Today in History

November 19

1924 - Sir Lee Stack, British Governor of Sudan, is slain in Egypt.

1942 - Soviet troops counterattack at Stalingrad and surround German troops in Second World War.

1973 - Cambodian presidential palace in Phnom Penh is bombed, killing three people.

1990 - Nepal adopts a new constitution, creating a democratic government.

2009 - Al Nasr football player Salem Sa’ad, 31, dies of a heart attack during practice.

2013 - Suicide bombers target the Iranian embassy in Beirut, killing 23. 2014 - The 2.5 million square foot Yas Mall in Abu Dhabi is inaugurated. 2017 - Czech tennis player Jana Novotna dies at the age of 49.