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 October - 19.  

1995  Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58 on October - 19.  

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

1997  On October - 19 glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49  

2005  Hurricane Wilma swells into a Category 5 storm on October - 19.  

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  On October - 19 the Trials of Saddam Hussein begin.  

2006  On October - 19 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 this day in history a gas explosion rocked Glorietta, a shopping mall in Makati, Philippines which killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.  

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

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

2014  A working human intestine is generated in a laboratory from stem cells in the United States on October - 19.  

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

2017  On this day in history 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 October - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

2018  The unmanned European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury on October - 19.  

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1276  Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328) was born on October - 19.  

1433  On October - 19 birth of marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (d. 1499)  

1507  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, [Aytta van Zwichem], Dutch priest was born on October - 19.  

1545  Giovanale Ancina, composer was born on October - 19.  

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

1582  On October - 19 birth of dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591)  

1605  Thomas Browne, British writer (Garden of Cyrus) was born on October - 19.  

1610  On October - 19 birth of james Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688)  

0727  On October - 19 death of saint Frideswide  

1187  On October - 19 death of pope Urban III  

1216  On this day in history 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 October - 19.  

1547  Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46 on this day in history.  

1553  Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies on October - 19.  

1587  Death of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541) on October - 19.