October 19th, 1879

Born on October 19th, 1879

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 52,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 214 days, exactly on November 27th, 2024, people who were born on October 19th, 1879 will be 53,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 19th?

October 19th, 2017

Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.

October 19th, 2013

British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.

October 19th, 2005

Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).

October 19th, 1988

The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.

October 19th, 1987

Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.

October 19th, 1955

At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.

October 19th, 1943

World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.

October 19th, 1914

First World War: Allied forces began engaging German troops at the First Battle of Ypres.

October 19th, 1864

American Civil War: Despite incurring nearly twice as many casualties as the Confederates, the Union Army emerged victorious at the Battle of Cedar Creek.

October 19th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the Siege of Yorktown.

October 19th, 1752

The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment (depicted) to determine the electrical nature of lightning.

October 19th, 1596

The Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and its cargo confiscated by the local daimyō.

October 19th, 1579

A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.

October 19th, 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.

October 19th, 2013

One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 19th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 19th?

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

89

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

*October 19th, 1931, Poole †December 12th, 2020, Royal Cornwall Hospital

84

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indian-American astrophysicist

*October 19th, 1910, Lahore †August 21st, 1995, Chicago

77

Jürgen Croy

East German association football player and manager

*October 19th, 1946, Zwickau

34

Nikolija Jovanović

Serbian singer and rapper

*October 19th, 1989, Zagreb

69

Ken Stott

British actor

*October 19th, 1954, Edinburgh

82

Robert Beatty

Canadian actor (1909-1992)

*October 19th, 1909, Hamilton †March 3rd, 1992, London

63

Jennifer Holliday

American actress and singer

*October 19th, 1960, Houston

77

Philip Pullman

English author

*October 19th, 1946, Norwich

103

Hans Alwin Ketels

German politician (1913-2017)

*October 19th, 1913, Osterhever †April 12th, 2017, Garding

54

Caroline Catz

British film, television, theatre and radio actress

*October 19th, 1969, Manchester

80

Clarence Lucas

Canadian composer (1866-1947)

*October 19th, 1866, Smithville †July 1st, 1947, Sèvres

74

Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales

Guatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974)

*October 19th, 1899, Guatemala City †June 9th, 1974, Madrid

33

Umberto Boccioni

Italian painter and sculptor (1882-1916)

*October 19th, 1882, Reggio Calabria †August 17th, 1916, Verona

61

Evander Holyfield

American boxer

*October 19th, 1962, Atmore

57

Jon Favreau

American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)

*October 19th, 1966, New York City

55

Mikhail Tomsky

Soviet politician (1880-1936)

*October 19th, 1880, Kolpino †August 22nd, 1936, Korolyov

55

Kacey Ainsworth

Actress

*October 19th, 1968, London

Same year
Born in 1879

76

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)

*March 14th, 1879, Ulm †April 18th, 1955, Princeton

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

*October 26th, 1879, Bereslavka †August 21st, 1940, Coyoacán

89

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

66

Alla Nazimova

Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945)

*June 3rd, 1879, Yalta †July 13th, 1945, Los Angeles

52

Vachel Lindsay

American poet

*November 10th, 1879, Springfield †December 5th, 1931, Springfield

92

Rudolf Friml

Czech composer

*December 7th, 1879, Prague †November 12th, 1972, Hollywood

80

Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi

*October 9th, 1879, Koblenz †April 24th, 1960, West Berlin

77

Frieda Lawrence

German writer

*August 11th, 1879, Metz †August 11th, 1956, Taos

85

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

66

Charles Delestraint

French general (1879-1945)

*March 12th, 1879, Biache-Saint-Vaast †April 19th, 1945, Dachau concentration camp

91

E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970)

*January 1st, 1879, London †June 7th, 1970, Coventry

54

Louis Joseph Vance

American writer (1879-1933)

*September 19th, 1879, Washington, D.C. †December 16th, 1933, New York City

60

Paul Klee

Swiss artist (1879-1940)

*December 18th, 1879, Münchenbuchsee †June 29th, 1940, Muralto

74

Francis Picabia

French painter and writer (1879-1953)

*January 22nd, 1879, Paris †November 30th, 1953, Paris

70

Ramana Maharshi

Indian Hindu sage (1879–1950)

*December 30th, 1879, Tiruchuli Assembly constituency †April 14th, 1950, Sri Ramana Ashram

58

Warner Oland

Swedish-American actor (1879–1938)

*October 3rd, 1879, Västerbotten County †August 6th, 1938, Stockholm

94

Mary Forbes

British-American actress (1883-1974)

*December 30th, 1879, Hornsey †July 22nd, 1974, Beaumont

70

Sarojini Naidu

Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949

*February 13th, 1879, Hyderabad †March 2nd, 1949, Lucknow

73

Annie Kenney

British suffragette (1879-1953)

*September 13th, 1879, Springhead †July 9th, 1953, Letchworth Garden City

65

Stefan Filipkiewicz

Polish artist (1879-1944)

*July 28th, 1879, Tarnów †August 23rd, 1944, Mauthausen concentration camp

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Public holidays on October 19th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 19th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1879 is a normal year and no leap year.

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