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Events on the 19th of October in history

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19 Oct 0125 -BC- Origin of Era of Tyre
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19 Oct 0202 Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.
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19 Oct 0439 The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
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19 Oct 0615 St Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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19 Oct 1031 Abbot Humbertus van Echternach opens grave of Saint Willibrord
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19 Oct 1216 King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.
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19 Oct 1298 Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered
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19 Oct 1386 The Universität Heidelberg held its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
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19 Oct 1453 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war
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19 Oct 1466 2nd Peace of Thorn
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19 Oct 1466 The Thirteen Years' War ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
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19 Oct 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.
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19 Oct 1492 Columbus sites "Isabela" (Fortune Island, Bahamas)
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19 Oct 1512 Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia).
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19 Oct 1576 Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence
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19 Oct 1630 In Boston the 1st general court is held
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19 Oct 1634 Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood
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19 Oct 1649 New Ross town, County Wexford, Ireland, surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
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19 Oct 1682 English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland
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19 Oct 1722 French C Hopffer patents fire extinguisher
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19 Oct 1765 Stamp Act Congress met in NY, wrote Declaration of Rights and Liberties
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19 Oct 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.
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19 Oct 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends
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19 Oct 1789 Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
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19 Oct 1805 Napoleonic Wars: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to the Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Ulm. 30,000 prisoners are captured and 10,000 casualties inflicted on the losers.
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19 Oct 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte retreats from Moscow.
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19 Oct 1812 Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow
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19 Oct 1813 The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.
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19 Oct 1818 US & Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty
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19 Oct 1822 In Parnaíba; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piauí.
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19 Oct 1845 Wagner's opera Tannh
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19 Oct 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became 1st woman in US to receive medical degree
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19 Oct 1853 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations
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19 Oct 1856 James Kelly & Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne
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19 Oct 1859 Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope
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19 Oct 1863 Battle of Buckland Mills, Virginia
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19 Oct 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Confederate attackers
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19 Oct 1864 US Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to General Major
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19 Oct 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek – Union Army under Philip Sheridan destroys a Confederate Army under Jubal Early.
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19 Oct 1864 St. Albans Raid – Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, Vermont from Canada.
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19 Oct 1864 Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont
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19 Oct 1866 Venice - Annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy - At Hotel Europa, Austria hands over Veneto to France, which hands it immediately over to Italy.
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19 Oct 1870 British SS Cambria leaves for Noth sea coast, 196 killed
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19 Oct 1870 1st (4) blacks elected to House of Reps
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19 Oct 1872 World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales
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19 Oct 1874 Mary Walsh and Charles Colson are 1st couple to be married in a balloon
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19 Oct 1879 Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light
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19 Oct 1882 Pierre de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley
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19 Oct 1888 Moshav Gederah is attacked by the Arabs
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19 Oct 1900 Henry O Tanner, painter, wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition
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19 Oct 1900 S African President Paul Kruger departs for Europe
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19 Oct 1900 Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black-body radiation (Planck's law).
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19 Oct 1901 Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower
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19 Oct 1904 Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O'Reilley.
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19 Oct 1906 Georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien Premier of France
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19 Oct 1907 1st printing of Dutch Tribune (Wijnkoop / Van Ravesteyn / Ceton)
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19 Oct 1911 Royal Mint in London sends dies for $1 coin to Ottawa Branch
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19 Oct 1912 Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
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19 Oct 1912 Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control
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19 Oct 1914 US post office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail
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19 Oct 1914 The First Battle of Ypres begins.
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19 Oct 1915 Russia / Italy declares war on Bulgaria
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19 Oct 1917 The Love Field in Dallas is opened.
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19 Oct 1919 1st Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a woman
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19 Oct 1919 Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as the black sox scandal as 7 White Sox throw the series
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19 Oct 1921 Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup.
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19 Oct 1922 British Conservative MPs meeting at the Carlton Club vote to break off the Coalition Government with David Lloyd George of the Liberal Party.
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19 Oct 1923 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks
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19 Oct 1925 Italian army takes Somalia
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19 Oct 1926 John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle
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19 Oct 1926 Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky and followers
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19 Oct 1932 British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union
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19 Oct 1932 Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech
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19 Oct 1932 Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP
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19 Oct 1933 Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
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19 Oct 1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936
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19 Oct 1935 The League of Nations places economic sanctions on fascist Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
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19 Oct 1936 HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18
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19 Oct 1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
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19 Oct 1943 Conference of foreign ministers in Moscow
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19 Oct 1943 Theater Guild presentation of "Othello" opens at Shubert
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19 Oct 1943 Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
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19 Oct 1943 Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates NY)
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19 Oct 1944 British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow
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19 Oct 1944 Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg
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19 Oct 1944 Navy says black women can join WAVES
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19 Oct 1944 United States forces land in the Philippines.
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19 Oct 1944 US forces land in Philipines
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19 Oct 1947 De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections
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19 Oct 1949 Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds
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19 Oct 1950 Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
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19 Oct 1950 The People's Liberation Army takes control of the town of Chamdo; this is sometimes called the "Invasion of Tibet".
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19 Oct 1950 The People's Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu River to fight United Nations forces.
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19 Oct 1950 Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
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19 Oct 1950 UN forces entered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea
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19 Oct 1951 President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany
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19 Oct 1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament
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19 Oct 1953 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service
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19 Oct 1953 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
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19 Oct 1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs
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19 Oct 1954 KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
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19 Oct 1954 First ascent of Cho Oyu.
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19 Oct 1956 The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
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19 Oct 1957 "Damn Yankees" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 1,022 performances
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19 Oct 1957 Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals
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19 Oct 1959 Florence Henderson joins the Today Show panel
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19 Oct 1960 KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting
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19 Oct 1960 Cold War: The United States government imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba, which remains in effect today.
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19 Oct 1960 France grants Mauritania independence
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19 Oct 1960 Martin Luther King Jr arrested in Atlanta sit-in
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19 Oct 1960 The US imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba
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19 Oct 1962 Stalin-monument removed in Prague
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19 Oct 1963 Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
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19 Oct 1963 Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
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19 Oct 1966 Yardbird 1st US tour (NYC)
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19 Oct 1967 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
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19 Oct 1967 Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus
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19 Oct 1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars
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19 Oct 1969 J Bock and S Harnicks musical "Rothschilds, " premieres in New York City
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19 Oct 1969 Mary Mills wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
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19 Oct 1969 The first Prime Minister of Tunisia in twelve years, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President Habib Bourguiba.
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19 Oct 1969 Oakland Darryle Lamonica passes for 6 touchdowns vs Buffalo (50-21)
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19 Oct 1970 "Rothschilds" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 505 performances
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19 Oct 1970 Amdahl Corp forms at Sunnyvale, California
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19 Oct 1970 John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun
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19 Oct 1971 Last issue of "Look" magazine is published
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19 Oct 1972 "Mother Earth" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 12 performances
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19 Oct 1973 Ringo releases "Photograph"
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19 Oct 1973 President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
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19 Oct 1973 Ringo releases "Photograph"
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19 Oct 1974 Detroit Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Capitals
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19 Oct 1974 Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
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19 Oct 1974 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)
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19 Oct 1975 "Chorus Line" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 6137 performances
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19 Oct 1975 Hamlisch and Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in New York City
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19 Oct 1975 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Japan Golf Classic
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19 Oct 1976 Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon.
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19 Oct 1977 Corpse of kidnapped West German, H M Schleyer, found
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19 Oct 1977 Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in NYC
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19 Oct 1980 Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle
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19 Oct 1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow win Nobel for physics (laser)
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19 Oct 1981 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant
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19 Oct 1982 Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty)
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19 Oct 1983 Grenada general Hudson Austin forms "revolutionary council"
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19 Oct 1983 Philadelphia Flyers begin 13 NHL game win streak
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19 Oct 1983 Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr federal holiday
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19 Oct 1983 Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility
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19 Oct 1984 Roman Catholic priest from Poland, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity union, was murdered by three agents of the Polish communist internal intelligence agency.
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19 Oct 1986 "Flamenco Puro" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 40 performances
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19 Oct 1986 "Raggedy Ann" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 5 performances
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19 Oct 1986 Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in Tests (vs. India, Bombay)
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19 Oct 1986 Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others die when their Tupolev Tu-134 plane crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
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19 Oct 1986 USSR expells 5 US diplomats
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19 Oct 1987 "Anything Goes" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 804 performances
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19 Oct 1987 Dow Jones Index drops 508.32 points (22%) (record)
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19 Oct 1987 Woody Woodward resigns as New York Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named New York Yankee manager for 5th and final time
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19 Oct 1987 The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
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19 Oct 1987 Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
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19 Oct 1987 "Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4
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19 Oct 1987 Billy Martin hired as manager of NY Yankees for 5th time
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19 Oct 1987 US warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf
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19 Oct 1988 Roxette releases "Roxette Look Sharp!" album
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19 Oct 1988 South African anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize
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19 Oct 1988 The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
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19 Oct 1988 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel
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19 Oct 1988 Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members
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19 Oct 1988 Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border
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19 Oct 1988 Roxette releases "Roxette Look Sharp!" album
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19 Oct 1988 Senate passes bill curbing ads during children`s TV shows
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19 Oct 1989 "Dangerous Games" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 4 performances
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19 Oct 1989 The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
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19 Oct 1990 HCA, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, forms in Prague
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19 Oct 1991 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs)
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19 Oct 1991 Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL
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19 Oct 1993 UN authorizes arms, milt and police supply embargo against Haiti
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19 Oct 1994 Palestinian bomb attack on bus in Tel Aviv, kills 22
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19 Oct 1995 "Hello Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 118 performances
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19 Oct 1996 Braves beat the New York Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
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19 Oct 1997 "Annie, " closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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19 Oct 1997 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
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19 Oct 1997 David Duval wins Walt Disney World / Oldsmobile Golf Classic
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19 Oct 1997 Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Senior Golf Classic
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19 Oct 2001 SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
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19 Oct 2003 Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
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19 Oct 2004 Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq.
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19 Oct 2005 Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
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19 Oct 2005 Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
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19 Oct 2007 Philippines: A bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati. The blast killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.
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19 Oct 2012 Big Tex, a 52-foot statue and cultural icon in Dallas is destroyed by fire during the final weekend of the 2012 State Fair of Texas.
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19 Oct 2013 At least 105 people were injured in a train crash at the Once railway station in Buenos Aires.
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19 Oct 2014 Oort cloud Comet Siding Spring makes a close fly-by the planet Mars passing within 140,000 kilometers.
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