October 19th, 1947

Born on October 19th, 1947

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on October 19th, 1947

69

Kundan Shah

Indian film director (1947-2017)

*October 19th, 1947, Mumbai †October 7th, 2017, Mumbai

76

Jutta Weinhold

German singer

*October 19th, 1947, Mainz

76

Bárbara Jacobs

Mexican writer, poet, essayist and translator

*October 19th, 1947, Mexico City

76

Rudolf Herfurtner

German author

*October 19th, 1947, Wasserburg am Inn

76

Giorgio Cavazzano

Cartoonist

*October 19th, 1947, Venice

76

Marilyn Hamilton

Writer

*October 19th, 1947, Saskatoon

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

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

77

Jürgen Croy

East German association football player and manager

*October 19th, 1946, Zwickau

77

Philip Pullman

English author

*October 19th, 1946, Norwich

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

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

69

Ken Stott

British actor

*October 19th, 1954, Edinburgh

78

Angus Deaton

British microeconomist

*October 19th, 1945, Edinburgh

89

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

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

78

Gloria Jones

American singer

*October 19th, 1945, Cincinnati

63

Jennifer Holliday

American actress and singer

*October 19th, 1960, Houston

34

Nikolija Jovanović

Serbian singer and rapper

*October 19th, 1989, Zagreb

54

Caroline Catz

British film, television, theatre and radio actress

*October 19th, 1969, Manchester

70

Wang Yi

Member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

*October 19th, 1953, Beijing

61

Evander Holyfield

American boxer

*October 19th, 1962, Atmore

84

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indian-American astrophysicist

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

78

Jeannie C. Riley

American singer

*October 19th, 1945, Stamford

57

Jon Favreau

American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)

*October 19th, 1966, New York City

67

Sunny Deol

Indian actor and politician

*October 19th, 1956, Sahnewal

87

Tony Lo Bianco

Actor

*October 19th, 1936, Brooklyn

55

Kacey Ainsworth

Actress

*October 19th, 1968, London

Same year
Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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