Wednesday 19th of November 0498

50th Pope Anastasius II dies of unknown causes at the age of 53 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Wednesday 19th of November 1828

Composer Franz Peter Schubert dies of typhoid fever at the age of 31 in Wien, Wien, Austria.

Schubert was also suffering from a tertiary stage of syphilis.

Saturday 19th of November 1831

20th President of the United States James Abraham Garfield is born in Moreland Hills, Ohio, United States.

Friday 19th of November 1858

Murderer William H. Buse is executed by hanging at the age of 32 in Jacinto, Mississippi, United States.

Monday 19th of November 1860

Murderer James Mullins is executed by hanging at the age of 58 in Newgate Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Many believed Mullins was innocent.

Monday 19th of November 1877

Murderer William Hassel is executed by hanging by William Marwood in Exeter Prison, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 19th of November 1878

Murderer James M'Gowan is executed by hanging by William Marwood in Strangeways Prison, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

Monday 19th of November 1883

Murderer Peter Bray is executed by hanging in Durham Gaol, Durham, Elvet, North East, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 19th of November 1895

Murderer Richard Wingrove is executed by hanging at the age of 33 in Newgate Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Saturday 19th of November 1898

Wife of Bruno Richard Hauptmann Anna Schoeffler is born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Tuesday 19th of November 1901

Murderer Marcel Faugeron is executed by hanging by James Billington at the age of 23 in Newgate Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Billington was assisted by a new executioner Henry Pierrepoint. This was to be Henry’s first job as an assistant.

Saturday 19th of November 1904

Kidnapper and murderer Nathan Freudenthal Leopold aka The Perfect Murderer is born in 3223 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Friday 19th of November 1915

Songwriter and labor activist Joe Hill is executed by the firing squad at the age of 36 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Monday 19th of November 1917

First female Prime Minister of India Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi is born in Anand Bhavan, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Sunday 19th of November 1933

Television host Larry King is born as Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Saturday 19th of November 1938

Media tycoon Ted Robert Edward Turner known for founding Cable News Network aka CNN is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

Thursday 19th of November 1942

Underwear designer Calvin Richard Klein is born in New York, Bronx, New York, United States.

Friday 19th of November 1948

Child killer Peter Griffiths is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint at the age of 22 in Walton Prison, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

Saturday 19th of November 1949

Artist James Sidney Edouard Ensor dies of unknown causes at the age of 89 in Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis, Gouwelozestraat 100, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Friday 19th of November 1954

29-year-old Actor, singer and entertainer Sammy Samuel George Davis Jr. loses his left eye to the bullet-shaped horn button (a standard feature in 1954 and 1955 Cadillacs) in an automobile accident in Cajon Boulevard and Kendall Drive, San Bernardino, California, United States.

Davis wore an eye patch for at least six months following the accident. Later he was fitted for a glass eye which he wore for the rest of his life.

Monday 19th of November 1962

Double murderer Farley Charles Matchett is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

Monday 19th of November 1962

Actress Jodie Alicia Christian Foster is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Tuesday 19th of November 1963

Spiritual leader of the Sethian Liberation Movement Zeena Galatea LaVey is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

Tuesday 19th of November 1963

38-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey assaults an unidentified 11-year-old boy in Trinity, Jersey, United Kingdom.

Friday 19th of November 1971

25-year-old Performance and installation artist Chris Christopher Burden performs 'Shoot' in F Space, 1514 E Edinger Avenue, Santa Ana, California, United States.

"I will be shot with a rifle at 7:45 p.m." Burden wrote to the editors of the avant-garde publication Avalanche of his landmark performance piece. “I hope to have some good photos.”

Saturday 19th of November 1977

131 die in Transportes Aeros Portugueses Boeing 727-282 Advanced Flight 425 crash and explosion in Madeira Airport, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.

Saturday 19th of November 1977

20-year-old Kristina Weckler is raped, tortured and strangled by serial killers The Hillside Stranglers in 703 East Colorado Street, Glendale, California, United States.

Monday 19th of November 1979

20-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'A-B' with Lud Vandevelde in Koninklijke Akademie voor Schone Kunsten, Berouw, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

For an exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts I painted a line of lime through the city with Lud Vandevelde as a connection between the studios and the exhibition space. Halfway we were arrested by the police.

Monday 19th of November 1984

544 die in Petroleos Mexicanos storage and distribution facility explosion in San Juanico, Mexico City, Mexico.

The San Juanico disaster was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in world history.

Tuesday 19th of November 1991

80 die in train derailment in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico.

Tuesday 19th of November 1991

140 die in sailboat shipwreck in Cape Maisí, Guantanamo, Cuba.

Thursday 19th of November 1992

Triple murderer Jeffery Lee Griffin is executed by lethal injection at the age of 37 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Friday 19th of November 1993

81 die in toy factory fire in Kuiyon, Shenzen, China.

During the fire most of the doors and windows were locked to keep people inside the factory during working hours.

Wednesday 19th of November 1997

Multiple murderer Michael Eugene Sharp is executed by lethal injection at the age of 43 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Friday 19th of November 1999

Double murderer David Junior Brown aka Dawud Abdullah Muhammad is executed by lethal injection at the age of 51 in Raleigh State Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

Tuesday 19th of November 2002

Cop killer Creig Neil Ogan is executed by lethal injection at the age of 48 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Tuesday 19th of November 2002

Curious pigs wondering why a performance artist wants to present one of his works in their sty in Vermeersch Pig Farm, Zedelgemsesteenweg 64, Eernegem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Friday 19th of November 2004

Musician and record producer Terry Melcher known for his brief association with Charles Manson dies of melanoma at the age of 62 in Beverly Hills, California, United States.

Thursday 19th of November 2009

Fashion model Daul Kim commits suicide by hanging at the age of 20 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

A final post on Kim's blog read: “Say hi to forever.”

Thursday 19th of November 2009

Murderer David Lagrue commits suicide by an overdose of medication at the age of 38 in Maison d'Arrêt, 92 Rue Pierre Semard, Évreux, Haute-Normendie, France.

On 2 January 2007 Lagrue witnessed his cellmate Nicolas Cocaign kill and partly eat another cellmate in the prison of Rouen.

Wednesday 19th of November 2014

Film and theatre director Mike Nichols dies of a heart attack at the age of 83 in New York, Manhattan, New York, United States.

Sunday 19th of November 2017

Family leader Charles Milles Manson known for conspiracy to murder Sharon Tate dies of natural causes at the age of 83 in Kern County Hospital, 1700 Mount Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, California, United States.