In Jhansi, Martyr's Day is observed on November 19, the birth anniversary of Rani Lakshmibai, to commemorate the lives lost in the 1857 Rebellion. Rani Lakshmibai, also known as Jhansi ki Rani, was the queen of Jhansi during the 1857 Rebellion. She became a symbol for the liberation movement against the British Raj for Indian nationalists.

Gene Eliza Tierney was an American film and stage actress who was born on November 19, 1920. She rose to prominence as a leading lady after being praised for her beauty.  Tierney is best known for her role as Laura in the 1944 film Laura, and she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven (1945).

Margaret Eleanor Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She and her family relocated to Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, in 1945, and to Toronto, Canada, in 1946. She spent part of every year until she was eleven in the northern Ontario wilderness, where her father worked as an entomologist (insect scientist). Her writing was one among the many things she liked doing in her "bush" time, when she wasn't in school. Atwood has garnered over fifty-five accolades, including two Governor General's Awards, the first in 1966 for The Circle Game, her first major collection of poetry, and the second in 1985 for The Handmaid's Tale, which was adapted into a film.

Calvin Klein, full name Calvin Richard Klein, was born on November 19, 1942, in Bronx, New York, New York, United States. He is an American fashion designer known for his womenswear, menswear, jeans, cosmetics and perfumes, bed and bath linens, and other collections.

Niels Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 7, 1885, to mother Ellen Adler, a prosperous Jewish banking family, and father Christian Bohr, a noted physiology scholar. By 1911, the young Bohr had earned his master's and PhD in physics from Copenhagen University. Bohr was first confronted with the consequences of Planck's quantum theory of radiation in this study.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is one of the most well-known Indian actresses in the world today. And winning the Miss World title on November 19, 1994, in Sun City, South Africa, played a significant role in her becoming a global icon.

Princess Elizabeth, 21, and Prince Philip Mountbatten, 26, married on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey in London. On his wedding day, Prince Philip, son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, was given the title Duke of Edinburgh.

Owen Wilson is an actor and screenwriter most known for his work with Wes Anderson, with whom he has collaborated on multiple projects. Wilson and Anderson met at the University of Texas and began their careers by co-writing the script for 'Bottle Rocket.' He was born on November 18, 1968, as the middle child of advertising executive Robert Andrew Wilson and photographer Laura Cunningham. He has two brothers, Andrew and Luke, who are also filmmakers. He is of Irish ancestry.

Sushmita Sen, an Indian actress, model, and Miss Universe 1994 winner, was born on November 19, 1975. It is the first time an Indian has won Miss Universe. At the age of 18, she had already won the Femina Miss India 1994 title. She became Miss Universe and has since performed as an actress in movies.

Jack Dorsey, born November 19, 1976 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, is an American Web developer and entrepreneur who cofounded (2006) the online microblogging service Twitter with Evan Williams and Christopher Stone. Dorsey also developed taxi dispatching software as a teenager, which taxicab companies adopted.

Indira Gandhi was born on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad, India, as Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, née Nehru. She was an Indian politician who served as the country's first female prime minister for three consecutive terms (1966–77) and a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.

Tipu Sultan was Hyder Ali's son, who founded the Mysore sultanate was born on November 20th in the year 1950, at Devanahalli in Bangalore. During their reign, the two ruled over the Mysore region and stood firm against British expansion.

Joe Biden, born Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. on November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., is the 46th President of the United States and the 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–17) in President Barack Obama's Democratic administration. He previously served in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.

On December 19, 2010, Sachin Tendulkar scored 111 runs against South Africa at Centurion, but India lost the game by an innings and 25 runs.

Alfred Tennyson, a Victorian poet, took over as British Poet Laureate today, succeeding William Wordsworth on November 19, 1850. Leigh Hunt and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were also considered. He served as Nobel Laureate until his death in 1892, the longest tenure of any laureate before or since.

Robert F. Kennedy was an American politician who was born on November 20, 1925, in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1952, he ran his brother John F. Kennedy's U.S. Senate campaign. He was appointed chief counsel to the Senate committee investigating labour racketeering in 1957, but resigned in 1960 to manage his brother's presidential campaign. As Attorney General of the United States (1961–64), he led a campaign against organised crime that resulted in the conviction of labour leader Jimmy Hoffa. He was elected to the United States Senate from New York in 1964.

Windows 1.0, the first version of the Microsoft Windows line, was released on November 20, 1985. It runs on top of an existing MS-DOS installation as a graphical, 16-bit multi-tasking shell. It provides a platform for running graphical programmes designed for Windows as well as legacy MS-DOS software.

On this day in 2006, the stars married within Bracciano, Italy's 15th-century Odescalchi Castle, a ceremony that allegedly cost them more than $3 million. Katie was raised Catholic and began studying Scientology after falling in love with Tom. Suri, their daughter, was born in April 2006, only seven weeks after they met. Katie and Tom married in a Scientologist ceremony at Odescalchi Castle in Italy on November 18, 2006.

Zeenat Aman is widely regarded as one of India's most influential actresses. Aman, who was born on November 19, 1951 in Bombay, has received numerous awards and nominations throughout her film career, which spans over 80 films. A number of her films have been deemed classics, and Aman has distinguished herself as one of the very few Bollywood actors to have played bold and controversial characters.

Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich, Graf (count) Tolstoy, —died on November 7 [November 20], 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province), was a renowned Russian author, a master of realistic fiction, and one of the world's greatest novelists.