Today in History

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Births on 19th October

1962 – Evander Holyfield
American boxer

1958 – Michael Steele
American politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

1946 – Philip Pullman
English author

1945 – John Lithgow
American actor

1944 – Peter Tosh
Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist

Deaths on 19th October

1893 – Lucy Stone
American activist

1813 – Józef Poniatowski
Polish general

1745 – Jonathan Swift
Irish author

1682 – Thomas Browne
English author

1216 – John, King of England
King of England, also known as John Lackland, villain of Robin Hood folklore