10-19-2005, 06:09 AM
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October 19th
1216 ~ Death of King John, younger brother of King Richard the Lionheart.
1745 ~ Death of Jonathan Swift, Author.
1781 ~ Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, effectively ending the American War of Independence.
1912 ~ Italy took possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1931 ~ Birthday of John Le Carré, Novelist.
1933 ~ Germany withdrew from the League of Nations.
1943 ~ Streptomycin was isolated; the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis.
1950 ~ Death of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poet.
2003 ~ Mother Teresa beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2005 ~ Trial of Saddam Hussein began.
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