19TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ERMENBURGA; ST BARLAAM OF ANTIOCH; &
ST NERSES I." |
| 19TH |
461 |
"ST. HILARY" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 19TH |
498 |
"ANASTASIA II" ENDS HIS REIGN
AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 19TH |
1857 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA IMPOSES A HEAD TAX OF 10 POUNDS ON CHINESE
ARRIVALS. |
| 19TH |
1939 |
A COLLISION BETWEEN A "GA MONOSPAR
AND A DH60G" AIRCRAFT AT MASCOT, NSW, KILLS SIX. |
| 19TH |
1941 |
641 SAILORS ARE KILLED WHEN HMAS SYDNEY IS SUNK OFF
THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COAST DURING A CONFLICT WITH GERMAN CRUISER CORMORRANT, WHICH
ALSO SINKS. |
| 19TH |
1946 |
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES A GUIDED
MISSILE RANGE IN AUSTRALIA AS A JOINT VENTURE WITH THE U.K. |
| 19TH |
1949 |
"PRINCE RAINIER III" IS SWORN IN AS THE 30th RULING
PRINCE OF MONACO. |
| 19TH |
1954 |
AMERICAN ENTERTAINER "SAMMY DAVIS
jnr." LOSES AN EYE IN A CAR ACCIDENT. |
| 19TH |
1959 |
FORD CANCELLS PRODUCTION OF IT’S UGLY "EDSEL." |
| 19TH |
1969 |
APOLLO 12 ASTRONAUTS "CHARLES
CONRAD AND ALAN BEAN," MAKE MAN’S SECOND LANDING ON THE MOON. |
| 19TH |
1969 |
BRAZILIAN SOCCER PLAYER, "PELE" SCORES HIS 1,000th
GOAL IN HIS 909th FIRST CLASS MATCH. |
| 19TH |
1975 |
TWO STAFF MEMBERS OF THE QUEENSLAND
PREMIER ARE INJURED BY A LETTER-BOMB ADDRESSED TO THE PREMIER. |
| 19TH |
1979 |
"CHUCK BERRY" IS RELEASED FROM PRISON ON INCOME TAX
EVASION. |
| 19TH |
1984 |
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN ‘KYM
HUGHES’ BROKE DOWN AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE GABBA AND RESIGNED AFTER AUSTRALIA
SUFFERED A HUMILIATING LOSS TO THE WEST INDIES. |
| 19TH |
1987 |
A RECORD PRICE FOR A CAR WAS REACHED WHEN A 1931
‘BUGATTI ROYALE’ SOLD AT AUCTION FOR 5.5 million POUNDS. |
| 19TH |
1988 |
ACTOR, "CORBIN BERNSEN"
MARRIES ACTRESS, "AMANDA PAYS." |
| 19TH |
1990 |
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES
STRIPPED THE 1989 "BEST NEW ARTIST" GRAMMY FROM THE GROUP "MILLI
VANILLI" BECAUSE "ROB PILATUS" & " FABRICE MORVAN"
DIDN’T SING ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM "GIRL YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE" THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME A GRAMMY HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK. |
| 19TH |
1996 |
U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND HIS
WIFE HILARY ARRIVE IN SYDNEY. |
| 19TH |
1998 |
FILM DIRECTOR, "ALAN PAKULA" 70, WAS KILLED
INSTANTLY, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VOLVO AFTER A PIECE OF PIPE WAS THROWN UP OFF THE
LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY, EAST OF NEW YORK. IT WENT THROUGH HIS WINDSCREEN CAUSING HIM
TO CRASH THROUGH A FENCE. |
| 19TH |
1999 |
41 YEAR OLD BUS DRIVER, "XU
WEIXING" WAS ATTACKED & KILLED BY 3 TIGERS WHEN HE GOT OUT OF HIS BROKEN DOWN BUS
TO RE-ATTACH A TOW ROPE. HE WAS TAKING SCHOOLCHILDREN THROUGH THE "SHANGHI
WORLD ANIMALS PARK," CHINA. |
| 19TH |
1999 |
THE FATHER OF 20 YEAR OLD "HUGH WEBB" WHO WAS
YESTERDAY RESCUED FROM A SNOW CAVE IN NEW ZEALAND, "NICHOLAS WEBB" 52, OF
CANBERRA, WAS KILLED INSTANTLY IN A CAR CRASH ON THE SOUTH ISLAND, ON THEIR WAY HOME TO
CANBERRA. |
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