On This Day in History
Discover key historical events within the Genesis range (1950–2049) that occurred on this calendar day, and claim their commemorative registry plaques.
November 19
7 historical milestones registered between 1950 and 2049
Playing for Santos against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer Pelé (pictured) scored his thousandth goal.
Wikipedia: Santos FC
The first of five summits (pictured) between Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. president Ronald Reagan began in Geneva.
Wikipedia: Geneva Summit (1985)
Mexican singer Luis Miguel released the album Romance, which led to a revival of interest in bolero music.
Wikipedia: Luis Miguel
The 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.
Wikipedia: MV Prestige
Iraq War: A group of United States Marines massacred 25 people in the town of Haditha.
Wikipedia: Iraq War
The first of four explosions occurred at the Pike River Mine in the West Coast in New Zealand's worst mining disaster in nearly a century.
Wikipedia: Pike River Mine disasterA double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 23 people and injured at least 160 others.
Wikipedia: 2013 Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut