Born on October 19
October 19 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 19, you share a birthday with Miguel Ángel Asturias, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and John le Carré. October 19 babies are Libra, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 19 is the 293rd day of the year in leap years (292nd in other years).
Famous people born on October 19
- 1899Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1910Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author
- 1946Philip Pullman, English author and academic
- 1433Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher
- 1940Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor
- 1945John Lithgow, American actor
- 1966Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1983Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
- 1945Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on October 19
- 1579A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.
- 1752The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment (depicted) to determine the electrical nature of lightning.
- 1847The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
- 1922British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
- 1943Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
- 1948Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation, a monument honoring three presidents of the United States, was dedicated at the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 1950Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
- 1953Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.
- 1955At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
- 1960The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
- 1973President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
- 2017Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
Also observed on October 19
- Oxfordshire Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 19?
People born on October 19 are Libra. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 19?
Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), John le Carré (1931), Philip Pullman (1946), Marsilio Ficino (1433), Michael Gambon (1940) were all born on October 19.
What happened on October 19 in history?
Among other things: in 1960, The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba; in 1973, President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes; in 2017, Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 19?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 19 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 19”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.