On this day: October 19

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October 19

Hurricane Wilma northeast of Honduras​

• 1864 – American Civil War: Despite incurring nearly twice as many casualties as the Confederates, the Union army emerged victorious at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
• 1955 – At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: The Siege of Plei Me began with the first major confrontation between soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army and the U.S. Army.
• 2005 – Hurricane Wilma (pictured) became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).

• Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (b. 1897)
• Marjorie Tallchief (b. 1926)
• Noof Al Maadeed (b. 1998)
• Charley Trippi (d. 2022)

More anniversaries:

• October 18
• October 19
• October 20

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