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Gravdigr · 10-19-2016, 01:03 PM

October 19

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.

1781 – At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over Cornwallis' sword and formally surrendered to George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau.

1789 – Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

1812 – Napoleon Bonaparte retreats from Moscow.

1813 – The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.

1900 – Max Planck discovers the law of black-body radiation (Planck's law).

1917 – Love Field in Dallas is opened.

1943 – The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Souda Bay, Crete, and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown.

1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.

1960 – Cold War: The United States government imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.

1968 - 18 year old Peter Frampton meets Steve Marriott at a Small Faces show in London. After striking up a friendship, the two started planning a new group which emerged as Humble Pie the following April.

1973 – President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.

1988 – The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.

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.

2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

2005 – Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.

Births

1605 – Thomas Browne; 1810 – Cassius Marcellus Clay; 1862 – Auguste Lumière; 1901 – Arleigh Burke; 1920 – LaWanda Page aka The Bronze Goddess Of Fire ('Aunt Esther' on Sanford & Son); 1931 – John le Carré; 1932 – Robert Reed; 1936 – Tony Lo Bianco; 1937 – Peter Max; 1940 – Michael Gambon; 1944 – Peter Tosh♪ ♫(The Wailers); 1945 – Gloria Jones♪ ♫; 1945 – John Lithgow; 1945 – Jeannie C. Riley♪ ♫; 1946 – Keith Reid♪ ♫; 1948 – James Howard Kunstler; 1948 – Patrick Simmons

(Doobie Bros); 1962 – Evander Holyfield

; 1965 – Ty Pennington; 1966 – Jon Favreau; 1967 – Amy Carter (daughter of POTUS Jimmy Carter); 1968 – Rodney Carrington

; 1969 – Trey Parker (co-creator South Park); 1970 – Chris Kattan (SNL)

Deaths

1682 – Thomas Browne; 1745 – Jonathan Swift; 1897 – George Pullman; 1943 – Camille Claudel

; 1945 – N. C. Wyeth

; 1950 – Edna St. Vincent Millay; 1978 – Gig Young; 1988 – Son House

; 1994 – Martha Raye; 2008 – Richard 'Mr.' Blackwell; 2008 – Rudy Ray Moore, "Dolemite"; 2009 – Joseph Wiseman ('Dr. No' in Dr. No); 2010 – Tom Bosley; 2014 - Raphael Ravenscroft (sax on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street")

10-19-2016, 01:03 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	October 19 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. 1781 – At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over Cornwallis' sword and formally surrendered to George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau. 1789 – Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States. 1812 – Napoleon Bonaparte retreats from Moscow. 1813 – The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats. 1900 – Max Planck discovers the law of black-body radiation (Planck's law). 1917 – Love Field in Dallas is opened. 1943 – The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Souda Bay, Crete, and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown. 1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. 1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program. 1960 – Cold War: The United States government imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba. 1968 - 18 year old Peter Frampton meets Steve Marriott at a Small Faces show in London. After striking up a friendship, the two started planning a new group which emerged as Humble Pie the following April. 1973 – President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes. 1988 – The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups. 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. 2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II. 2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. 2005 – Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. Births 1605 – Thomas Browne; 1810 – Cassius Marcellus Clay; 1862 – Auguste Lumière; 1901 – Arleigh Burke; 1920 – LaWanda Page aka The Bronze Goddess Of Fire ('Aunt Esther' on Sanford & Son); 1931 – John le Carré; 1932 – Robert Reed; 1936 – Tony Lo Bianco; 1937 – Peter Max; 1940 – Michael Gambon; 1944 – Peter Tosh♪ ♫(The Wailers); 1945 – Gloria Jones♪ ♫; 1945 – John Lithgow; 1945 – Jeannie C. Riley♪ ♫; 1946 – Keith Reid♪ ♫; 1948 – James Howard Kunstler; 1948 – Patrick Simmons(Doobie Bros); 1962 – Evander Holyfield; 1965 – Ty Pennington; 1966 – Jon Favreau; 1967 – Amy Carter (daughter of POTUS Jimmy Carter); 1968 – Rodney Carrington; 1969 – Trey Parker (co-creator South Park); 1970 – Chris Kattan (SNL) Deaths 1682 – Thomas Browne; 1745 – Jonathan Swift; 1897 – George Pullman; 1943 – Camille Claudel; 1945 – N. C. Wyeth; 1950 – Edna St. Vincent Millay; 1978 – Gig Young; 1988 – Son House; 1994 – Martha Raye; 2008 – Richard 'Mr.' Blackwell; 2008 – Rudy Ray Moore, "Dolemite"; 2009 – Joseph Wiseman ('Dr. No' in Dr. No); 2010 – Tom Bosley; 2014 - Raphael Ravenscroft (sax on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street") __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.