BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on November 19.

Everyone born on November 19 is a Scorpio — ruled by Pluto, remembers everything. The stone is topaz, the flower chrysanthemum, and the day is shared with Calvin Klein and James A. Garfield.

Scorpio, the Scorpion — an engraving
Sun sign
Scorpio ♏︎
the Scorpion · ruled by Pluto · remembers everything
Topaz, the birthstone for November — an engraving
Birthstone
Topaz
November
Chrysanthemum, the birth flower for November — an engraving
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
& peony

Your book

Born on November 19? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Scorpio, October 23 to November 21.

The Scorpion, ruled by Mars in the old books and Pluto in the newer ones, which tells you the tradition could not agree on how to handle it. A water sign, credited with intensity, loyalty that runs to the bone, and a stare. Its people are said to keep secrets well — their own and yours — and to forgive nothing and forget less. The books call it magnetic, from a safe distance.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on November 19.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1942
Calvin Klein
American fashion designer
1831
James A. Garfield
20th President of the United States
1966
Shmuley Boteach
American author and rabbi
1917
Indira Gandhi
3rd Prime Minister of India
1962
Jodie Foster
American director and actress
1961
Meg Ryan
American actress and producer
1959
Allison Janney
American actress
1933
Larry King
American journalist and talk show host

On this day

What November 19 has seen.

It is International Men's Day.

1863American Civil War: U.S. president Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1942World War II: Soviet troops launched Operation Uranus at the Battle of Stalingrad with the goal of encircling Axis forces, turning the tide of the battle in their favour.
1985The first of five summits between Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. president Ronald Reagan began in Geneva.

The calendar

When November 19 falls.

A Thursday in 2026, a Friday in 2027, a Sunday in 2028, a Monday in 2029, and a Tuesday in 2030.