It happened on this day, October 19
Events:
1781 – The British are defeated by the Americans led by George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown.
1812 – Napoleon Bonaparte withdraws from Moscow after being unable to occupy it.
1917 – The British, led by General Edmund Allenby, occupy Jerusalem.
1935 – The League of Nations imposes economic sanctions on Italy over its invasion of Ethiopia.
1954 – Gamal Abdel Nasser signs the agreement for British evacuation from Egypt within 20 months.
2004 – The Security Council urges Syria to withdraw its forces, estimated at fourteen thousand soldiers, from Lebanon.
2005 – Trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein begins in the Dujail affair.
2008 – Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell announces his support for Barack Obama, the Democratic Party's nominee for the US presidential election.
2012 – An explosion in Sassine Square, located in the Achrafieh district of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, kills at least eight people, including the head of the Information Division of the General Directorate of Internal Security, General of the Wissam Al-Hassan brigade, in addition to seventy-eight wounded.
2014 – Closing of the 2014 edition of the Paris Motor Show.
🌟 Comet C/2013 A1 passes very close to Mars and has been monitored by surface probes and satellites.
2015 – The Canadian Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, wins the majority of seats in Parliament after obtaining 68.5% of the vote in the federal election.
2018 – At least 60 people died in a train accident in the city of Amritsar, in the Punjab province of India.
🌟 Saudi Arabia announces the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its consulate in Turkey, after his disappearance shortly after his entry a few days ago, more precisely on October 2.
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Births:
1433 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher.
1862 – Auguste Lumière, one of the first French filmmakers.
1938 – Majid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Emir of Mecca Al-Mukarramah region, Saudi died in 2003 AD.
1944 – Ziad Mawlawi, Syrian actor.
1956 – Carlo Urbani, Italian doctor who discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.
1973 – Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player.
1977 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer and actor.
1988 – Abdulaziz Al-Mashaan, Kuwaiti footballer.
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Death:
1834 – Maslama bin Muhammad, Moroccan Alawite prince.
1909 – Cesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist.
1969 – Sabri Ayyad, Libyan actor.
1971 – Fouad Jamil, Iraqi academic, translator and researcher.
1972 – Sultan Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
2003 – Alija Izetbegovic, first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2010 – Ghanem Al-Saleh, Kuwaiti actor.
2012 – Wissam Al-Hassan, head of the Information Division at the General Directorate of Internal Security in Lebanon.
** Hanaa Abdel Fattah, Egyptian actor and director.
2015 – Amer Subaie, Syrian actor.
2018 – Tawfiq Al-Asha, Syrian actor.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ Independence Day in Brazil.
⏪ Constitution Day in Niue.
⏪ World Arthritis Day
