Historical Events In October - 19

1993  Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1994  Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58   

1996  Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1997  Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49 on October - 19.   

2005  On October - 19 hurricane Wilma swells into a Category 5 storm.   

2005  The Houston Astros won their first National League Championship to advance to their first ever World Series in franchise history on October - 19.   

2005  The Trials of Saddam Hussein begin on October - 19.   

2006  On October - 19 on the 19th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 12,000 for the first time gaining 19.05 points, or 0.16%, to 12,011.73.   

2007  On October - 19 a gas explosion rocked Glorietta, a shopping mall in Makati, Philippines which killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.   

2012  On this day in history 8 people are killed and 78 injured by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon   

2013  On October - 19 16 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a suicide bombing Beledweyne, Somalia   

2014  A working human intestine is generated in a laboratory from stem cells in the United States on this day in history.   

2017  On October - 19 new Zealand Labour Party forms a coalition government led by Jacinda Ardern (37), youngest NZ leader in 161 years   

2017  On this day in history outbreak of the Marburg virus declared by Uganda's Ministry of Health   

2018  "Halloween" film reboot starring Jamie Curtis makes a record $77m for a horror film with a female lead, biggest debut any film with female lead over 55 in US on October - 19.   

2018  At least 59 people are killed and at least 100 injured when a train runs through a crowd at a Hindu festival in Punjab, India on October - 19.   

2018  The unmanned European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury on this day in history.   

2019  An estimated one million people march through London in a protest organised by People's Vote, to demand a second referendum on Brexit on October - 19.   

2020  On October - 19 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 40 million worldwide.   

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1276  Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328) was born on October - 19.   

1433  On this day in history birth of marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (d. 1499)   

1507  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, [Aytta van Zwichem], Dutch priest was born on October - 19.   

1545  On October - 19 birth of giovanale Ancina, composer   

1581  On this day in history birth of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of Ivan IV "the Terrible"   

1582  Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On October - 19 birth of thomas Browne, British writer (Garden of Cyrus)   

1610  On this day in history birth of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688)   

0727  On this day in history death of saint Frideswide   

1187  Death of Pope Urban III on October - 19.   

1216  On this day in history death of king John   

1268  On October - 19 death of konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded   

1432  On this day in history death of john de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1392)   

1547  Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46 on October - 19.   

1553  Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies on October - 19.   

1587  Death of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541) on this day in history.