This is our day guide for Friday November 19th 2021 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on November 19th 2021
International: Guru Nanak's Birthday
Falls on the full moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated all over India to commemorate the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
Belize: Garifuna Settlement Day
Celebrates the settlement of the Garifuna people in Belize after being exiled from the Grenadines
Cambodia: Water Festival Ceremony Holiday
Bonn Om Touk. Full moon of the Buddhist month of KadeukRegional
India (regional): Rasa Purnima
First full moon day of the month of Kartik. The day when Lord Krishna performed the Rasa Lila dance
Lao: That Luang Festival
Pilgrimage to That Luang Stupa in Vientiane on the full moon in the twelfth lunar month
Latvia: National Day (bridge day)
Marks the declaration of independence from German and Russian occupation after the end of the first world war
Monaco: H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince's Day
This the National Day of Monaco. It marks the official ascension of Prince Albert II to the throne on 19 November 2005
Puerto Rico: Discovery Day
On November 19th 1493 Columbus landed on Puerto Rico, naming it San Juan Bautista in honor of Saint John the BaptistNovember 18th 2021 | Go to Today | November 20th 2021
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| General Information for November 19th 2021 | |
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| There are 8 public holidays today. | |
| Day 323 of 2021 | |
| 42 days left in 2021 | |
| Week 46 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1990 - Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals. | |
| 1946 - Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations. | |
| 1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln delivers the The Gettysburg Address. | |
| 1493 - Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico). |
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