Today in History: October 19, ‘Black Monday’ on Wall Street
Currently is Sunday Oct the nd day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On Oct the stock area crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged points or in value its largest daily percentage loss ever to close at on what came to be known as Black Monday Also on this date In British troops under Gen Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown Virginia as the American Revolution neared its end Related Articles This day in History October Mr October hits three homers to clinch World Series Mark Sanchez remains sidelined from Fox Sports NFL booth after stabbing event Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area FEMA staff sound the alarm on catastrophe preparedness at rally in front of agency headquarters How to watch the Orionid meteor shower debris of Halley s comet In the First Battle of Ypres began in World War I In the Rev Martin Luther King Jr was arrested during a sit-down protest at a segregated lunch counter in Atlanta one of the early events of the non-violent protest movement that King was instrumental in leading during the nascent civil rights era In the supersonic airliner Concorde made its first landing in New York City flying from France in three hours and minutes The flight marked the start of regular commercial Concorde operation between Paris and New York In Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa during a ceremony in St Peter s Square Mother Teresa who founded the Missionaries of Charity global order that attends to society s outcasts was elevated to sainthood in by Pope Francis She died in In former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was put on trial by the Iraqi Interim Cabinet accused of crimes against humanity Captured by U S forces in Hussein was convicted sentenced to death and executed by hanging in December In in the third and final presidential debate with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Republican Donald Trump refused to say he would accept the results of the electoral process if he were to lose This day s Birthdays Artist Peter Max is Actor John Lithgow LIHTH -goh is Fox News host Steve Doocy is Singer Jennifer Holliday is Boxing Hall of Famer Evander Holyfield is Filmmaker Jon Favreau is Former first daughter Amy Carter is South Park co-creator Trey Parker is Comedian Chris Kattan is Filmmaker Jason Reitman is Actor Gillian Jacobs is Actor Rebecca Ferguson is
