What happened on October 19? There are more than 264 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About October 19
October 19 is the 293rd day of the year 2024. There are 73 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 42nd week of the year 2024.
On this day in Center Point, Iowa 52213 sunrise will occur at 07:23 AM and sunset will occur at 06:19 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Libra. The modern birthstone for this month is Opal while the mystical birthstone is Jasper.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 102 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For October 19
- 202 BCSecond Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.
- 439The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
- 1216King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.
- 1386The Universität Heidelberg held its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
- 1466The Thirteen Years War ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
- 1469Ferdinand 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.
- 1512Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia).
- 1649New Ross town, Co. Wexford, Ireland, surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
- 1781At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over Cornwallis’ sword and formally surrendered to George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau.
- 1789Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
- 1805Napoleonic Wars: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to the Grand Army of Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm. 30,000 prisoners are captured and 10,000 casualties inflicted on the losers.
- 1812Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow.
- 1813The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.
- 1822In Parnaíba; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piauí.
- 1864Battle of Cedar Creek – Union Army under Philip Sheridan destroys a Confederate Army under Jubal Early.
- 1864St. Albans Raid – Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, Vermont from Canada.
- 1866Venice - Annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy - At Hotel Europa, Austria hands over Veneto to France, which hands it immediately over to Italy.
- 1900Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission (Planck’s law).
- 1904Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O'Reilley.
- 1912Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1914The First Battle of Ypres begins.
- 1917The Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.
- 1921Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup.
- 1933Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
- 1935The League of Nations places economic sanctions on fascist Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
- 1943Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
- 1944United States forces land in the Philippines.
- 1950The People’s Liberation Army takes control of the town of Qamdo; this is sometimes called the “Invasion of Tibet”.
- 1950The People’s Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu river to fight United Nations forces.
- 1954First ascent of Cho Oyu.
- 1956The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
- 1959The first discothèque opens, the Scotch-Club in Aachen, Germany.
- 1969The first Prime Minister of Tunisia in twelve years, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President Habib Bourguiba.
- 1973President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
- 1974Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
- 1976Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon.
- 1986Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others die when their Tupolev 134 plane crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
- 1987Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
- 1987In retaliation for Iranian attacks on ships in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy disables three of Iran’s offshore oil platforms.
- 1989The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
- 2001SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
- 2003Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
- 2004Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq.
- 2004Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the State Peace and Development Council on charges of corruption.
- 2005Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
- 2005Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
- 2007Philippines: A bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati. The blast killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.
Who Were Born On October 19?
- 1276Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)
- 1433Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (d. 1499)
- 1562George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1633)
- 1582Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591)
- 1605Thomas Browne, English writer (d. 1682)
- 1610James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688)
- 1658Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1704)
- 1680John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (d. 1740)
- 1688William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752)
- 1718Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804)
- 1720John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. 1772)
- 1721Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800)
- 1784James Henry Leigh Hunt, English Romantic critic, essayist, and poet (d. 1859)
- 1784John McLoughlin, Canadian fur trader (d. 1857)
- 1789Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and revolutionary (d. 1853)
- 1810Cassius Clay, American abolitionist (d. 1903)
- 1814Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (d. 1878)
- 1826Ralph Tollemache, British clergyman (d. 1895)
- 1850Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer (d. 1935)
- 1851Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d. 1895)
- 1858George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (d. 1937)
- 1862Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)
- 1868Bertha Landes, American politician (d. 1943)
- 1873Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (d. 1925)
- 1873John Barton King, American cricketer (d. 1965)
- 1876Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (d. 1945)
- 1882Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916)
- 1885Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)
- 1895Frank Durbin, last American veteran of the Battle of Verdun (d. 1999)
- 1895Lewis Mumford, American historian (d. 1990)
- 1896Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1897Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (d. 1994)
- 1899Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
- 1900Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)
- 1900Erna Berger, German soprano (d. 1990)
- 1900Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1957)
- 1901Arleigh Burke, American admiral (d. 1996)
- 1903Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (d. 1971)
- 1907Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d. 1962)
- 1908Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (d. 1981)
- 1909Marguerite Perey, French physicist (d. 1975)
- 1910Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980)
- 1910Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009)
- 1910Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1913Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and songwriter (d. 1980)
- 1915Farid al-Atrash, Syrian composer, musician, and actor (d. 1974)
- 1916Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1985)
- 1916Jean Dausset, French immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2009)
- 1917Walter Munk, Austrian-born American oceanographer
- 1918Charles Evans, British mountaineer (d. 1995)
- 1918Russel Kirk, American author and political theorist (d. 1994)
- 1920Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1920Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher (d. 2003)
- 1922Jack Anderson, American journalist (d. 2005)
- 1925Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentine naval officer and National Reorganization Process figure (d. 2010)
- 1926Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
- 1926Joel Feinberg, American philosopher (d. 2004)
- 1927Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter
- 1928Lou Scheimer, American animation producer
- 1931John le Carré, English novelist
- 1932Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1936James Bevel, American activist (d. 2008)
- 1936Tony Lo Bianco, American actor
- 1937Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
- 1937Peter Max, American artist
- 1940Michael Gambon, Irish-born British actor
- 1941Simon Ward, British actor
- 1942Andrew Vachss, American author and attorney
- 1943Robin Holloway, British composer
- 1943Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1944George McCrae, American soul singer
- 1944Peter Tosh, Jamaican reggae singer (The Wailers) (d. 1987)
- 1945Divine, American actor (d. 1988)
- 1945Gloria Jones, American Soul singer
- 1945Jeannie C. Riley American country and gospel singer
- 1945John Lithgow, American actor
- 1945Martin Welz, South African journalist and editor
- 1945Patricia Ireland, American attorney and feminist
- 1946Philip Pullman, English writer
- 1947Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comic strip artist
- 1948Dave Mallow, American voice actor
- 1948Patrick Simmons, American musician
- 1949Jamie McGrigor, British politician
- 1949Lynn Dickey, American football player
- 1951Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek physicist, recipient of the Bôcher Memorial Prize
- 1952Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer
- 1953Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach
- 1954Deborah Blum, American writer
- 1954Joe Bryant, American basketball player
- 1954Sam Allardyce, English football manager
- 1955Melpo Kosti, Greek actress
- 1956Bruce Weber, American basketball coach
- 1956Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 1993)
- 1956Didier Theys, Belgian racing driver
- 1956Grover Norquist, American political figure
- 1957Dorinda Clark-Cole, American gospel singer
- 1957Doug Kirby, American author and travel guide
- 1957Karl Wallinger, Welsh musician
- 1957Ray Richmond, American columnist and critic
- 1958Lou Briel, Puerto Rican singer and actor
- 1958Michael Steele, American political figure
- 1958Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
- 1959Nir Barkat, Israeli politician
- 1960Jennifer Holliday, American singer and actress
- 1961Sunny Deol, Indian actor
- 1962Evander Holyfield, American boxer
- 1962Tracy Chevalier, American author
- 1963Prince Laurent of Belgium
- 1964Jorge Luis Gonzales, Cuban-born American boxer
- 1965Brad Daugherty, American basketball player
- 1965Ty Pennington, American television personality
- 1966Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
- 1966Jon Favreau, American actor, writer and director
- 1966Roger R. Cross, Jamaican-born actor
- 1966Sinitta, American singer
- 1967Amy Carter, daughter of US President Jimmy Carter
- 1967Davina McCall, English television presenter
- 1967Yoko Shimomura, Japanese composer
- 1968Rodney Carrington, American actor and comedian
- 1969DJ Sammy, Spanish DJ
- 1969Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer
- 1969John Edward, American TV Psychic
- 1969Trey Parker, American cartoonist and actor
- 1970Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor
- 1972Keith Foulke, American baseball pitcher
- 1972Pras, American musician
- 1973Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
- 1973Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976Desmond Harrington, American actor
- 1976Joy Bryant, American actress
- 1976Michael Young, baseball player
- 1976Omar Gooding, American actor
- 1977Habib Beye, Senegalese footballer
- 1977Jason Reitman, Canadian filmmaker
- 1977Louis-José Houde, Canadian stand-up comic
- 1977Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer
- 1978Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
- 1978Henri Sorvali, Finnish musician
- 1978James Roberts, British Ice Hockey Player
- 1978Zakhar Dubenskiy, Russian footballer
- 1979Brian Robertson, American trombonist (Suburban Legends)
- 1979José Luis López, Mexican footballer
- 1979Marc Elliott, British actor
- 1980Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
- 1980José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
- 1980Rajai Davis, American baseball player
- 1981Christian Bautista, Philippine singer
- 1981Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
- 1982Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer
- 1982Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer
- 1982Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer
- 1984Kaio de Almeida, Brazilian swimmer
- 1985Terry Etim, English mixed martial artist
- 1989Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer
- 1990Janet Leon, Swedish singer and dancer (Play)
- 1993Abby Sunderland, American sailor
Who Died On October 19?
- 727Saint Frideswide
- 1187Pope Urban III
- 1216King John of England (b. 1167)
- 1432John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1392)
- 1587Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
- 1608Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (b. 1551)
- 1636Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician
- 1682Thomas Browne, English writer (b. 1605)
- 1723Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (b. 1646)
- 1745Jonathan Swift, Irish author (b. 1667)
- 1790Lyman Hall, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1724)
- 1796Michel de Beaupuy, French general of the Revolution (b. 1755)
- 1813Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (friendly fire) (b. 1763)
- 1815Paolo Mascagni, Anatomist (b. 1755)
- 1842Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet (b. 1808)
- 1851Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte (b. 1778)
- 1856William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (b. 1799)
- 1889King Louis of Portugal (b. 1838)
- 1893Lucy Stone, American suffragist and women’s rights activist (b. 1818)
- 1897George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (b. 1831)
- 1901Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (b. 1829)
- 1916Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek Army officer and Olympic medalist (b. 1863)
- 1918Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
- 1936Lu Xun, Chinese writer (b. 1881)
- 1937Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1871)
- 1943Camille Claudel, French sculptor (b. 1864)
- 1945Plutarco Elías Calles, President of Mexico (b. 1877)
- 1950Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet (b. 1892)
- 1956Isham Jones, American musician (b. 1894)
- 1960George Wallace, Australian vaudevillian and film comedian (b. 1895)
- 1964Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (b. 1885)
- 1970Lázaro Cárdenas, President of Mexico (b. 1895)
- 1978Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1983Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
- 1984Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest, associated with the Solidarity union, murdered by the agents of internal intelligence agency (b. 1947)
- 1985Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
- 1986Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist
- 1986Samora Machel, President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
- 1987Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
- 1987Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (b. 1945)
- 1988Son House, American musician (b. 1902)
- 1994Martha Raye, American comedian and actress (b. 1916)
- 1995Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1936)
- 1997Glen Buxton, American guitarist (b. 1947)
- 1999James C. Murray, American politician (b. 1917)
- 1999Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-born French writer (b. 1900)
- 2000Hortense Ellis, Jamaican reggae singer (b. 1941)
- 2003Alija Izetbegović, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (b. 1925)
- 2003Margaret Murie, American conservationist (b. 1902)
- 2003Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
- 2005Corinne Lévesque, wife of Quebec premier René Lévesque (b. 1943)
- 2005Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends) (b. 1982)
- 2006James Glennon, American cinematographer (b. 1942)
- 2007Jan Wolkers, Dutch writer (b. 1925)
- 2007Michael Maidens, English footballer with Hartlepool United (b. 1987)
- 2007Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate (b. 1943)
- 2008Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (b. 1922)
- 2008Rudy Ray Moore, American comedian and actor (Dolemite) (b. 1937)
- 2009Howard Unruh, American spree killer (b. 1921)
- 2009Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (b. 1918)
- 2010Tom Bosley, American actor (b. 1927)
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