Page 7: 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2014  On October - 19 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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history 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.   

2024  On this day in history 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   

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1276  Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328) was born on this day in history.   

1433  Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (d. 1499) was born on this day in history.   

1507  On this day in history birth of viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, [Aytta van Zwichem], Dutch priest   

1545  Giovanale Ancina, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 19.   

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

0727  Death of Saint Frideswide on this day in history.   

1187  Death of Pope Urban III on October - 19.   

1216  On October - 19 death of king John   

1268  Death of Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded on October - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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)