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Day Of The Week: October 19
October 19, 2025 is the 292nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 73 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 19
- 202 BC –Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.
- 1216 –King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.
- 1822 –In Parnaíba; Simplício Dias da Silva, João Cândido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piauí.
- 1864 –Battle of Cedar Creek – Union Army under Philip Sheridan destroys a Confederate Army under Jubal Early.
- 1914 –The First Battle of Ypres begins.
- 1921 –Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup.
- 1959 –The first discothèque opens, the Scotch-Club in Aachen, Germany.
- 1987 –Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
- 2004 –Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the State Peace and Development Council on charges of corruption.
- 2005 –Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
Who were born on October 19?
- 1810 –Cassius Clay, American abolitionist (d. 1903)
- 1916 –Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1985)
- 1948 –Dave Mallow, American voice actor
- 1957 –Dorinda Clark-Cole, American gospel singer
- 1962 –Tracy Chevalier, American author
- 1966 –Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
- 1972 –Pras, American musician
- 1976 –Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 –James Roberts, British Ice Hockey Player
- 1985 –Terry Etim, English mixed martial artist
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