Historical Events In October - 19

1993  On October - 19 bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48   

1994  On this day in history martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78   

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

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

2005  On October - 19 the Houston Astros won their first National League Championship to advance to their first ever World Series in franchise history.   

2005  On this day in history the Trials of Saddam Hussein begin.   

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

2012  On this day in history 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  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 October - 19.   

2017  Outbreak of the Marburg virus declared by Uganda's Ministry of Health on this day in history.   

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

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 October - 19.   

2020  On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 40 million worldwide.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1582  Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591) was born on October - 19.   

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

1610  James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688) was born on October - 19.   

0727  Death of Saint Frideswide on October - 19.   

1187  On October - 19 death of pope Urban III   

1216  Death of King John on October - 19.   

1268  On this day in history death of konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded   

1432  On October - 19 death of john de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1392)   

1547  Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46 on October - 19.   

1553  On October - 19 bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies   

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