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What the New York Times reported on October 19 throughout history — spanning 1953 to 2025.
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October 19 in History
— 2000s · 5 stories
2005
21y ago
2000s
Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
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2005
21y ago
2000s
Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
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2004
22y ago
2000s
Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.
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2003
23y ago
2000s
Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
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2001
25y ago
2000s
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.
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