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What happened in history on this day: October 19?
On October 19 in ...
- 615 - Saint Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1298 - Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered.
- 1469 - Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile, paving the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
- 1605 - Birth of Sir Thomas Browne British writer (Garden of Cyrus).
- 1765 - Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote decl of rights and liberties.
- 1781 - At Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution.
- 1784 - Birth of John McLoughlin Hudson's Bay Company pioneer in Oregon Country.
- 1784 - Birth of Leigh Hunt British writer (Lord Byron).
- 1812 - Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
- 1818 - US and Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty.
- 1845 - Wagner's opera Tannhäuser performed for first time.
- 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree.
- 1853 - First flour mill in Hawaii begins operations.
- 1856 - James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne.
- 1859 - Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope.
- 1862 - Birth of Auguste Lumière made first movie (Workers Leaving Lumière Factory).
- 1863 - Birth of John Huston Finley Illinois, editor (New York Times (1937-38)).
- 1864 - Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on Saint Albans, Vermont.
- 1864 - Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Confederate attackers.
- 1868 - Birth of Bertha Landes first woman elected mayor of a major US city (Seattle).
- 1870 - First (4) blacks elected to House of Reps.
- 1872 - World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales.
- 1876 - Birth of Mordecai (3 finger) Brown hall of fame pitcher.
- 1882 - Birth of Vincas Kreve-Mickievicius Lithuania, poet/philologist/playwright.
- 1888 - Moshav Gederah is attacked by the Arabs.
- 1889 - Birth of Uncle Art Satherly entertainer.
- 1895 - Birth of Lewis Mumford cultural historian/city planner/writer.
- 1899 - Birth of Miguel Asturias Guatemala, poet/novelist/diplomat (Nobel Prize 1967).
- 1901 - Birth of Arleigh A Burke US, admiral (WW II).
- 1901 - Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower.
- 1909 - Birth of Robert Beatty actor (Amorous Mr Pawn).
- 1910 - Birth of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar India, physicist (Nobel Prize 1983).
- 1911 - Birth of George Cates New York City, orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show).
- 1912 - Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control.
- 1913 - Birth of Jean Urruty France, Jai-Alai champion.
- 1916 - Birth of David Lewis Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital).
- 1916 - Birth of Emil Gilels Odessa Russia, pianist (Brussels Competition-1938).
- 1917 - Love Field opens in Dallas, Texas.
- 1919 - First Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a woman.
- 1919 - Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox, five games to three in 16th World Series. This series is known as the black sox scandal as seven White Sox players throw the series.
- 1920 - Birth of LaWanda Page Cleveland Ohio, actress (Aunt Esther-Sanford and Sons).
- 1921 - Birth of George Nader Pasadena California; actor (Robot Monster, Away All Boats).
- 1921 - Birth of Gunnar Nordahl Sweden, soccer players (Olympic-gold-1948).
- 1922 - Birth of Jack Anderson newspaper columnist (Washington Post).
- 1925 - Birth of Bernard Hepton Bradford England; actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII).
- 1927 - Birth of Piere Alechinsky Belgium, artist (Les Hautes herbes).
- 1928 - Birth of Buff Cobb Florence Italy, actress (Masquerade Party).
- 1929 - Birth of Balbir Singh India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1948-56).
- 1931 - Birth of John Le Carré England, spy novelist (Little Drummer Girl).
- 1932 - Birth of Lloyd Haynes South Bend Indiana; actor (Pete Dixon-Room 222).
- 1932 - Birth of Robert Reed in Highland Park, Illinois, USA; actor (Mike-The Brady Bunch, Nurse).
- 1933 - Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936.
- 1933 - Birth of Wilfried Dietrich German FR, super-heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1960).
- 1936 - Birth of Tony Lo Bianco Brooklyn New York; actor (Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!).
- 1936 - HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats two other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18.5 days.
- 1937 - Birth of Sean Garrison New York City; actor (Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass).
- 1939 - Birth of Benita Valente Delano California, soprano (Pamina-Die Zauberflöte).
- 1939 - In Angora, Turkey signs a Treaty of Mutual Assistance with Great Britain and France. If Turkey enters the war, France and Great Britain commit to providing assistance.
- 1940 - Birth of Jerzy Kulej Poland, light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68).
- 1941 - First woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico.
- 1943 - Researchers at Rutgers University isolate Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis.
- 1943 - Theater Guild presentation of "Othello" opens at Shubert.
- 1943 - New York Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates New York).
- 1945 - Birth of Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead) in Towson, Maryland, USA; film actor.
- 1945 - Birth of John Lithgow; actor (Harry and the Hendersons).
- 1949 - New York Yankees trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland Indians for Allie Reynolds.
- 1950 - United Nations forces enter Pyongyang, North Korea.
- 1951 - President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany.
- 1953 - First jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service.
- 1953 - Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey.
- 1954 - Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler and Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama make the first ascent of Cho Oyu, the world's 6th highest mountain.
- 1955 - Birth of Lonnie Shelton; NBA forward (New York Knick, Seattle Supersonics).
- 1955 - Birth of Pat Klous in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA; actress (Marcy - Flying High, Judy - The Love Boat).
- 1956 - Birth of Sue Barker; tennis pro (French Open 1976).
- 1957 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadiens, becomes first NHL player to score 500 goals.
- 1960 - Birth of Jennifer Holiday; singer/actress (Dream Girls).
- 1960 - Birth of Woody; rocker (Voice of the Beehive - "Let it Bee").
- 1960 - France grants Mauritania independence.
- 1960 - Martin Luther King Jr arrested in Atlanta, Georgia sit-in.
- 1960 - The US imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba.
- 1962 - Birth of Evander Hollyfield; heavyweight boxing champion (1990-).
- 1964 - Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman - Phil Silvers Show), dies at age 51.
- 1965 - Birth of Maria Lee Ostapiej in La Mess, California, USA; Miss California-America (1991).
- 1966 - Birth of Amy Linker in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Lewis and Clark, Lauren - Square Pegs).
- 1966 - Birth of Sinitta; rocker (Omn Sinitta).
- 1967 - Birth of Amy Carter, President Carter's daughter; peace activist.
- 1967 - Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27 feet 4 3/4 inches.
- 1967 - Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus.
- 1969 - Oakland Raiders' Darryle Lamonica passes for six touchdowns vs Buffalo Bills (50-21).
- 1973 - US President Richard Nixon asks Congress for US$2.2 billion aid to Israel.
- 1974 - Detroit Red Wings' Mickey Redmond scores the first hat trick against Washington Capitals.
- 1974 - Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers in Portland (next win 6-1-1990).
- 1978 - Gig Young kills his bride of three weeks and then commits suicide at age 64.
- 1980 - Steve McPeak rides 101-foot 9-inch unicycle.
- 1981 - Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Montreal Expos 2-1, in the deciding game of the National League Championship Series.
- 1982 - John De Lorean is arrested for selling cocaine to undercover FBI agents (he is later found not guilty due to entrapment).
- 1982 - Jock Ewing dies in an aircrash on TV show "Dallas".
- 1983 - Maurice Bishop, the Prime Minister of Grenada, and 40 others are executed in a military coup.
- 1983 - US space shuttle Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility.
- 1984 - Polish secret police arrest Jerzy Popieluszko, a Catholic priest who supports the Solidarity movement. His dead body is found in a reservoir on October 30.
- 1986 - USSR expels five American diplomats.
- 1986 - Mozambican president Samora Machel's plane crashes in South Africa.
- 1987 - "Black Monday": stock markets around the world suffer an unexpected dramatic drop, with the American Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 22.6 percent (508 points), the largest one-day drop in recorded stock market history, and first financial crisis of the modern globalized era.
- 1987 - Canada's TSX stock market index drops a record 11.3 per cent.
- 1987 - Billy Martin hired as manager of New York Yankees for fifth time.
- 1987 - US warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
- 1987 - Death of Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist (born 1945).
- 1988 - Birth of Carly Janiga; American gymnast.
- 1988 - Three Americans win Nobel Prize in physics; three West Germans win chemistry Nobel Prize.
- 1988 - Britain bans broadcast interviews with Irish Republican Army members.
- 1988 - Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border.
- 1988 - South Africa anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize.
- 1988 - Death of Son House, American musician (born 1902).
- 1988 - US Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows.
- 1989 - The Wonders of Life pavilion opens at Walt Disney World's Epcot in Orlando, Florida.
- 1991 - Birth of Christopher Gerse, American actor.
- 1992 - Death of Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner (born 1920).
- 1994 - Death of Martha Raye, American actress (born 1916).
- 1997 - Death of Glen Buxton, American guitarist (born 1947).
- 1998 - Travelers Group changes its company name to Citigroup Incorporated.
- 1999 - Death of Harry Bannink, Dutch composer and musician (born 1929).
- 1999 - Death of James C. Murray, American politician (born 1917).
- 2001 - SIEV-X sinks en route to Christmas Island.
- 2003 - Death of Alija Izetbegovic, Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1925).
- 2003 - Death of Michael Hegstrand (Hawk), WWE wrestler (born 1957).
- 2004 - General Khin Nyunt is replaced by Lieutenant-General Soe Win as Prime Minister of Myanmar.
- 2004 - Polytechnic University of the Philippines celebrates its centennial founding.
- 2004 - A team of explorers reach the bottom of the world's deepest cave, located in Krubera. The depth reached is 2,080 metres (6,824 feet), setting a world record.
- 2005 - The trials of Saddam Hussein begin.
- 2005 - Hurricane Wilma swells into a Category 5 storm.
- 2005 - The Houston Astros baseball team win their first National League Championship to advance to their first-ever World Series in franchise history.
- 2006 - On the 19th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 12,000 for the first time, at 12,011.73.
- 2007 - A gas explosion rocks Glorietta, a shopping mall in Makati, Philippines which killed eleven and injured more than 100 people.
- 2007 - Death of Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate (born 1943).
- 2007 - Death of Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor and painter (born 1925).
- 2008 - At the Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 to win the American League championship 4-3 and reach the World Series for the first time in their 11-year existence.
- 2008 - The South Korean Government announces US$130 billion rescue of economy for guarantees of foreign-currency debts, and for banks in need of dollars.
- 2009 - European astronomers announce they have found 32 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system bringing the total of known exoplanets to about 400.
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