Public Holidays on October 19

• 🌍 Chung Yeung Festival (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 重陽節（補假） (Hong Kong)

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Religious Observances on October 19

• Chinese: Chongyang Festival

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On This Day in History — October 19

• 2013 — At least 105 people are injured in a train crash at the Once railway station in Buenos Aires.
• 2012 — A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 people in Beirut, Lebanon.
• 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.
• 2003 — Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
• 2001 — SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.

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Notable Births on October 19

• 1994 — Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater
• 1993 — Abby Sunderland, American sailor
• 1992 — Shiho, Japanese actress and model
• 1991 — Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1990 — Tom Kilbey, English footballer
• 1990 — Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler

Notable Deaths on October 19

• 2016 — Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (b. 1921)
• 2016 — Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (b. 1928)
• 2015 — Leon Bramlett, American football player and politician (b. 1923)
• 2015 — Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 2015 — Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1938)

Sports on October 19

• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Milwaukee Brewers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Carolina Hurricanes @ Calgary Flames — 00:00 UTC Final
• NFL: Dallas Cowboys @ Green Bay Packers — 00:20 UTC Final
• Serie A: Cagliari @ Monza — 16:30 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Torino @ Parma — 18:45 UTC Scheduled
• Premier League: Coventry City @ Tottenham Hotspur — 19:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on October 20

• 🌍 Dussehra (India)
• 🌍 Mashujaa Day (Kenya)

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On This Day in History — October 20

• 2011 — Libyan Civil War: National Transitional Council rebel forces capture ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte and kill him shortly thereafter.
• 1991 — A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
• 1982 — During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
• 1981 — Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery in Rockland County, New York, carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.
• 1977 — Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashes.
• 1976 — The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

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Notable Births on October 20

• 1994 — Corey Oates, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Mattia De Sciglio, Italian footballer
• 1992 — Ksenia Semyonova, Russian gymnast
• 1992 — Ferhat Yazgan, Turkish footballer
• 1990 — Sam Mataora, Cook Islands rugby league player
• 1989 — Jess Glynne, English singer-songwriter

Notable Deaths on October 20

• 2016 — Robert E. Kramek, former United States Coast Guard admiral (b. 1939)
• 2016 — Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)
• 2015 — Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
• 2015 — Arno Gruen, German-Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1923)
• 2015 — Kazimierz Łaski, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (b. 1939)

Sports on October 20

• WNBA: Atlanta Dream @ Golden State Valkyries — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Cleveland Guardians @ Tampa Bay Rays — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Milwaukee Brewers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Washington Commanders @ San Francisco 49ers — 00:15 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Utah Mammoth — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• UEFA Champions League: Slavia Prague @ Fenerbahce — 16:45 UTC Scheduled

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