Historical Events In October - 19

1993  On this day in history bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48   

1994  Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78 on October - 19.   

1995  Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58 on October - 19.   

1996  On October - 19 frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71   

1997  On October - 19 glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49   

2005  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history the Trials of Saddam Hussein begin.   

2006  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 on October - 19.   

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

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

2013  On this day in history 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  On this day in history "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   

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  On October - 19 the unmanned European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury.   

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 this day in history.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 40 million worldwide on this day in history.   

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1276  On this day in history birth of prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)   

1433  Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (d. 1499) was born on October - 19.   

1507  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, [Aytta van Zwichem], Dutch priest was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 19.   

1605  Thomas Browne, British writer (Garden of Cyrus) was born on this day in history.   

1610  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.   

0727  On this day in history death of saint Frideswide   

1187  On October - 19 death of pope Urban III   

1216  Death of King John on this day in history.   

1268  On this day in history death of konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded   

1432  On October - 19 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  On October - 19 bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies   

1587  On October - 19 death of francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)