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Your birthday on October 19th has many historical events associated with it. Here are a few statistics about your 

 birthday.

There were 156 events on the October 19th, 5,048 historical events during October, 899 historical events during 1988,and 7,681 historical events during the decade of 1980.

Only a small sample of the 156 historicial events on October 19th are offered to be posted to your wall due to the potential size of this list and Facebook's limits. If you don't receive any results, check your birthday carefully (Likemake sure you didn't enter February 30th or something like that). Enjoy and here is your list!

1988 - Sourav Shofiullah's Birthday!2006 - Dow closes above 12,000 for the first time2005 - Saddam Hussein's trial begins in Iraq 1997 - "Annie," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City

1997 - 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)1997 - David Duval wins Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Golf Classic1997 - Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Senior Golf Classic1996 - Braves beat New York Yankees by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series1995 - "Hello Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 118 performances1994 - 160 killed at battles in Tsjetsjenie1994 - Palestinian bomb attack on bus in Tel Aviv, kills 221993 - U.N. authorizes arms, miltary and police supply embargo against Haiti1991 - Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs)1991 - Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL1990 - HCA, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, forms in Prague1989 - "Dangerous Games" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 4 performances1989 - Astor Piazzolla and Wm Finn's musical "Dangerous Games" premieres in New York City

1989 - U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.1988 - 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel1988 - Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members1988 - Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border 1988 - Roxette releases "Roxette Look Sharp!" album1988 - South Africa anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize1988 - Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows1987 - "Anything Goes" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 804 performances1987 - "Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4 times previous record 1987 - Dow Jones Index drops 508.32 points (22%) (record)1987 - U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf 1987 - Woody Woodward resigns as New York Yankee General Manager, Lou Piniella is named General Manager and Billy Martin is named New York Yankee manager for 5th and final time

1986 - "Flamenco Puro" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 40 performances1986 - "Raggedy Ann" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 5 performances1986 - Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay)1986 - U.S.S.R. expels 5 U.S. diplomats1983 - Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility1983 - Grenada general Hudson Austin forms "revolutionary council"1983 - Philadelphia Flyers begin 13 NHL game win streak 1983 - Senate establishes Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday1982 - Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty)1981 - Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant1981 - Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow win Nobel for physics (laser)1980 - Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle

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1977 - Corpse of kidnapped West German, H. M. Schleyer, found 1977 - Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in New York City1975 - "Chorus Line" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 6137 performances1975 - Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals1975 - Hamlisch and Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in New York City1975 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Japan Golf Classic1974 - Det Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Caps1974 - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)1973 - Ringo releases "Photograph"1972 - "Mother Earth" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 12 performances1971 - Last issue of "Look" magazine is published 1970 - "Rothschilds" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 505 performances1970 - Amdahl Corp forms at Sunnyvale California1970 - John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun1969 - J. Bock and S. Harnicks musical "Rothschilds," premieres in New York City1969 - Mary Mills wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic1969 - Oakland Darryle Lamonica passes for 6 touchdowns vs Buffalo (50-21)1968 - Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars1967 - Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"1967 - Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus1966 - U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.1966 - Yardbird 1st U.S. tour (New York City)

1963 - Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"1962 - Stalin-monument removed in Prague1962 - U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1960 - France grants Mauritania independence1960 - KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting1960 - Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested in Atlanta sit-in1960 - U.S. imposes embargo on exports to Cuba1959 - Florence Henderson joins Today Show panel1959 - William Gibson's "Miracle Worker," premieres in New York City1958 - U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1957 - "Damn Yankees" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1,022 performances1957 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals1954 - Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs

1954 - KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting1953 - 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service1953 - Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey1952 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament1951 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Texas Women's Golf Open1951 - President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany1950 - Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated 1950 - U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea1949 - A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton1949 - Yankees trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds1948 - "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 95 performances1947 - De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow

1944 - Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg1944 - John Van Druten's "I Remember Mama," premieres in New York City1944 - Navy says black women can join WAVES1944 - U.S. forces land in Philippines1943 - Conference of foreign ministers in Moscow1943 - Theater Guild presentation of "Othello" opens at Shubert1943 - Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates New York)1941 - 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico1939 - Goering begins plunder through Nazi's occupied areas1936 - HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18 days1935 - Mao Tse Tung's army reaches Shanxi

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1933 - Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 19361932 - Austria forbids demonstration by Nazi's and anti fascists1932 - British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union1932 - Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech1932 - Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP1930 - Jules Ladoumegue runs world record 1 km (2:23.6)1926 - John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle1926 - Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky and followers1925 - Italian army takes Somalia1924 - General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hr work day in Belgium1923 - Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks1923 - Beierse government refuses to prohibit NSDAP newspaper Volkischer Beobachter 1919 - 1st Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a woman1919 - Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 WhiteSox throw series1915 - Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria1914 - U.S. Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail1912 - Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control1911 - Royal Mint in London sends dies for $1 coin to Ottawa Branch1907 - 1st printing of Dutch Tribune (Wijnkoop/Van Ravesteyn/Ceton)1906 - Georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien premier of France1901 - Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool

1901 - Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower 1900 - Henry O. Tanner, painter, wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition1900 - South African President Paul Kruger departs for Europe1888 - Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs1882 - Pierre de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley1879 - Afghan's emir Mohammed Yakub forced to resign1879 - Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light1874 - Mary Walsh and Charles Colson are 1st couple to be married in a balloon1872 - World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales1870 - 1st (4) blacks elected to House of Reps1870 - British SS Cambria leaves for Noth sea coast, 196 killed 1864 - Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St. Albans, Vermont1864 - Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Confederate attackers

1864 - U.S. Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to general-major 1863 - Battle of Buckland Mills, VA1859 - Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope1856 - James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne1853 - 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in U.S. to receive medical degree1845 - Richard Wagners opera "Tannhauser," premieres in Dresden1818 - U.S. and Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty1812 - Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow1781 - Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends1765 - Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties1739 - England declares war on Spain1722 - French C. Hopffer patents fire extinguisher 

1682 - English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland 1655 - Swedish King Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow1634 - Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood 1630 - In Boston the 1st general court is held 1576 - Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence1492 - Columbus sites "Isabela" (Fortune Island, Bahamas)1466 - 2nd Peace of Thorn1453 - 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war 1298 - Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered 1031 - Abbot Humbertus van Echternach opens grave of Saint Willibrord