📜 This Day in History

November 19

• 1620The Mayflower, which brought the Pilgrims from England to the New World, sighted Cape Cod.
• 1863American Civil War: Confederate forces began the Siege of Knoxville against Union fortifications, surrounding most of the city.
• 1941World War II: The Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran destroyed each other in the Indian Ocean.
• 1969Playing for Santos against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer Pelé scored his thousandth goal.
• 2002The Greek oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Galicia after spilling 420 thousand barrels (17.8 million US gallons) of oil, in the worst environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
• 2013A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 23 people and injured at least 160 others.

Born on this day

• 1600Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (died 1649)
• 1831James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States (died 1881)
• 1917Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (died 1984)
• 1962Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer