October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 74 days remaining.
Events
- 202 BC - Battle of Zama, resulting in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal
- 439 -- The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
- 1781 -- Major General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington and Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeure, Comte de Rochambeau[?] at Yorktown, Virginia, ending the American Revolutionary War.
- 1812 - Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow
- 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes first female physician in the United States
- 1864 - Battle of Cedar Creek[?] - Union Army under Philip Sheridan destroys Confederate Army under Jubal Early
- 1864 - Confederate raiders launch an attack on St. Alban's, Vermont[?] from Canada
- 1873 -- Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.
- 1912 - Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire
- 1933 - Germany withdraws from the League of Nations
- 1944 - United States forces land in the Philippines
- 1949 -- The Peoples Republic of China is formally proclaimed.
- 1960 - Mauretania gains independence from France
- 1973 -- President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court demand to turn over the Watergate tapes.
- 1982 - John DeLorean arrested for trafficking in cocaine
- 1987 -- In retaliation for Iranian attacks on ships in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy disables three of Iran's offshore oil platforms[?].
- 1987 -- (Black Monday) Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%.
Births
- 1784 - John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Company Factor
- 1885 - Charles Merrill[?], investment banker (+ 1956)
- 1910 - Jean Genet, author (+ 1986)
- 1918 - Louis Althusser, French Marxist philosopher
- 1922 - Jack Anderson[?], political columnist[?]
- 1931 - John Le Carré[?], novelist
- 1932 - Robert Reed, actor (+ 1992)
- 1935 - Tony Lo Bianco[?], actor
- 1937 - Peter Max, pop artist
- 1944 - Peter Tosh, musician
- 1945 - Divine, actor (+ 1988)
- 1945 - John Lithgow[?], actor
- 1947 - Giorgio Cavazzano, comics artist and illustrator
- 1951 - Patricia Ireland[?], President of the National Organization for Women[?]
- 1962 - Evander Holyfield, boxing champion
- 1966 - Jon Favreau[?], actor, writer, director
- 1969 - Trey Parker[?], cartoonist, comedian, writer, actor
- 1972 - Pras[?], musician
- 1973 - Jeremy Jordan[?], actor, singer
Deaths
Holidays
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
October 18 - October 20 - November 19 - September 19 - more historical anniversaries
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