October 19 Events 202 BC - Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama , Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage. 439 - The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric , take Carthage in North Africa. 1216 - King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry. 1386 - The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university. 1453 - Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon , England loses its last possessions in southern France. 1466 - The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn . 1469 - Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile , a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain. 1512 - Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology. 1579 - James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh . 1596 - The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities 1649 - New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell. 1781 - American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end. 1789 - John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States . 1805 - War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm . 1812 - The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow. 1813 - War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig . 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC. 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont. 1866 - In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna , Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice. 1900 - Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation . 1912 - Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire. 1914 - First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins. 1921 - The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup. 1922 - British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party. 1933 - Konstantin von Neurath withdraws Germany from the League of Nations. 1935 - The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia . 1943 - The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it. 1943 - Streptomycin , the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. 1944 - United States forces land in the Philippines . 1944 - A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides , beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution . 1950 - China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo. 1950 - Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea. 1950 - Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program . 1956 - The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration , officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945 . 1960 - The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba. 1973 - President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes . 1974 - Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand. 1984 - A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko , associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency. 1986 - The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains. 1987 - The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer , an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. 1987 - Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. 1988 - The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups. 1989 - 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. 2001 - 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. 2003 - Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II . 2005 - Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. 2005 - Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. 2012 - A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon. 2013 - At least 105 people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.Births 879 - Yingtian , empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty 1276 - Prince Hisaaki of Japan 1433 - Marsilio Ficino , Italian astrologer and philosopher 1507 - Viglius , Dutch politician 1545 - John Juvenal Ancina , Italian Oratorian and bishop 1582 - Dmitry of Uglich , Russian crown prince and saint 1605 - Thomas Browne , English physician and author 1609 - Gerrard Winstanley , English Protestant religious reformer 1610 - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1613 - Charles of Sezze , Italian Franciscan friar and saint 1658 - Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1680 - John Abernethy , Irish minister 1688 - William Cheselden , English surgeon and anatomist 1718 - Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie , French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War 1720 - John Woolman , American-English preacher, journalist, and activist 1721 - Joseph de Guignes , French orientalist and sinologist 1784 - Leigh Hunt , English poet and critic 1789 - Theophilos Kairis , Greek priest and philosopher 1810 - Cassius Marcellus Clay , American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia 1814 - Theodoros Vryzakis , Greek painter 1826 - Ralph Tollemache , English priest 1850 - Annie Smith Peck , American mountaineer and academic 1851 - Empress Myeongseong of Korea 1858 - George Albert Boulenger , Belgian-English zoologist and botanist 1862 - Auguste Lumière , French director and producer 1868 - Bertha Knight Landes , American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle 1873 - Jaap Eden , Dutch speed skater and cyclist 1873 - Bart King , American cricketer 1876 - Mordecai Brown , American baseball player, coach, and manager 1876 - Mihkel Pung , Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1879 - Emma Bell Miles , American writer, poet, and artist 1882 - Umberto Boccioni , Italian painter and sculptor 1885 - Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management 1895 - Frank Durbin , American soldier 1895 - Lewis Mumford , American historian, sociologist, and philosopher 1896 - Bob O'Farrell , American baseball player and manager 1897 - Salimuzzaman Siddiqui , Pakistani chemist and scholar 1899 - Miguel Ángel Asturias , Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate 1900 - Erna Berger , German soprano and actress 1900 - Bill Ponsford , Australian cricketer and baseball player 1900 - Roy Worters , Canadian ice hockey player 1901 - Arleigh Burke , American admiral 1903 - Tor Johnson , Swedish wrestler and actor 1907 - Roger Wolfe Kahn , American bandleader and composer 1908 - Geirr Tveitt , Norwegian pianist and composer 1909 - Marguerite Perey , French physicist and academic 1910 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar , Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate 1910 - Shunkichi Hamada , Japanese field hockey player 1910 - Paul Robert , French lexicographer and publisher 1913 - Vinicius de Moraes , Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer 1914 - Juanita Moore , American actress 1916 - Jean Dausset , French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1916 - Emil Gilels , Ukrainian-Russian pianist 1916 - Minoru Yasui , American soldier, lawyer, and activist 1917 - Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande , Indian mathematician 1917 - William Joel Blass , American soldier, lawyer, and politician 1917 - Walter Munk , Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic 1918 - Charles Evans , English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator 1918 - Russell Kirk , American theorist and author 1918 - Robert Schwarz Strauss , American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia 1920 - LaWanda Page , American actress 1920 - Harry Alan Towers , English-Canadian screenwriter and producer 1920 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale , Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader 1920 - Peter Aduja , Filipino American Hawaii Legislature representative 1921 - George Nader , American actor 1922 - Jack Anderson , American journalist and author 1923 - Ruth Carter Stevenson , American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art 1923 - Baby Dalupan , Filipino basketball player and coach 1925 - Bernard Hepton , English actor and producer 1925 - Czesław Kiszczak , Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland 1925 - Emilio Eduardo Massera , Argentinian admiral 1926 - Arne Bendiksen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer 1926 - Joel Feinberg , American philosopher and academic 1926 - Vladimir Shlapentokh , Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic 1926 - Marjorie Tallchief , American ballerina 1927 - Pierre Alechinsky , Belgian painter and illustrator 1927 - Stephen Keynes , English businessman 1928 - Lou Scheimer , American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company 1929 - Lewis Wolpert , South African-English biologist, author, and academic 1930 - John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside , English union leader and politician 1930 - Mavis Nicholson , Welsh-English journalist 1931 - Ed Emberley , American author and illustrator 1931 - John le Carré , English intelligence officer and author 1931 - Atsushi Miyagi , Japanese tennis player 1932 - Robert Reed , American actor 1933 - Brian Booth , Australian cricketer and educator 1933 - Anthony Skingsley , English air marshal 1934 - Yakubu Gowon , Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria 1934 - Dave Guard , American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician 1935 - Don Ward , Canadian-American ice hockey player 1936 - James Bevel , American civil rights activist and minister 1937 - Marilyn Bell , Canadian swimmer 1937 - Peter Max , German-American illustrator 1937 - Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield , English banker and politician 1938 - Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth , Jamaican-English union leader and politician 1939 - David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere , Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office 1940 - Larry Chance , American singer-songwriter 1940 - Michael Gambon , Irish-British actor 1940 - Rosny Smarth , Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti 1941 - Peter Thornley , English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki 1941 - Simon Ward , English actor 1942 - Andrew Vachss , American lawyer and author 1943 - Robin Holloway , English composer and academic 1943 - Takis Ikonomopoulos , Greek footballer and coach 1943 - L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet 1944 - George McCrae , American singer 1944 - Peter Tosh , Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist 1945 - Angus Deaton , Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1945 - Divine , American drag queen performer, and actor 1945 - Patricia Ireland , American lawyer and activist 1945 - Gloria Jones , American singer-songwriter 1945 - John Lithgow , American actor 1945 - Jeannie C. Riley, American singer 1945 - Martin Welz , South African journalist 1946 - Bob Holland , Australian cricketer and surveyor 1946 - Philip Pullman , English author and academic 1946 - Keith Reid , English songwriter and lyricist 1947 - Giorgio Cavazzano , Italian author and illustrator 1948 - James Howard Kunstler , American author and critic 1948 - Dave Mallow , American voice actor and screenwriter 1948 - Patrick Simmons , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1949 - Lynn Dickey , American football player and radio host 1949 - Jamie McGrigor , English-Scottish politician 1950 - Yeslam bin Ladin , Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman 1951 - Demetrios Christodoulou , Greek mathematician and physicist 1951 - Annie Golden , American actress and singer 1951 - Kurt Schrader , American veterinarian and politician 1952 - Peter Bone , English accountant and politician 1952 - Verónica Castro , Mexican actress and singer 1953 - Lionel Hollins , American basketball player and coach 1954 - Sam Allardyce , English footballer and manager 1954 - Deborah Blum , American journalist and author 1954 - Joe Bryant , American basketball player and coach 1955 - Dan Gutman , American author 1955 - LaSalle Ishii , Japanese actor and director 1956 - Steve Doocy , American journalist and author 1956 - Elena Garanina , Soviet ice dancer and coach 1956 - Grover Norquist , American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform 1956 - Didier Theys , Belgian race car driver and coach 1956 - Carlo Urbani , Italian physician 1956 - Bruce Weber , American basketball player and coach 1957 - Dorinda Clark-Cole , American singer-songwriter and pianist 1957 - Ray Richmond , American journalist and critic 1957 - Karl Wallinger , Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1958 - Carolyn Browne , English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan 1958 - Hiromi Hara , Japanese footballer and manager 1958 - Tiriel Mora , Australian actor 1958 - Michael Steele , American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland 1959 - Nir Barkat , Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem 1959 - Martin Kusch , German philosopher and academic 1960 - Dawn Coe-Jones , Canadian golfer 1960 - Jennifer Holliday , American actress and singer 1960 - Takeshi Koshida , Japanese footballer 1960 - Susan Straight , American author and academic 1960 - Ayuo Takahashi , Japanese-American singer-songwriter 1960 - Dan Woodgate , English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer 1961 - Sunny Deol , Indian actor and producer 1961 - Cliff Lyons , Australian rugby league player and coach 1962 - Tracy Chevalier , American-English author 1962 - Brian Henninger , American golfer 1962 - Bendik Hofseth , Norwegian saxophonist and composer 1962 - Evander Holyfield , American boxer and actor 1962 - Svetlana Zainetdinova , Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach 1963 - Sinitta , American-British singer 1964 - Ty Pennington , American model, carpenter and television host 1965 - Brad Daugherty , American basketball player and sportscaster 1965 - Todd Park Mohr , American rock singer-songwriter and musician 1966 - Jon Favreau , American actor, director, and screenwriter 1966 - Dimitris Lyacos , Greek poet and playwright 1966 - David Vann , American novelist and short story writer 1967 - Amy Carter , American illustrator and activist 1967 - Yōji Matsuda , Japanese actor 1967 - Yoko Shimomura , Japanese pianist and composer 1968 - Rodney Carrington , American comedian, actor, and singer 1969 - John Edward , American psychic and author 1969 - Trey Parker , American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter 1969 - Erwin Sánchez , Bolivian footballer and manager 1970 - Andrew Griffiths , English politician 1970 - Chris Kattan , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1972 - Keith Foulke , American baseball player 1972 - Pras , American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor 1973 - Hicham Arazi , Moroccan tennis player 1973 - Okan Buruk , Turkish footballer and manager 1973 - Joaquin Gage , Canadian ice hockey player 1975 - Burak Güven , Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player 1976 - Omar Gooding , American actor and producer 1976 - Jostein Gulbrandsen , Norwegian guitarist and composer 1976 - Desmond Harrington , American actor 1976 - Paul Hartley , Scottish footballer and manager 1976 - Hiroshi Sakai , Japanese footballer 1976 - Dan Smith , Canadian ice hockey player 1976 - Michael Young , American baseball player 1977 - Habib Beye , French-Senegalese footballer 1977 - Louis-José Houde , Canadian comedian and actor 1977 - Jason Reitman , Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter 1977 - Raúl Tamudo , Spanish footballer 1977 - Mo Twister , Filipino radio and television host 1978 - Enrique Bernoldi , Brazilian race car driver 1978 - Zakhar Dubensky , Russian footballer 1978 - Henri Sorvali , Finnish guitarist and keyboard player 1979 - José Luis López , Mexican footballer 1979 - Brian Robertson , American trombonist 1979 - Sachiko Sugiyama , Japanese volleyball player 1980 - José Bautista , Dominican baseball player 1980 - Rajai Davis , American baseball player 1981 - Leon Bott , Australian rugby league player 1981 - Heikki Kovalainen , Finnish race car driver 1982 - Atom Araullo , Filipino journalist 1982 - Gillian Jacobs , American actress and director 1982 - Louis Oosthuizen , South African golfer 1982 - Gonzalo Pineda , Mexican footballer 1982 - Daan van Bunge , Dutch cricketer 1983 - Rebecca Ferguson , Swedish actress 1983 - Andy Lonergan , English footballer 1983 - Cara Santa Maria , American neuroscientist and blogger 1984 - Danka Barteková , Slovak skeet shooter 1987 - Tsunenori Aoki , Japanese actor 1987 - Sam Groth , Australian tennis player 1988 - Zeph Ellis , English rapper and producer 1988 - Markiyan Kamysh , Ukrainian writer 1988 - Chris Lawrence , Australian rugby league player 1989 - James Gavet , New Zealand rugby league player 1989 - Miroslav Stoch , Slovakian footballer 1989 - Rakuto Tochihara , Japanese actor 1989 - Janine Tugonon , Filipino model and television host 1990 - Tom Kilbey , English footballer 1990 - Endō Shōta , Japanese sumo wrestler 1990 - Janet Leon , Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer 1991 - Colton Dixon , American singer-songwriter and pianist 1992 - Shiho , Japanese actress and model 1993 - Abby Sunderland , American sailor 1994 - Agnė Sereikaitė , Lithuanian speed skater 1996 - Bernadeth Pons , Filipino volleyball athlete 1999 - Carlotta Truman , German singer-songwriterDeaths 727 - Frithuswith , English saint 993 - Conrad I , King of Burgundy 1216 - John, King of England 1287 - Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli 1354 - Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada 1375 - Cansignorio della Scala , Lord of Verona 1401 - John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton 1432 - John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk , English politician, Earl Marshal of England 1587 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1595 - Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel , English nobleman 1608 - Martin Delrio , Flemish theologian and author 1609 - Jacobus Arminius , Dutch Reformed theologian 1619 - Fujiwara Seika , Japanese philosopher and educator 1636 - Marcin Kazanowski , Polish politician 1678 - Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten , Dutch painter 1682 - Thomas Browne, English physician and author 1723 - Godfrey Kneller , German-English painter 1745 - Jonathan Swift , Irish satirist and essayist 1772 - Andrea Belli , Maltese architect and businessman 1790 - Lyman Hall , American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia 1796 - Michel de Beaupuy , French general 1813 - Józef Poniatowski , Polish general 1815 - Paolo Mascagni , Italian physician and anatomist 1842 - Aleksey Koltsov , Russian poet and author 1851 - Marie Thérèse of France 1856 - William Sprague III , American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island 1889 - Luís I of Portugal 1897 - George Pullman , American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company 1901 - Carl Frederik Tietgen , Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord 1905 - Virgil Earp , American marshal 1916 - Ioannis Frangoudis , Greek general and target shooter 1918 - Harold Lockwood , American actor 1924 - Louis Zborowski , English race car driver and engineer 1936 - Lu Xun , Chinese author and critic 1937 - Ernest Rutherford , New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1943 - Camille Claudel , French sculptor and illustrator 1944 - Dénes Kőnig , Hungarian mathematician 1945 - Plutarco Elías Calles , Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico 1945 - N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator 1950 - Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright 1952 - Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer 1956 - Isham Jones , American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader 1960 - George Wallace , Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter 1961 - Şemsettin Günaltay , Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey 1964 - Sergey Biryuzov , Marshal of the Soviet Union 1964 - Nettie Palmer , Australian poet and critic 1964 - Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham 1965 - Edward Willis Redfield , American painter and educator 1969 - Lacey Hearn , American sprinter 1970 - Lázaro Cárdenas , Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico 1978 - Gig Young , American actor 1983 - Maurice Bishop , Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada 1984 - Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist 1985 - Alfred Rouleau , Canadian businessman 1986 - Dele Giwa , Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine 1986 - Samora Machel , Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique 1987 - Jacqueline du Pré , English cellist and educator 1987 - Hermann Lang , German race car driver 1988 - Son House , American singer and guitarist 1992 - Magnus Pyke , English scientist and television host 1994 - Martha Raye , American actress and comedian 1995 - Don Cherry , American trumpet player 1995 - Harilaos Perpessas , Greek pianist and composer 1997 - Glen Buxton , American guitarist and songwriter 1997 - Ken Wood , English businessman 1999 - James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician 1999 - Nathalie Sarraute , Russian-French lawyer and author 2002 - Nikolay Rukavishnikov , Russian physicist and astronaut 2003 - Road Warrior Hawk , American wrestler 2003 - Alija Izetbegović , Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003 - Margaret Murie , American environmentalist and author 2003 - Nello Pagani , Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver 2005 - Ryan Dallas Cook , American trombonist 2006 - James Glennon , American cinematographer 2006 - Phyllis Kirk , American actress 2007 - Winifred Asprey , American mathematician and computer scientist 2007 - Randall Forsberg , American activist and author 2007 - Michael Maidens , English footballer 2007 - Jan Wolkers , Dutch author, sculptor, and painter 2008 - Richard Blackwell , American actor, fashion designer, and critic 2009 - Howard Unruh , American murderer 2009 - Joseph Wiseman , Canadian-American actor 2010 - Tom Bosley , American actor 2011 - Kakkanadan , Indian author 2012 - Lincoln Alexander , Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 2012 - Wissam al-Hassan , Lebanese general 2012 - Wiyogo Atmodarminto , Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta 2012 - Mike Graham , American wrestler 2012 - Fiorenzo Magni , Italian cyclist 2013 - John Bergamo , American drummer and composer 2013 - Noel Harrison , English singer, actor, and skier 2013 - Ronald Shannon Jackson , American drummer and composer 2013 - Mikihiko Renjō , Japanese author 2013 - Mahmoud Zoufonoun , Iranian-American violinist and composer 2014 - John Holt , Jamaican singer-songwriter 2014 - Stephen Paulus , American composer 2014 - Raphael Ravenscroft , English saxophonist and composer 2014 - Serena Shim , Lebanese-American journalist 2015 - Leon Bramlett , American football player and politician 2015 - Bill Daley , American football player and sportscaster 2015 - Fleming Mackell , Canadian ice hockey player and singer 2015 - Ali Treki , Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs 2016 - Phil Chess , Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records 2016 - Giovanni Steffè , Italian rower 2017 - Umberto Lenzi , Italian film directorHolidays and observances Christian feast day: *Aaron *Aquilinus of Évreux *Desiderius of Auxerre *Frideswide *Henry Martyn *Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf , and Companions *Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko *Paul of the Cross *Ptolemaeus and Lucius *Varus *Veranus of Cavaillon *William Carey *October 19 Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence in 1974 . 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