TODAY IN HISTORY – 19th Nov, 2025 – Africa World News
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.
The balance you enjoy in life may come from a few of your decisions and they mostly, come from self awareness and studies about previous events.
Behold some remarkable events that went down today in the distant past
On this day in 1646, the current Saint Peter’s Basilica is consecrated in Rome, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site.
According to Today in History, on this day in 1881, a meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odesa, Ukraine.
Still on this day in 1942, Mutesa II was crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
In 1969, on this day, Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the “Ocean of Storms”) and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
Today in History reveals that in 1969, on this day, Association football player Pelé scored his 1,000th goal.
It was on this day in 1999 that John Carpenter became the first person to win the top prize in the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Today is International Men’s Day
Today is Liberation Day (Mali)
Today is Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
Today is World Toilet Day
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