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October 19: Day of the Week
October 19, 2024 is the 293rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 73 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
October 19 Historical Event(s)
1216
King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.
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.
1805
Napoleonic Wars: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to the Grand Army of Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm. 30,000 prisoners are captured and 10,000 casualties inflicted on the losers.
1813
The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.
1864
St. Albans Raid – Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, Vermont from Canada.
1912
Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1917
The Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.
1944
United States forces land in the Philippines.
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.
2004
Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the State Peace and Development Council on charges of corruption.
Who were born on October 19?
1276
Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)
1718
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804)
1897
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (d. 1994)
1903
Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (d. 1971)
1918
Charles Evans, British mountaineer (d. 1995)
1959
Nir Barkat, Israeli politician
1960
Jennifer Holliday, American singer and actress
1965
Ty Pennington, American television personality
1976
Joy Bryant, American actress
1982
Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer
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