Today in History
19 October
254 births · 112 deaths · 56 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1967
Amy Carter
Daughter of Jimmy Carter (born 1967)
Notable Births
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Carlotta Truman
b. 1999
German singer
Chance Perdomo
b. 1996
American and British actor (1996–2024)
Sammis Reyes
b. 1995
Chilean basketball and gridiron football player (born 1995)
Cal Petersen
b. 1994
American ice hockey player (born 1994)
Anthony Santander
b. 1994
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1994)
Agnė Sereikaitė
b. 1994
Lithuanian speed skater (born 1994)
Andy Lonergan
b. 1983
English footballer (born 1983)
Amy Carter
b. 1967
Daughter of Jimmy Carter (born 1967)
Notable Deaths
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Daniel Naroditsky
d. 2025
American chess grandmaster (1995–2025)
Atsushi Sakurai
d. 2023
Japanese musician (1966–2023)
Deborah Orr
d. 2019
British journalist (1962–2019)
Umberto Lenzi
d. 2017
Italian director and writer (1931–2017)
Alfred Rouleau
d. 1985
Canadian businessman (1915–1985)
Plutarco Elías Calles
d. 1945
President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928; de facto Leader until 1934
Lu Xun
d. 1936
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
Ioannis Frangoudis
d. 1916
Greek sport shooter
On This Day in History
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2025
Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris..
French Crown Jewels
2019
Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.
House of Lords
2013
One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
2013 Buenos Aires train crash
2012
A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
Assassination of Wissam al-Hassan
2005
Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
Saddam Hussein
2005
Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
Hurricane Wilma
2004
Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.
Corporate Airlines Flight 5966
2003
Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Mother Teresa