WHAT HAPPENED ON 19. OCTOBER
Want to find out what all happened on 19. October

Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. (19. October 1987)

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. (19. October 1988)

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. (19. October 1989)

SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people. (19. October 2001)

Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II. (19. October 2003)

Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq. (19. October 2004)

Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. (19. October 2005)

Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. (19. October 2005)

Philippines: A bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati. The blast killed 11 and injured more than 100 people. (19. October 2007)

Big Tex, a 52-foot statue and cultural icon in Dallas, Texas, is destroyed by fire during the final weekend of the 2012 State Fair of Texas. (19. October 2012)

At least 105 people have been injured in a train crash at the Once railway station in Buenos Aires. (19. October 2013)