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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_19" title="October 19">October 19</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1596" title="1596">1596</a> – The Spanish ship <i>San Felipe</i> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Felipe_incident_(1596)" title="San Felipe incident (1596)">was shipwrecked</a></b> on the Japanese island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a>, and its cargo confiscated by the local <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimyo" title="Daimyo">daimyō</a></i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1781" title="1781">1781</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: British forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis" title="Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis">Lord Cornwallis</a> officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Donatien_de_Vimeur,_comte_de_Rochambeau" title="Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau">comte de Rochambeau</a>, ending the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown" title="Siege of Yorktown">Siege of Yorktown</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_Revolution" title="Guatemalan Revolution">Guatemalan Revolution</a></b> began with a small group of army officers led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Javier_Arana" title="Francisco Javier Arana">Francisco Javier Arana</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobo_%C3%81rbenz" title="Jacobo Árbenz">Jacobo Árbenz</a> launching a coup against dictator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Ubico" title="Jorge Ubico">Jorge Ubico</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – A group of ethnic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu" title="Hutu">Hutu</a> military officers failed in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Burundian_coup_attempt" title="1965 Burundian coup attempt">their attempt to overthrow the Burundian government</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a> – Canadian astronomer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Weryk" title="Robert Weryk">Robert Weryk</a> discovered <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua" title="ʻOumuamua">ʻOumuamua</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i>, the first known <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_object" title="Interstellar object">interstellar object</a> detected passing through the Solar System.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_I_of_Granada" title="Yusuf I of Granada">Yusuf I of Granada</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1354); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Norcross" title="Eleanor Norcross">Eleanor Norcross</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1923); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Shimomura" title="Yoko Shimomura">Yoko Shimomura</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1967)</p>
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