Historical Events In October - 19

1993  Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48 on October - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2005  Hurricane Wilma swells into a Category 5 storm on this day in history.   

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

2005  The Trials of Saddam Hussein begin on this day in history.   

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 this day in history a gas explosion rocked Glorietta, a shopping mall in Makati, Philippines which killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.   

2012  On October - 19 8 people are killed and 78 injured by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon   

2013  16 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a suicide bombing Beledweyne, Somalia on this day in history.   

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

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

2017  On October - 19 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 this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history 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.   

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  [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  Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328) was born on this day in history.   

1433  On October - 19 birth of marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (d. 1499)   

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

1545  Giovanale Ancina, composer was born on October - 19.   

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 this day in history birth of thomas Browne, British writer (Garden of Cyrus)   

1610  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688) was born on October - 19.   

0727  Death of Saint Frideswide on this day in history.   

1187  On this day in history death of pope Urban III   

1216  Death of King John on October - 19.   

1268  On this day in history 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  On this day in history pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46   

1553  On October - 19 bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies   

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