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What Happened on October 19th This Day in History

Year	Name
2013	One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
2012	A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
2005	Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
2005	Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
2004	Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, whilst on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.
2003	Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2001	SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
1989	The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
1988	The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
1987	The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
1987	Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
1986	The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
1984	A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.
1974	Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
1973	President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
1960	The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
1956	The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
1955	The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
1950	China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
1950	Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
1950	Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
1944	United States forces land in the Philippines.
1944	A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
1943	The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
1943	Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1935	The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
1922	British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
1921	The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
1914	World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
1912	Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1900	Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
1866	In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
1864	American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
1864	American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
1813	War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
1812	The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
1805	War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
1789	John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
1781	American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
1649	New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
1596	The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities
1579	James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
1512	Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
1469	Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
1466	The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
1453	Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
1386	The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
1216	King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.
439	The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
202	Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.

Famous People Born on October 19

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Year	Name
1433	Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (d. 1499)
1956	Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
1936	James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (d. 2008)
1916	Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1873	Bart King, American cricketer (d. 1965)
1975	Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player
1982	Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director
1979	José Luis López, Mexican footballer
1983	Andy Lonergan, English footballer
1984	Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter

Famous People Deaths On October 19

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Date	Name
1815	Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (b. 1755)
1842	Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author (b. 1808)
1943	Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
1965	Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator (b. 1869)
1609	Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian (b. 1560)
1970	Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
1961	Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)
1851	Marie Thérèse of France (b. 1778)
1401	John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (b. 1362)
2002	Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (b. 1932)