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19 October 2022
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
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Historical events
History
2025 - Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris..Symbols of French power, 752–1825
History
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.Upper house of the UK Parliament
History
2013 - One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.Rail disaster in Argentina
History
2012 - A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.2012 car bomb attack in Beirut, Lebanon
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2005 - Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
History
2005 - Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005
History
2004 - Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.2004 aviation accident in Missouri
History
2003 - Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (1910–1997)
History
2001 - SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.Indonesian illegal immigrant boat to Australia; sank in international waters (2001)
History
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.People wrongly convicted of terrorism
Notable births
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Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Daniel Naroditsky, American chess grandmaster (born 1995)American chess grandmaster (1995–2025)
Died
2023 - Atsushi Sakurai, singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick (born 1966)Japanese musician (1966–2023)
Died
2021 - Jack Angel, American voice actor (born 1930)American voice actor and radio personality (1930–2021)
Died
2019 - Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (born 1962)British journalist (1962–2019)
Died
2017 - Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (born 1931)Italian director and writer (1931–2017)
Died
2016 - Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (born 1921)American record executive (1921–2016)
Died
2015 - Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)American football player (1919–2015)
Sky
Moon phase
Last Quarter
34.3% illuminated
Lunar age: 23.6 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
26.08 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Leo
15.58 degrees
Constellation: Cancer
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.