November 19: International Men's Day; World Toilet Day; Liberation Day in Mali (1968)Pel in 19601794 The United States and Great Britain signed the Jay Treaty, the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.1824 Temenggong Abdul Rahman of Johor and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ceded the governance of Singapore to the British East India Company.1969 Playing for Santos against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer Pel (pictured) scored his thousandth goal.1991 Mexican singer Luis Miguel released the album Romance, which led to a revival of interest in bolero music.2002 The Greek oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Galicia after spilling 420 thousand barrels (17.8million US gallons) of oil, in the worst environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.Jane Freilicher (b.1924)Margaret Turner-Warwick (b.1924)James Ensor (d.1949)Erika Alexander (b.1969)More anniversaries: November 18November 19November 20ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout