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October 19
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 Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown, Virginia, ending the American Revolutionary War.
- 1812 - Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow.
- 1864 - Battle of Cedar Creek - Union Army under Philip Sheridan destroys Confederate Army under Jubal Early.
- 1864 - Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, 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.
- 1917 - Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.
- 1933 - Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
- 1944 - United States forces land in the Philippines.
- 1954 - First ascent of Cho Oyu.
- 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)
- 1899 - Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel laureate († 1974)
- 1907 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, band leader († 1962)
- 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 (Glen Milstead), 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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