October 19th, 1996

Born on October 19th, 1996

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, 1996

27

Rebecca Šramková

Slovak female tennis player

*October 19th, 1996, Bratislava

27

Big Soto

Venezuelan singer

*October 19th, 1996, Upata

27

Oliver Cabalay

Singer

*October 19th, 1996, Cebu City

27

Jerry St. Juste

Dutch association football player

*October 19th, 1996, Groningen

27

Bernadeth Pons

Filipino volleyball player

*October 19th, 1996, Talisay

27

Chance Perdomo

British/American actor (active 2016– )

*October 19th, 1996, Los Angeles

27

Samuel Honywood

British actor

*October 19th, 1996, London

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

34

Nikolija Jovanović

Serbian singer and rapper

*October 19th, 1989, Zagreb

25

Ty Parker

American actor

*October 19th, 1998, Louisiana

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

29

Matej Mohorič

Slovenian professional cyclist

*October 19th, 1994, Kranj

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

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

77

Jürgen Croy

East German association football player and manager

*October 19th, 1946, Zwickau

89

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

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

54

Caroline Catz

British film, television, theatre and radio actress

*October 19th, 1969, Manchester

63

Jennifer Holliday

American actress and singer

*October 19th, 1960, Houston

69

Ken Stott

British actor

*October 19th, 1954, Edinburgh

28

Toni Storm

New Zealand-born Australian professional wrestler

*October 19th, 1995, Auckland

24

Carlotta Truman

German singer

*October 19th, 1999, Garbsen

57

Jon Favreau

American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)

*October 19th, 1966, New York City

55

Kacey Ainsworth

Actress

*October 19th, 1968, London

29

Agnė Sereikaitė

Lithuanian speed skater

*October 19th, 1994, Vilnius

61

Evander Holyfield

American boxer

*October 19th, 1962, Atmore

77

Philip Pullman

English author

*October 19th, 1946, Norwich

30

Richaun Holmes

American basketball player

*October 19th, 1993, Lockport

84

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indian-American astrophysicist

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

Same year
Born in 1996

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

27

Lauren Jauregui

American singer

*June 27th, 1996, Miami

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

27

Lili Reinhart

American actress

*September 13th, 1996, Cleveland

27

Ruben Jille

Dutch badminton player

*July 11th, 1996, Nieuwegein

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

28

Summer Walker

American R&B singer

*April 11th, 1996, Atlanta

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

27

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

27

Aden Foyer

Norwegian record producer and DJ

*September 8th, 1996, Asker

28

Wakana Nagahara

Japanese badminton player

*January 9th, 1996, Hokkaido

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

28

Huang Kaixiang

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

28

Zheng Yu

Chinese badminton player

*February 7th, 1996, Shandong

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 19th

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

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Born on October 19th, 1996
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1996 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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