Historical Events In October - 19

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

1994  On October - 19 martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78  

1995  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

2005  On October - 19 hurricane Wilma swells into a Category 5 storm.  

2005  On this day in history 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 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 on October - 19.  

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  16 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a suicide bombing Beledweyne, Somalia on October - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

2017  Outbreak of the Marburg virus declared by Uganda's Ministry of Health on October - 19.  

2018  On this day in history "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  

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 this day in history the unmanned European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury.  

2019  On this day in history an estimated one million people march through London in a protest organised by People's Vote, to demand a second referendum on Brexit.  

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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 October - 19.  

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

1545  On this day in history birth of giovanale Ancina, composer  

1581  On October - 19 birth of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of Ivan IV "the Terrible"  

1582  On this day in history birth of dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591)  

1605  On October - 19 birth of thomas Browne, British writer (Garden of Cyrus)  

1610  On this day in history birth of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688)  

0727  On this day in history death of saint Frideswide  

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

1216  Death of King John on October - 19.  

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 October - 19.  

1547  On October - 19 pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46  

1553  On this day in history bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies  

1587  On October - 19 death of francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)