October 19 in history
Events on October 19
Notable events that happened on October 19 in past years.
- 2025
Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Wikipedia article: French Crown Jewels - 2005
Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
Wikipedia article: Saddam Hussein - 2001
SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
Wikipedia article: SIEV X - 1987
Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
Wikipedia article: Black Monday (1987) - 1960
The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
Wikipedia article: United States embargo against Cuba - 1950
China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Chamdo - 1944
United States forces land in the Philippines.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Leyte - 1936
New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran.
Wikipedia article: New York World-Telegram - 1914
World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
Wikipedia article: World War I - 1864
American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
Wikipedia article: American Civil War - 1812
The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
Wikipedia article: French invasion of Russia - 1781
American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end with the British surrender.
Wikipedia article: American Revolutionary War - 1579
James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
Wikipedia article: James VI and I - 1453
Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
- 202 BC
Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.[citation needed]
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