Right this moment is Sunday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2025. There are 73 days left within the 12 months.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Oct. 19, 1987, the inventory market crashed because the Dow Jones Industrial Common plunged 508 factors, or 22.6% in worth (its largest each day proportion loss ever), to shut at 1,738.74 on what got here to be generally known as “Black Monday.”
Additionally on this date:
In 1781, British troops below Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, because the American Revolution neared its finish.
In 1914, the First Battle of Ypres started in World Battle I.
In 1960, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested throughout a sit-down protest at a segregated lunch counter in Atlanta, one of many early occasions of the non-violent protest motion that King was instrumental in main throughout the nascent civil rights period.
In 1977, the supersonic airliner Concorde made its first touchdown in New York Metropolis, flying from France, in three hours and 44 minutes. The flight marked the beginning of standard business Concorde service between Paris and New York.
In 2003, Pope John Paul II beatified Mom Teresa throughout a ceremony in St. Peter’s Sq.. Mom Teresa, who based the Missionaries of Charity international order that attends to society’s outcasts, was elevated to sainthood in 2016 by Pope Francis. She died in 1997.
In 2005, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was placed on trial by the Iraqi Interim Authorities, accused of crimes in opposition to humanity. Captured by U.S. forces in 2003, Hussein was convicted, sentenced to loss of life and executed by hanging in December 2006.
In 2016, within the third and closing 2016 presidential debate with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump refused to say he would settle for the outcomes of the election if he had been to lose.
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
- Artist Peter Max is 88.
- Actor John Lithgow (LIHTH’-goh) is 80.
- Fox Information host Steve Doocy is 69.
- Singer Jennifer Holliday is 65.
- Boxing Corridor of Famer Evander Holyfield is 63.
- Filmmaker Jon Favreau is 59.
- Former first daughter Amy Carter is 58.
- “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker is 56.
- Comic Chris Kattan is 55.
- Filmmaker Jason Reitman is 48.
- Actor Gillian Jacobs is 43.
- Actor Rebecca Ferguson is 42.