- 1493 – Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).
- 1916 – Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
- 1959 – The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
If Puerto Rico becomes a state, November 19th is going to be important holiday. Although we already have a Columbus Day, the day that Columbus first “set foot in the United States” would suddenly become a big deal.
For more on Columbus, especially if you only know that in 1492 he sailed the ocean blue, read Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504.