TODAY IN HISTORY + CELEBRITIES BORN TODAY


GOODLUCK - Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON (born 20 November 1957) was President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He served as Vice-President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010 and as Governor of Bayelsa State from 2005 to 2007.
He contested and lost the 2015 presidential election, upon which he conceded defeat and became the first sitting Nigerian president to do so. Jonathan's term as President of Nigeria ended on 29 May 2015, when he handed over to his successor, Muhammadu Buhari.

FUTURENayvadius DeMun Wilburn, (born November 20, 1983), better known by his stage name Future, is an American hip hop recording artist from the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. After releasing a series of moderately successful mixtapes between 2010 and 2011, Future signed a major-label deal with Epic Records and fellow American rapper Rocko's A1 Recordings, which helped launch Future's own label imprint, Freebandz. Future is the father of Ciara's son Future Zahir Wilburn (born May 19, 2014 (age 1)

MICHAELMichael Clifford (born 20 November 1995, 19 years old) is a guitarist and vocalist for a popular band in Australia called 5 seconds of summer.

ASHLEYAshley Rae Fink (born November 20, 1986) is an American actress and singer, known for her role as Lauren Zizes in the television series Glee, Sabrina Thomas in Fat Girls and also as Carter McMahon in Huge.

EDUARDOEduardo Jesús Vargas Rojas born 20 November 1989) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for German club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Chilean national team. A full international since 2010, Vargas has earned 50 caps for Chile, scoring 25 goals. He was part of their squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Copa América, finishing as joint top-scorer with four goals as they won the latter.


TODAY IN HISTORY
November 19, 2007 – The AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) was incorporated as a stand-alone non-governmental organization. Prior to 2007, the operations of APIN fell under the AIDS research and prevention initiatives that had been conducted in Nigeria since 2000 by the Harvard University School of Public Health. APIN strives to provide preventative care and treatment to “diseases of public health significance” (including HIV/AIDS).

1917 – World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

1940 – World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

1959 – United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of the Child; annual anniversary observed as Universal Children's Day.

1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.

1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

2003 – After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.

2008 – After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997.

1979 – Grand Mosque Seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.

1974 – The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.