What Happened on November 11, 2019

• Arctic blast brings record low temperatures for November to the US Midwest including Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois
• More than 120 bush fires in Australia cause the country to declare state of emergency in two states with a catastrophic threat issued for Sydney region
• Transit of Mercury across the sun, closer than any other transit this century

• Violent day in Hong Kong as protests continue with person set alight and another shot amid general strike

• Dotty Mack, American TV personality known as the "Queen of Pantomime" (The Paul Dixon Show; The Dotty Mack Show), dies at 90
• Zeke Bratkowski, American NFL quarterback and coach (Green Bay Packers), dies from a heart attack at 88

Holidays: Veterans Day (United States)

• #1 Song: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
• #1 Song: Dance Monkey - Tones and I