October 19 facts for kids

October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 73 days remain until the end of the year. October 19th is a day filled with many important events throughout history, from ancient battles to scientific discoveries and modern-day happenings. It's also a day when many famous people were born and passed away. Let's explore some of the key moments that have shaped our world on this date.

Historical Events on October 19

Ancient Times and Early History

• 202 BC – The Second Punic War ended with the Battle of Zama. Roman forces, led by Scipio Africanus, defeated Hannibal Barca's army, which was defending Carthage.
• 439 – King Gaiseric and his Vandal army captured the city of Carthage in North Africa.
• 1386 – The University of Heidelberg held its very first lecture. This makes it the oldest university in Germany.
• 1453 – The Hundred Years' War officially ended. England lost its last lands in southern France, three months after the Battle of Castillon.
• 1466 – The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order concluded with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
• 1469 – Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile got married. This marriage was a big step towards uniting Aragon and Castile into one country, which became Spain.
• 1512 – Martin Luther earned his degree as a doctor of theology.
• 1579 – James VI of Scotland was celebrated as an adult ruler with a special festival in Edinburgh.
• 1596 – A Spanish ship called San Felipe crashed on the coast of Japan. Local officials took all its cargo.

Key Events from 1601 to 1900

• 1649 – The town of New Ross in Ireland surrendered to Oliver Cromwell's forces.
• 1781 – The American Revolutionary War's siege of Yorktown came to an end. This was a major victory for the American forces.
• 1789 – John Jay became the first Chief Justice of the United States. He was the highest judge in the country.
• 1791 – The Treaty of Drottningholm was signed between Sweden and Russia.
• 1805 – During the War of the Third Coalition, Austrian General Mack surrendered his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
• 1812 – Napoleon's French invasion of Russia failed. He began his long retreat from Moscow.
• 1813 – In the War of the Sixth Coalition, Napoleon was forced to leave Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
• 1864 – The American Civil War saw the Battle of Cedar Creek end. This removed the last threat from the Confederate army to Washington, D.C.
• 1866 – According to the Treaty of Vienna, Austria gave Veneto and Mantua to France. France then gave them to Italy.
• 1900 – Max Planck made a huge discovery: Planck's law of black-body radiation. This was a big step in physics.

Significant Moments from 1901 to Today

• 1912 – The Italo-Turkish War ended with Italy taking control of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
• 1914 – World War I began with the First Battle of Ypres.
• 1921 – The Portuguese Prime Minister and other officials were killed in a violent event known as the Bloody Night coup.
• 1922 – British politicians voted to end the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
• 1935 – The League of Nations placed economic restrictions on Italy. This was because Italy had invaded Ethiopia.
• 1943 – The cargo ship Sinfra was attacked near Crete and sank. Many Italian prisoners of war were lost.
• 1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic to treat tuberculosis, was found by researchers at Rutgers University.
• 1944 – United States forces landed in the Philippines during World War II.
• 1944 – A change in government began the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
• 1950 – China's army defeated the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
• 1950 – The Korean War's Battle of Pyongyang ended with a victory for the United Nations. Soon after, the Chinese Army started crossing into Korea.
• 1950 – Iran was the first country to get technical help from the United States under the Point Four Program.
• 1955 – The European Broadcasting Union decided to hold the first Eurovision Song Contest.
• 1956 – The Soviet Union and Japan signed a Joint Declaration. This officially ended the state of war between them since 1945.
• 1960 – The United States put a nearly complete trade ban on Cuba.
• 1973 – President Nixon refused a court order to hand over the Watergate tapes.
• 1974 – Niue became a self-governing country, connected with New Zealand.
• 1986 – The president of Mozambique and 33 others died when their plane crashed.
• 1987 – The United States Navy attacked two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. This was called Operation Nimble Archer.
• 1987 – Black Monday: The stock market saw a huge drop, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by 22%.
• 1988 – The British government put a ban on TV and radio interviews with members of certain political and paramilitary groups.
• 1989 – The Guildford Four had their convictions overturned. They had spent 15 years in prison.
• 2001 – SIEV X, a boat carrying over 400 migrants, sank. Many people were lost.
• 2003 – Mother Teresa was honored by Pope John Paul II.
• 2004 – Thirteen people died when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed in Missouri.
• 2005 – Saddam Hussein began his trial in Baghdad for serious crimes.
• 2005 – Hurricane Wilma became the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, based on its low pressure.
• 2012 – A bomb exploded in Lebanon, injuring many people.
• 2013 – A train crash in Buenos Aires injured over a hundred people.
• 2019 – Members of Parliament met in the House of Lords to talk about the United Kingdom's Brexit deal. This was the first Saturday meeting since 1982 during the Falklands War.

Notable Births on October 19

Born Before 1600

• 879 – Yingtian, an important empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty.
• 1276 – Prince Hisaaki of Japan.
• 1433 – Marsilio Ficino, an Italian astrologer and philosopher.
• 1507 – Viglius, a Dutch politician.
• 1545 – John Juvenal Ancina, an Italian bishop.
• 1582 – Dmitry of Uglich, a Russian crown prince and saint.

Born Between 1601 and 1900

• 1605 – Thomas Browne, an English doctor and writer.
• 1609 – Gerrard Winstanley, an English religious reformer.
• 1610 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, an English-Irish general and politician.
• 1613 – Charles of Sezze, an Italian saint.
• 1658 – Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
• 1676 – Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, a Portuguese diplomat.
• 1680 – John Abernethy, an Irish minister.
• 1688 – William Cheselden, an English surgeon.
• 1718 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, a French general and politician.
• 1720 – John Woolman, an American preacher and activist.
• 1721 – Joseph de Guignes, a French expert on Eastern cultures.
• 1784 – Leigh Hunt, an English poet and critic.
• 1789 – Theophilos Kairis, a Greek priest and philosopher.
• 1810 – Cassius Marcellus Clay, an American journalist and diplomat.
• 1814 – Theodoros Vryzakis, a Greek painter.
• 1826 – Ralph Tollemache, an English priest.
• 1850 – Annie Smith Peck, an American mountaineer and academic.
• 1858 – George Albert Boulenger, a Belgian-English zoologist.
• 1862 – Auguste Lumière, a French director and film producer.
• 1868 – Bertha Knight Landes, an American politician and Mayor of Seattle.
• 1873 – Jaap Eden, a Dutch speed skater and cyclist.
• 1873 – Bart King, an American cricketer.
• 1876 – Mordecai Brown, an American baseball player.
• 1876 – Mihkel Pung, an Estonian lawyer and politician.
• 1879 – Emma Bell Miles, an American writer and artist.
• 1882 – Umberto Boccioni, an Italian painter and sculptor.
• 1885 – Charles E. Merrill, an American banker who co-founded Merrill Lynch.
• 1895 – Frank Durbin, an American soldier.
• 1895 – Lewis Mumford, an American historian and philosopher.
• 1896 – Bob O'Farrell, an American baseball player and manager.
• 1897 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, a Pakistani chemist.
• 1899 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, a Guatemalan author and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1900 – Erna Berger, a German opera singer.
• 1900 – Bill Ponsford, an Australian cricketer.
• 1900 – Roy Worters, a Canadian ice hockey player.

Born from 1901 to Present

• 1901 – Arleigh Burke, an American admiral.
• 1903 – Tor Johnson, a Swedish wrestler and actor.
• 1907 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, an American bandleader.
• 1908 – Geirr Tveitt, a Norwegian pianist and composer.
• 1909 – Marguerite Perey, a French physicist.
• 1910 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, an Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1910 – Shunkichi Hamada, a Japanese field hockey player.
• 1910 – Paul Robert, a French dictionary maker.
• 1910 – Farid al-Atrash, a Syrian actor and singer.
• 1913 – Vinicius de Moraes, a Brazilian poet and composer.
• 1914 – Juanita Moore, an American actress.
• 1916 – Jean Dausset, a French immunologist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1916 – Emil Gilels, a Ukrainian-Russian pianist.
• 1916 – Minoru Yasui, an American lawyer and activist.
• 1917 – William Joel Blass, an American lawyer and politician.
• 1917 – Walter Munk, an Austrian-American oceanographer.
• 1917 – Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, an Indian mathematician.
• 1918 – Charles Evans, an English-Welsh mountaineer and surgeon.
• 1918 – Russell Kirk, an American writer.
• 1918 – Robert Schwarz Strauss, an American lawyer and diplomat.
• 1920 – Peter Aduja, a Filipino-American politician.
• 1920 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, an Indian spiritual leader.
• 1920 – LaWanda Page, an American actress.
• 1920 – Harry Alan Towers, an English-Canadian screenwriter.
• 1921 – George Nader, an American actor.
• 1922 – Jack Anderson, an American journalist.
• 1923 – Ruth Carter Stevenson, an American art collector.
• 1923 – Baby Dalupan, a Filipino basketball coach.
• 1925 – Bernard Hepton, an English actor.
• 1925 – Czesław Kiszczak, a Polish general and politician.
• 1925 – Emilio Eduardo Massera, an Argentinian admiral.
• 1926 – Arne Bendiksen, a Norwegian singer-songwriter.
• 1926 – Joel Feinberg, an American philosopher.
• 1926 – Vladimir Shlapentokh, a Ukrainian-American sociologist.
• 1926 – Marjorie Tallchief, an American ballerina.
• 1927 – Pierre Alechinsky, a Belgian painter.
• 1927 – Stephen Keynes, an English businessman.
• 1928 – Lou Scheimer, an American animator who co-founded Filmation.
• 1929 – Lewis Wolpert, a South African-English biologist.
• 1930 – John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, an English union leader.
• 1930 – Mavis Nicholson, a Welsh-English journalist.
• 1931 – Ed Emberley, an American author and illustrator.
• 1931 – John le Carré, an English intelligence officer and author.
• 1931 – Atsushi Miyagi, a Japanese tennis player.
• 1931 – Farid al-Atrash, a Syrian actor and singer.
• 1932 – Robert Reed, an American actor.
• 1933 – Brian Booth, an Australian cricketer.
• 1933 – Anthony Skingsley, an English air marshal.
• 1934 – Yakubu Gowon, a Nigerian general and Head of State.
• 1934 – Dave Guard, an American folk music singer.
• 1935 – Don Ward, a Canadian-American ice hockey player.
• 1936 – James Bevel, an American civil rights activist.
• 1936 – Tony Lo Bianco, an American actor.
• 1937 – Marilyn Bell, a Canadian swimmer.
• 1937 – Peter Max, a German-American illustrator.
• 1937 – Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, an English banker.
• 1938 – Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, a Jamaican-English union leader.
• 1939 – David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, a Scottish politician.
• 1940 – Larry Chance, an American singer.
• 1940 – Michael Gambon, an Irish-British actor.
• 1940 – Rosny Smarth, a Haitian lawyer and Prime Minister.
• 1941 – Peter Thornley, an English professional wrestler known as Kendo Nagasaki.
• 1941 – Simon Ward, an English actor.
• 1942 – Andrew Vachss, an American lawyer and author.
• 1943 – Robin Holloway, an English composer.
• 1943 – Takis Ikonomopoulos, a Greek footballer.
• 1943 – L. E. Modesitt, Jr., an American author.
• 1944 – George McCrae, an American singer.
• 1944 – Bill Melchionni, an American basketball player.
• 1944 – Peter Tosh, a Jamaican singer and guitarist.
• 1945 – Angus Deaton, a Scottish-American economist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1945 – Divine, an American performer and actor.
• 1945 – Patricia Ireland, an American lawyer and activist.
• 1945 – Gloria Jones, an American singer.
• 1945 – John Lithgow, an American actor.
• 1945 – Jeannie C. Riley, an American singer.
• 1945 – Martin Welz, a South African journalist.
• 1946 – Bob Holland, an Australian cricketer.
• 1946 – Philip Pullman, an English author.
• 1946 – Keith Reid, an English songwriter.
• 1947 – Giorgio Cavazzano, an Italian author and illustrator.
• 1948 – James Howard Kunstler, an American author.
• 1948 – Dave Mallow, an American voice actor.
• 1948 – Patrick Simmons, an American singer and guitarist.
• 1949 – Lynn Dickey, an American football player.
• 1949 – Jamie McGrigor, a Scottish politician.
• 1950 – Yeslam bin Ladin, a Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman.
• 1951 – Demetrios Christodoulou, a Greek mathematician and physicist.
• 1951 – Annie Golden, an American actress and singer.
• 1951 – Kurt Schrader, an American politician.
• 1952 – Peter Bone, an English politician.
• 1952 – Verónica Castro, a Mexican actress and singer.
• 1953 – Lionel Hollins, an American basketball player and coach.
• 1954 – Sam Allardyce, an English footballer and manager.
• 1954 – Deborah Blum, an American journalist.
• 1954 – Joe Bryant, an American basketball player and coach.
• 1955 – Dan Gutman, an American author.
• 1955 – LaSalle Ishii, a Japanese actor and director.
• 1955 – Lonnie Shelton, an American basketball player.
• 1956 – Steve Doocy, an American journalist.
• 1956 – Elena Garanina, a Soviet ice dancer.
• 1956 – Grover Norquist, an American activist.
• 1956 – Didier Theys, a Belgian race car driver.
• 1956 – Carlo Urbani, an Italian physician.
• 1956 – Bruce Weber, an American basketball coach.
• 1957 – Dorinda Clark-Cole, an American singer.
• 1957 – Ray Richmond, an American journalist.
• 1957 – Karl Wallinger, a Welsh singer-songwriter.
• 1958 – Carolyn Browne, a British diplomat.
• 1958 – Hiromi Hara, a Japanese footballer.
• 1958 – Tiriel Mora, an Australian actor.
• 1958 – Michael Steele, an American politician.
• 1959 – Nir Barkat, an Israeli businessman and Mayor of Jerusalem.
• 1959 – Martin Kusch, a German philosopher.
• 1960 – Dawn Coe-Jones, a Canadian golfer.
• 1960 – Jennifer Holliday, an American actress and singer.
• 1960 – Takeshi Koshida, a Japanese footballer.
• 1960 – Susan Straight, an American author.
• 1960 – Ayuo Takahashi, a Japanese-American singer.
• 1960 – Dan Woodgate, an English musician.
• 1961 – Sunny Deol, an Indian actor.
• 1961 – Cliff Lyons, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1962 – Claude Callegari, an English YouTube personality.
• 1962 – Tracy Chevalier, an American-English author.
• 1962 – Brian Henninger, an American golfer.
• 1962 – Bendik Hofseth, a Norwegian saxophonist.
• 1962 – Evander Holyfield, an American boxer.
• 1962 – Svetlana Zainetdinova, a Soviet-Estonian chess player.
• 1963 – Sinitta, an American-British singer.
• 1964 – Ty Pennington, an American TV host.
• 1965 – Brad Daugherty, an American basketball player.
• 1965 – Todd Park Mohr, an American rock singer.
• 1966 – Jon Favreau, an American actor and director.
• 1966 – Dimitris Lyacos, a Greek poet.
• 1966 – David Vann, an American novelist.
• 1967 – Amy Carter, an American illustrator and activist.
• 1967 – Yōji Matsuda, a Japanese actor.
• 1967 – Yoko Shimomura, a Japanese pianist and composer.
• 1968 – Rodney Carrington, an American comedian and singer.
• 1969 – Pedro Castillo, a Peruvian politician and former President of Peru.
• 1969 – Zdeno Cíger, a Slovak ice hockey player.
• 1969 – John Edward, an American psychic.
• 1969 – Trey Parker, an American animator and screenwriter.
• 1969 – Erwin Sánchez, a Bolivian footballer.
• 1970 – Andrew Griffiths, an English politician.
• 1970 – Chris Kattan, an American actor.
• 1972 – Keith Foulke, an American baseball player.
• 1972 – Pras, an American rapper.
• 1973 – Hicham Arazi, a Moroccan tennis player.
• 1973 – Okan Buruk, a Turkish footballer.
• 1973 – Joaquin Gage, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1975 – Burak Güven, a Turkish singer.
• 1976 – Omar Gooding, an American actor.
• 1976 – Jostein Gulbrandsen, a Norwegian guitarist.
• 1976 – Desmond Harrington, an American actor.
• 1976 – Paul Hartley, a Scottish footballer.
• 1976 – Hiroshi Sakai, a Japanese footballer.
• 1976 – Dan Smith, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1976 – Michael Young, an American baseball player.
• 1977 – Habib Beye, a French-Senegalese footballer.
• 1977 – Louis-José Houde, a Canadian comedian.
• 1977 – Jason Reitman, a Canadian-American director.
• 1977 – Raúl Tamudo, a Spanish footballer.
• 1977 – Mo Twister, a Filipino TV host.
• 1978 – Enrique Bernoldi, a Brazilian race car driver.
• 1978 – Zakhar Dubensky, a Russian footballer.
• 1978 – Henri Sorvali, a Finnish guitarist.
• 1979 – José Luis López, a Mexican footballer.
• 1979 – Brian Robertson, an American trombonist.
• 1979 – Sachiko Sugiyama, a Japanese volleyball player.
• 1980 – José Bautista, a Dominican baseball player.
• 1980 – Rajai Davis, an American baseball player.
• 1980 – Benjamin Salisbury, an American actor.
• 1981 – Leon Bott, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1981 – Heikki Kovalainen, a Finnish race car driver.
• 1982 – Atom Araullo, a Filipino journalist.
• 1982 – J. A. Happ, an American baseball player.
• 1982 – Gillian Jacobs, an American actress.
• 1982 – Louis Oosthuizen, a South African golfer.
• 1982 – Gonzalo Pineda, a Mexican footballer.
• 1982 – Daan van Bunge, a Dutch cricketer.
• 1983 – Rebecca Ferguson, a Swedish actress.
• 1983 – Andy Lonergan, an English footballer.
• 1983 – Cara Santa Maria, an American neuroscientist.
• 1984 – Danka Barteková, a Slovak skeet shooter.
• 1987 – Tsunenori Aoki, a Japanese actor.
• 1987 – Sam Groth, an Australian tennis player.
• 1988 – Zeph Ellis, an English rapper.
• 1988 – Markiyan Kamysh, a Ukrainian writer.
• 1988 – Chris Lawrence, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1989 – James Gavet, a New Zealand rugby league player.
• 1989 – Mindaugas Kuzminskas, a Lithuanian basketball player.
• 1989 – Miroslav Stoch, a Slovakian footballer.
• 1989 – Rakuto Tochihara, a Japanese actor.
• 1989 – Janine Tugonon, a Filipino model.
• 1990 – Tom Kilbey, an English footballer.
• 1990 – Janet Leon, a Swedish singer.
• 1990 – Ciara Renée, an American actress and singer.
• 1990 – Endō Shōta, a Japanese sumo wrestler.
• 1991 – Colton Dixon, an American singer.
• 1992 – Shiho, a Japanese actress and model.
• 1993 – Hunter King, an American actress.
• 1993 – Abby Sunderland, an American sailor.
• 1994 – Cal Petersen, an American ice hockey player.
• 1994 – Agnė Sereikaitė, a Lithuanian speed skater.
• 1995 – Sammis Reyes, a Chilean-American football and basketball player.
• 1996 – Bernadeth Pons, a Filipino volleyball athlete.
• 1999 – Carlotta Truman, a German singer.

Notable Deaths on October 19

Died Before 1600

• 727 – Frithuswith, an English saint.
• 993 – Conrad I, King of Burgundy.
• 1216 – John, King of England.
• 1287 – Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli.
• 1354 – Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.
• 1375 – Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona.
• 1401 – John Charleton, an English nobleman.
• 1432 – John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, an English politician.
• 1587 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
• 1595 – Philip Howard, an English nobleman.

Died Between 1601 and 1900

• 1608 – Martin Delrio, a Flemish theologian.
• 1609 – Jacobus Arminius, a Dutch theologian.
• 1619 – Fujiwara Seika, a Japanese philosopher.
• 1636 – Marcin Kazanowski, a Polish politician.
• 1678 – Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, a Dutch painter.
• 1682 – Thomas Browne, an English physician and author.
• 1723 – Godfrey Kneller, a German-English painter.
• 1745 – Jonathan Swift, an Irish writer known for his satire.
• 1772 – Andrea Belli, a Maltese architect.
• 1790 – Lyman Hall, an American physician and Governor of Georgia.
• 1796 – Michel de Beaupuy, a French general.
• 1813 – Józef Poniatowski, a Polish general.
• 1815 – Paolo Mascagni, an Italian physician.
• 1842 – Aleksey Koltsov, a Russian poet.
• 1851 – Marie Thérèse of France.
• 1856 – William Sprague III, an American businessman and Governor of Rhode Island.
• 1889 – Luís I of Portugal.
• 1897 – George Pullman, an American engineer who founded the Pullman Company.

Died from 1901 to Present

• 1901 – Carl Frederik Tietgen, a Danish businessman.
• 1905 – Virgil Earp, an American marshal.
• 1914 – Robert Hugh Benson, an English Catholic priest and novelist.
• 1916 – Ioannis Frangoudis, a Greek general and target shooter.
• 1918 – Harold Lockwood, an American actor.
• 1924 – Louis Zborowski, an English race car driver.
• 1936 – Lu Xun, a Chinese author and critic.
• 1937 – Ernest Rutherford, a New Zealand-English physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1943 – Camille Claudel, a French sculptor.
• 1944 – Dénes Kőnig, a Hungarian mathematician.
• 1945 – Plutarco Elías Calles, a Mexican general and President of Mexico.
• 1945 – N. C. Wyeth, an American painter.
• 1950 – Edna St. Vincent Millay, an American poet.
• 1952 – Edward S. Curtis, an American photographer.
• 1956 – Isham Jones, an American saxophonist and bandleader.
• 1960 – Hjalmar Dahl, a Finnish journalist.
• 1960 – George Wallace, an Australian comedian.
• 1961 – Şemsettin Günaltay, a Turkish historian and Prime Minister.
• 1964 – Sergey Biryuzov, a Marshal of the Soviet Union.
• 1964 – Nettie Palmer, an Australian poet.
• 1964 – Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, an English soldier.
• 1965 – Edward Willis Redfield, an American painter.
• 1969 – Lacey Hearn, an American sprinter.
• 1970 – Lázaro Cárdenas, a Mexican general and President of Mexico.
• 1978 – Gig Young, an American actor.
• 1983 – Maurice Bishop, a Grenadian lawyer and Prime Minister.
• 1984 – Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Polish priest and activist.
• 1985 – Alfred Rouleau, a Canadian businessman.
• 1986 – Dele Giwa, a Nigerian journalist.
• 1986 – Samora Machel, the first President of Mozambique.
• 1987 – Jacqueline du Pré, an English cellist.
• 1987 – Hermann Lang, a German race car driver.
• 1988 – Son House, an American singer and guitarist.
• 1992 – Magnus Pyke, an English scientist and TV host.
• 1994 – Martha Raye, an American actress and comedian.
• 1995 – Don Cherry, an American trumpet player.
• 1995 – Harilaos Perpessas, a Greek pianist.
• 1996 – Shamsuddin Qasemi, a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar.
• 1997 – Glen Buxton, an American guitarist.
• 1997 – Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef.
• 1999 – James C. Murray, an American politician.
• 1999 – Nathalie Sarraute, a Russian-French author.
• 2002 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, a Russian astronaut.
• 2003 – Road Warrior Hawk, an American wrestler.
• 2003 – Alija Izetbegović, the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 2003 – Margaret Murie, an American environmentalist.
• 2003 – Nello Pagani, an Italian motorcycle racer.
• 2005 – Ryan Dallas Cook, an American trombonist.
• 2006 – James Glennon, an American cinematographer.
• 2006 – Phyllis Kirk, an American actress.
• 2007 – Winifred Asprey, an American computer scientist.
• 2007 – Randall Forsberg, an American activist.
• 2007 – Michael Maidens, an English footballer.
• 2007 – Jan Wolkers, a Dutch author.
• 2008 – Richard Blackwell, an American fashion designer.
• 2009 – Howard Unruh, an American murderer.
• 2009 – Joseph Wiseman, a Canadian-American actor.
• 2010 – Tom Bosley, an American actor.
• 2011 – Kakkanadan, an Indian author.
• 2012 – Lincoln Alexander, a Canadian lawyer and politician.
• 2012 – Wissam al-Hassan, a Lebanese general.
• 2012 – Wiyogo Atmodarminto, an Indonesian general.
• 2012 – Mike Graham, an American wrestler.
• 2012 – Fiorenzo Magni, an Italian cyclist.
• 2013 – John Bergamo, an American drummer.
• 2013 – Noel Harrison, an English singer and actor.
• 2013 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, an American drummer.
• 2013 – Mikihiko Renjō, a Japanese author.
• 2013 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, an Iranian-American violinist.
• 2014 – John Holt, a Jamaican singer.
• 2014 – Stephen Paulus, an American composer.
• 2014 – Raphael Ravenscroft, an English saxophonist.
• 2014 – Serena Shim, a Lebanese-American journalist.
• 2015 – Bill Daley, an American football player.
• 2015 – Fleming Mackell, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 2015 – Ali Treki, a Libyan politician and diplomat.
• 2016 – Phil Chess, a Czech-American record producer.
• 2016 – Giovanni Steffè, an Italian rower.
• 2017 – Umberto Lenzi, an Italian film director.
• 2019 – Deborah Orr, a Scottish journalist.
• 2021 – Jack Angel, an American voice actor.
• 2023 – Atsushi Sakurai, a Japanese singer.

Holidays and Observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)
  • Aquilinus of Évreux
  • Desiderius (Didier) of Auxerre
  • Frideswide
  • Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)
  • Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions
  • Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko
  • Paul of the Cross
  • Ptolemaeus and Lucius
  • Varus
  • Veranus of Cavaillon
  • William Carey (Episcopal Church)
  • October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day, celebrating Niue's self-governing status since 1974. (Niue)
• Oxfordshire Day