indira Gandhi)
Indira Nehru was born in Allahabad, India, to Jawaharlal and Kamala Nehru.
View details1919
Literature
Opens Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris
Sylvia Beach opened her English-language bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company, at 8 rue Dupuytren in Paris on November 19, 1919.
View details1926
Politics
Birth in Duncan, Oklahoma
Jeane Duane Jordan (later Kirkpatrick) was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, to an oil-drilling family on the American frontier.
View details1938
Arts
Death of Minna Lewinson
Death of Minna Lewinson, pioneering journalist and first woman to win a journalism Pulitzer Prize, at age 41.
View details1954
Arts
Prix Goncourt for The Mandarins
Beauvoir won the Prix Goncourt for The Mandarins, confirming her stature as a major French novelist.
View details1955
Literature
Joins founding staff of National Review
Priscilla Buckley joined her brother William F. Buckley Jr.'s newly launched magazine National Review at its founding in November 1955, beginning a nearly three-decade editorial career.
View details1956
Aviation
Birth of Eileen Marie Collins
Eileen Marie Collins was born in Elmira, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, later becoming a pioneering U.S. Air Force test pilot and NASA astronaut.
View details1963
Arts
Death of Carmen Amaya
Carmen Amaya passed away on November 19, 1963, in Bagur, Catalonia.
View details1970
Literature
First Woman to Win the Booker Prize
On November 19, 1970, Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize for her novel "The Elected Member".
View details1997
Science
First Woman of Indian Origin in Space
Kalpana Chawla flies to space on Space Shuttle Columbia STS-87.
View details1998
Arts
Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design
Received Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design.
View details2007
Arts
National Medal of Arts Presentation
Ruth Asawa received the National Medal of Arts on November 19, 2007.
View details2007
Literature
Death of Magda Szabó in Kerepes, Hungary
Magda Szabó died on November 19, 2007, in Kerepes, Hungary, at the age of 90, having become Hungary's most translated novelist.
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Exploration
Crosses the Equator during solo voyage
Watson crossed the Equator during her circumnavigation attempt, a key milestone for a recognized round-the-world route.
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Medicine
Pearl Meister Greengard Prize awarded to Greider
Pearl Meister Greengard Prize awarded to Carol W. Greider at Rockefeller University for her discovery of telomerase.
View details2013
Aviation
Death of Dora Dougherty Strother McKeown
Dora Dougherty Strother McKeown passed away on November 19, 2013, in Dallas, Texas.
View details2014
Science
National Medal of Science presented at the White House
Presented the National Medal of Science by President Obama.
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Activism
UNEP Champions of the Earth – Lifetime Achievement Award
Earle receives the UNEP Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Science
National Book Award for Poetry
Glück won the National Book Award for Poetry for Faithful and Virtuous Night at the November 19, 2014 ceremony.
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Activism
Featured by American University for activism
Profiled by American University for using rap to challenge forced marriage traditions.
View details2024
Science
Honored at '30 Years of Molecular Diagnostics at the AVL' in Amsterdam
Laura van 't Veer was honored at an Amsterdam event marking 30 years of molecular diagnostics at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (AVL).
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Science
Burial at Akbelen Cemetery
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ was buried on November 19, 2024, at Akbelen Cemetery.
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