Historical Events on this Day in History Events in History for 19th October Events 1 - 172 of 172 202 BC - Battle of Zama: Hannibal Barca, leader of the invading Carthaginian army, defeated by Roman legions under Scipio Africanus. 439 - The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa. 615 - St Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1031 - Abbot Humbertus van Echternach opens grave of Saint Willibrord 1216 - King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry. 1298 - Rindfleisch-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered 1453 - 2nd Battle at Castillon: French beats English, end of hundred year war 1466 - The Thirteen Years War ends with the Second Peace of Thorn, Germany 1492 - Columbus sites Isabela (Fortune Island, Bahamas) 1512 - Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia). 1576 - Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence 1630 - In Boston the 1st general court is held 1634 - Beach Island in North Sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood 1682 - English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland 1722 - Frenchman C Hopffer patents fire extinguisher 1739 - England declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30] 1765 - Stamp Act Congress met in NY, wrote decl of rights & liberties 1781 - British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 pm; Revolutionary War ends 1812 - Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow Founder of Protestanism Martin LutherFounder of Protestanism Martin Luther 1818 - US Government & Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty 1822 - In Parnaíba; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piauí. 1845 - Richard Wagners opera Tannhäuser, premieres in Dresden 1853 - 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations 1856 - James Kelly & Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne 1859 - Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope 1863 - Battle of Buckland Mills, VA 1864 - Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont 1864 - Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Conf attackers 1864 - US Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to Major General 1870 - 1st (4) blacks elected to House of Reps 1870 - British steamship SS Cambria wrecked off the north-west of Ireland with the loss of 178 lives 1872 - Worlds largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales 1879 - Afghans emir Mohammed Yakub forced to resign 1879 - Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light Inventor Thomas EdisonInventor Thomas Edison 1882 - Pierre de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley 1888 - Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs 1900 - Henry O Tanner, painter, wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition 1900 - South African President Paul Kruger departs for Europe 1901 - Edward Elgars Pomp & Circumstance March, premieres in Liverpool 1901 - Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower 1904 - Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. OReilley. 1907 - 1st printing of Dutch Tribune (Wijnkoop/Van Ravesteyn/Ceton) 1911 - Royal Mint in London sends dies for $1 coin to Ottawa Branch 1912 - Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control 1914 - US post office 1st used an automobile to collect & deliver mail 1915 - Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria 1917 - Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened. 1919 - 1st Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a woman 1919 - Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series 1921 - Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup. 1923 - Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks 1923 - Beierse government refuses to prohibit NSDAP newspaper Völkischer Beobachter 1924 - General Christian Workers union demands 8 hr work day in Belgium 1925 - Italian army takes Somalia 1926 - John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle Russian Revolutionary Leon TrotskyRussian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky 1926 - Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky & followers 1930 - Jules Ladoumègue runs world record 1 km (2:23.6) 1932 - Austria forbids demonstration by nazis & anti fascists 1932 - British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union 1932 - Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech 1932 - Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP & Chuck Klein wins NL MVP 1933 - Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936 1935 - Mao Tse Tungs army reaches Shanxi 1936 - HR Ekins of NY World-Telegram beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18½ days 1939 - Hermann Goering begins plunder through Nazis occupied areas 1941 - 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico 1943 - Conference of foreign ministers in Moscow 1943 - Theater Guild presentation of Othello opens at Shubert 1943 - Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates NY) 1943 - Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. Soldier, author, journalist, politician Winston ChurchillSoldier, author, journalist, politician Winston Churchill 1944 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow 1944 - Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg 1944 - John Van Drutens I Remember Mama, premieres in NYC 1944 - US Navy says black women can join WAVES 1944 - US forces land in Philippines 1947 - De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections 1948 - My Romance opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 95 performances 1949 - As trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton 1949 - Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds 1950 - Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated 1950 - UN forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea 1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Texas Womens Golf Open 1951 - Pres Harry Truman formally ends state of war with Germany 1952 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament 1953 - 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service Nazi Politician Hermann GoeringNazi Politician Hermann Goering 1953 - Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey 1954 - Egypt & Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs 1954 - KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 - First ascent of Cho Oyu, sixth highest mountain in the world at 8,201 metres 1957 - Damn Yankees closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,022 performances 1957 - Maurice Rocket Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1959 - Florence Henderson joins Today Show panel 1959 - William Gibsons Miracle Worker, premieres in NYC 1960 - France grants Mauritania independence 1960 - KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting 1960 - Martin Luther King Jr arrested in Atlanta sit-in 1960 - US imposes embargo on exports to Cuba 1962 - Stalin monument removed in Prague 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Clergyman and Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr.Clergyman and Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. 1963 - Beatles record I Want to Hold Your Hand 1966 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1966 - Yardbird 1st US tour (NYC) 1967 - Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27 4 3/4 1967 - Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus 1968 - Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars 1969 - J Bock & S Harnicks musical Rothschilds, premieres in NYC 1969 - Mary Mills wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic 1969 - Oakland Darryle Lamonica passes for 6 touchdowns vs Buffalo (50-21) 1970 - Rothschilds opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 505 performances 1970 - Amdahl Corp forms at Sunnyvale Calif 1970 - John Frazier kills Ohtas declares WW 3 has begun 1971 - Last issue of Look magazine is published 1972 - Mother Earth opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 12 performances 1973 - Ringo releases Photograph 1974 - Det Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Wash Caps 1974 - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90) 1974 - Niue becomes self-govering, in association with New Zealand 1975 - Chorus Line opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 6137 performances 1975 - Cleveland Browns Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals 1975 - Hamlisch & Klebans musical Chorus Line premieres in NYC 1975 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Japan Golf Classic 1976 - Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon. The same day, the Chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes) is placed on the List of Endangered Species. 1977 - Corpse of kidnapped West German, H M Schleyer, found 1977 - Supersonic Concorde jets 1st landing in NYC 1980 - Steve McPeak rides 1019 unicycle 1981 - LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant 1981 - Nicolaas Bloembergen & Arthur Schawlow win Nobel for physics (laser) 1982 - Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty) 1983 - Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility 1983 - Grenada general Hudson Austin forms revolutionary council 1983 - Phila Flyers begin 13 NHL game win streak 1983 - Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr federal holiday 1986 - Flamenco Puro opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 40 perfs 1986 - Raggedy Ann closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 5 performances 1986 - Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay) 1986 - USSR expels five US diplomats 1987 - Anything Goes opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 804 performances 1987 - Black Monday Dow Jones down 508.32 points, 4½ times previous record 1987 - Dow Jones Index drops 508.32 points (22%) (record) 1987 - US warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf 1987 - Woody Woodward resigns as NY Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM & Billy Martin is named NY Yankee manager for 5th & final time 1988 - 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel 1988 - Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members 1988 - Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border 1988 - Roxette releases Roxette Look Sharp! album 1988 - South African anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize 1988 - Senate passes bill curbing ads during children`s TV shows 1989 - Dangerous Games opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 4 performances 1989 - Astor Piazzolla & Wm Finns musical Dangerous Games premieres in NYC 1989 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1990 - HCA, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, forms in Prague 1991 - Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs) 1991 - Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL 1993 - UN authorizes arms, military & police supply embargo against Haiti 1994 - 160 killed in fighting in Tsjetsjenie (Chechnya) 1994 - Palestinian bomb attack on bus in Tel Aviv, kills 22 1995 - Hello Dolly! opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 118 performances 1996 - Braves beat NY Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series 1997 - Annie, closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC 1997 - 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleve Indians) 1997 - David Duval wins Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Golf Classic 1997 - Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Senior Golf Classic 1998 - The Earth Liberation Front sets fire to the Vail Mountain ski resort in Vail, Colorado, causing $12 million in damage. 2001 - SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sank in international waters with the loss of 353 people. Catholic Missionary Mother TeresaCatholic Missionary Mother Teresa 2003 - Mother Teresa of Calcutta is beatified by Pope John Paul II. 2004 - Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the SPDC on charges of corruption. 2004 - Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq. 2005 - Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. 2005 - Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. 2007 - Philippines. Amidst corruption controversies hounding the Arroyo administration, a bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati, which killed 11 and injured more than 100 people. 2012 - 8 people are killed and 78 injured by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon
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