EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
October 19
Monday, October 19, 2026
Day 291 of 2026 | Week 43 | 68 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris..
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.
One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.
Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Bolivian soccer midfielder (57 caps; Boavista
American TV Psychic
Peruvian teacher
US President Jimmy Carter's daughter and peace activist
Japanese pianist and video game composer (Kingdom Hearts
American actress (Lewis and Clark
Jamaican-born Canadian actor (24)
American basketball center (5 x NBA All-Star; Cleveland Cavaliers)
American musician (Big Head Todd and the Monsters)
French singer
American football wide receiver (First-team All-Pro 1989; Pro Bowl 1989
American College Football HOF guard (Uni of Virginia; New Orleans Saints HOF)
son of King Albert II and Queen Paola
American-British author known for "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
English rugby union #8 (7 caps; Bath Rugby) and broadcaster (BBC)
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