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October 19 Historical Events

The following events took place on October 19. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 53 events. Showing 31 - 53.

  • 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.
  • 1950
    Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
  • 1954
    First ascent of Cho Oyu.
  • 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.
  • 1960
    Cold War: The United States government imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba, which remains in effect today.
  • 1969
    The first Prime Minister of Tunisia in twelve years, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President Habib Bourguiba.
  • 1973
    President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
  • 1974
    Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
  • 1976
    Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1987
    The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
  • 1987
    Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2003
    Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
  • 2004
    Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq.
  • 2005
    Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
  • 2005
    Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
  • 2007
    Philippines: A bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati. The blast killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.
  • 2013
    At least 105 people were injured in a train crash at the Once railway station in Buenos Aires.
  • 2014
    Oort cloud Comet Siding Spring makes a close fly-by the planet Mars passing within 140,000 kilometers.

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