Page 7: 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 October - 19 don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58   

1996  Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71 on October - 19.   

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  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 October - 19.   

2006  On this day in history 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  8 people are killed and 78 injured by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon on this day in history.   

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

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

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

2017  Outbreak of the Marburg virus declared by Uganda's Ministry of Health on this day in history.   

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  On October - 19 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  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 October - 19.   

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

2024  39th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Mary J. Blige ; Cher; Dave Matthews Band; Foreigner; Peter Frampton; Kool & The Gang; Ozzy Osbourne ; A Tribe Called Quest; Alexis Korner; John Mayall; Big Mama Thornton; Jimmy Buffett; MC5; Dionne Warwick ; and Norman Whitfield on October - 19.   

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1276  On October - 19 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 October - 19.   

1545  On October - 19 birth of giovanale Ancina, composer   

1581  Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of Ivan IV "the Terrible" was born on October - 19.   

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

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 October - 19.   

0727  On this day in history death of saint Frideswide   

1187  Death of Pope Urban III on this day in history.   

1216  On October - 19 death of king John   

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

1432  Death of John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1392) on this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46   

1553  Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history death of francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)