Day Guide for Friday November 19th 2021 What are the holidays on November 19th 2021?

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 Kadeuk

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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 Baptist

Observances on November 19th 2021

International: International Mens Day

Objectives of International Men's Day include a focus on mens and boys health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models.

USA: National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day

USA: National Play Monopoly Day

Monopoly is one of the world's most popular board games and is available in a bewildering range of editions.

Germany: National Soup Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Soup Day

United Nations: World Toilet Day

On World Toilet, play your part in ensuring no one is left behind without sanitation.

USA: Substitute Educator's Day

This day honors the educators who are called upon to replace regularly employed teachers.

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General Information for November 19th 2021
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.
1942 – Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda.
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).