History Blog

October 19

Happy Birthday RIP “LaWanda Page”(Alberta Peal 1920–2002) “Robert Reed”(John Rietz Jr 1932–1992) Harris Glenn Milstead(“Divine” 1945–1988) ; David Cornwell(“John Le Carré”)–88 Sir Michael Gambon–79 John Lithgow–74 Patricia Ireland–74 Jennifer Holliday–59 Amy Carter–52 Randolph “Trey” Parker III–50 Christopher Kattan–49 Desmond Harrington–43 ; 1987 – “Black Monday” the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or -22.6 percent in value, the largest one-day percentage drop (worse than 1929 at -12.82%)