2020
Institutional decision
Día de la Nación Pluricultural
The decree text is dated in Mexico City on 19 November 2020 by Congress; executive issuance for publication followed on 16 December 2020.
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What is celebrated on November 19?
See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to November 19. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.
Verified history
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Selected observance milestones connected to this date, based on reviewed sources.
2015
Later action
National Entrepreneurs’ Day
The Senate agreed to a resolution expressing support for designation of the third Tuesday in November as National Entrepreneurs’ Day.
2014
First observance
Women's Entrepreneurship Day
WEDO says the day launched at the United Nations in 2014; UN Web TV preserves November 19, 2014 event programming.
2010
First observance
National Entrepreneurs’ Day
The White House described 19 November 2010 as the first-ever National Entrepreneurs’ Day.
2001
First observance
World Toilet Day
UN-Water states that World Toilet Day was established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001; the reviewed evidence records the first celebration on 19 November that year.
1999
First observance
International Men’s Day
Current organizer material says the November 19 observance was first celebrated in 1999 by Dr Jerome Teelucksingh in Trinidad and Tobago.
1982
Institutional decision
Bible Sunday (Philippines)
Philippine Bible Society history dates Proclamation No. 2242 to November 19, 1982.
1952
First observance
National Day
Journal de Monaco states that from 1952 the Sovereign’s Feast used November 19 under Ordinance no. 465.
Curated global anchors
See the collection →Major global guides on November 19
A reviewed starting point drawn from prominent global observances with strong institutional or organizer sources. Each observance keeps its own documented status and scope.
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
World Philosophy Day
Proclaimed by UNESCO General Conference in 2005
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
World Toilet Day
A/RES/67/291
Reviewed depth
Other in-depth guides on November 19
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
Día de la Puertorriqueñidad
Puerto Rico Law No. 91 of 1938, as amended, declares November 19 a holiday known as Día de la Puertorriqueñidad; current government calendar material also retains older discovery terminolog…
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
Garifuna Settlement Day
Belize Living Heritage/NICH documents Thomas Vincent Ramos’s 1941 founding role, 1943 regional recognition, 1977 nationwide extension/renaming and November 19 historical rationale.
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
Great American Smokeout®
The American Cancer Society hosts the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday in November. ACS history identifies 18 November 1976 as the first official Smokeout in California and say…
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
International Men’s Day
The International Men’s Day organization states that the observance is marked each year on November 19 and confirms the 2026 edition and theme.
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
National Day
The Journal de Monaco explains that Prince Rainier III fixed 19 November as the Sovereign’s Feast from 1952 by Sovereign Ordinance no. 465 of 27 October 1951, choosing his enthronement day…
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
National Integration Day
Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs / Press Information Bureau
Explore the mix
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12 observances
All observances on this date
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Día de la Puertorriqueñidad
Puerto Rico Law No. 91 of 1938, as amended, declares November 19 a holiday known as Día de la Puertorriqueñidad; current government calendar material also retains older discovery terminolog…
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
Garifuna Settlement Day
Belize Living Heritage/NICH documents Thomas Vincent Ramos’s 1941 founding role, 1943 regional recognition, 1977 nationwide extension/renaming and November 19 historical rationale.
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
Great American Smokeout®
The American Cancer Society hosts the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday in November. ACS history identifies 18 November 1976 as the first official Smokeout in California and say…
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
International Men’s Day
The International Men’s Day organization states that the observance is marked each year on November 19 and confirms the 2026 edition and theme.
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
National Day
The Journal de Monaco explains that Prince Rainier III fixed 19 November as the Sovereign’s Feast from 1952 by Sovereign Ordinance no. 465 of 27 October 1951, choosing his enthronement day…
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
National Integration Day
Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs / Press Information Bureau
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
National Rural Health Day
NOSORH states that National Rural Health Day has been observed on the third Thursday of November since 2011.
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
Use Less Stuff Day
EPA’s 1996 Reusable News documents the first annual Use Less Stuff Day on 16 November 1995, one week before Thanksgiving, and identifies the original campaign coalition; contemporary Washin…
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
Women's Entrepreneurship Day
The Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization identifies 19 November as Women's Entrepreneurship Day and centers the campaign on supporting women entrepreneurs
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
World Pancreatic Cancer Day
The World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition verifies 19 November 2026 and records that international pancreatic-cancer organizations launched the inaugural World Pancreatic Cancer Day in 2014; co…
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
World Philosophy Day
Proclaimed by UNESCO General Conference in 2005
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
World Toilet Day
A/RES/67/291
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