How Many Days Until October 19?

This day in history: October 19

1. 1965

   A group of ethnic Hutu military officers failed in their attempt to overthrow the Burundian government.

2. 1987

   Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.

3. 1987

   The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent on Black Monday, the largest one-day percentage decline in the stock market index's history.

4. 1988

   The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.

5. 2005

   Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).

6. 2013

   British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.

7. 2017

   Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.

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