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Birthday October 19, 1632 Christopher Wren, English astronomer & architect |
Birthday October 19, 1862 Auguste Lumire, made 1st movie (Workers Leaving Lumire FActory) |
Birthday October 19, 1882 Vincas Kreve-Mickievicius, Lithuanian poet, philologist, playwright |
Birthday October 19, 1895 Louis Mumford, cultural historian, city planner |
Birthday October 19, 1899 Miguel Asturias, Guatemalan poet, novelist, diplomat (Nobel 1967) |
Birthday October 19, 1909 Robert Beatty, Actor |
Birthday October 19, 1910 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian physicist (Nobel 1983) |
Birthday October 19, 1920 LaWanda Page, in Cleve (Aunt Esther-Sanford & Sons) |
Birthday October 19, 1922 Jack Anderson, columnist |
Birthday October 19, 1931 John Le Carre, English spy novelist (Little Drummer Girl) |
Birthday October 19, 1931 John le Carre is born |
Birthday October 19, 1932 Robert Reed, Actor |
Birthday October 19, 1943 Chinese and Suluks revolt against Japanese in North Borneo |
Birthday October 19, 1945 John Lithgow, Actor |
Birthday October 19, 1967 Amy Carter, daughter of Pres Carter |
History October 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 p.m.; the fighting is over. |
History October 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown |
History October 19, 1796 Editorial accuses Jefferson of affair with slave |
History October 19, 1812 Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow. |
History October 19, 1812 Napoleon retreats from Moscow |
History October 19, 1845 Wagner's opera Tannh„user performed for 1st time. |
History October 19, 1853 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations |
History October 19, 1859 Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope. |
History October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek |
History October 19, 1869 Construction begins on the Sutro Tunnel in Virginia City, Nevada |
History October 19, 1872 world's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales. |
History October 19, 1879 Thomas A. Edison successfully demenstrates the electric light |
History October 19, 1914 First Battle of Ypres |
History October 19, 1935 Ethiopia stands alone |
History October 19, 1936 H.R. Ekins of the "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights by 18 1/2 days. |
History October 19, 1949 Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds |
History October 19, 1953 1st jet transcontinental non-stop scheduled service |
History October 19, 1953 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on television by Arthur Godfrey. |
History October 19, 1957 Rocket Richard scores 500 goals |
History October 19, 1958 The first Cold War world's fair closes |
History October 19, 1960 The US imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba. |
History October 19, 1963 Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand" |
History October 19, 1965 Communists attack Plei Me Special Forces camp |
History October 19, 1967 Mariner 5 flew by Venus |
History October 19, 1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars |
History October 19, 1972 Kissinger discusses draft peace treaty with President Thieu |
History October 19, 1982 John Z. DeLorean is arrested in $24 million cocaine deal |
History October 19, 1982 John DeLorean is arrested for drug dealing |
History October 19, 1985 First Blockbuster store opens |
History October 19, 1985 Take on Me music video helps Norway's a-Ha reach the top the U.S. pop charts |
History October 19, 1987 Billy Martin hired as manager of N.Y. Yankees for 5th time. |
History October 19, 1987 Dow-Jones loses 508.32 points more than 4« times previous record. |
History October 19, 1987 Black Monday - Dow Jones down 508.32 points worst day on Wall St |
History October 19, 1989 Guildford Four are cleared |
History October 19, 1991 Fire sweeps through Oakland hills |