What are the important events that happened on October 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 19: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 19 is the 293rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 73 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 6, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,360 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontatrigon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 102 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,320 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 19 Historical Events
- 1469 –Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
- 1781 –At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over Cornwallis’ sword and formally surrendered to George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau.
- 1812 –Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow.
- 1822 –In Parnaíba; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piauí.
- 1904 –Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O'Reilley.
- 1914 –The First Battle of Ypres begins.
- 1943 –Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
- 1944 –United States forces land in the Philippines.
- 1976 –Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon.
- 2004 –Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq.
Who were born on October 19?
- 1873 –Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (d. 1925)
- 1900 –Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)
- 1907 –Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d. 1962)
- 1917 –Walter Munk, Austrian-born American oceanographer
- 1922 –Jack Anderson, American journalist (d. 2005)
- 1944 –George McCrae, American soul singer
- 1945 –Gloria Jones, American Soul singer
- 1949 –Lynn Dickey, American football player
- 1966 –Roger R. Cross, Jamaican-born actor
- 1978 –Zakhar Dubenskiy, Russian footballer
Who died on October 19?
- 1432 –John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1392)
- 1842 –Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet (b. 1808)
- 1950 –Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet (b. 1892)
- 1983 –Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
- 1985 –Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
- 1987 –Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (b. 1945)
- 1988 –Son House, American musician (b. 1902)
- 2003 –Margaret Murie, American conservationist (b. 1902)
- 2005 –Corinne Lévesque, wife of Quebec premier René Lévesque (b. 1943)
- 2007 –Jan Wolkers, Dutch writer (b. 1925)
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