Born on 19 November 1981

At A Glance

19 November 1981 at a glance

Day of the week

19 November 1981 was a Thursday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie.

Top Film of 1981

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1981 was Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Star sign

The star sign for 19 November is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 19 November 1981 fell in the Year of the Rooster.

Birthstone

The birthstone for November is Topaz.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 19 November 1981 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 19 November

• 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
• 1985 Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
• 1985 Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.
• 1985 Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.
• 1988 Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

Famous people born on 19 November

• Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer (born 1962)
• Allison Janney, American actress (born 1959)
• Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1600–1649)
• James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States (1831–1881)

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