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” 1931–2020) ; Sir Michael Gambon–82 John Lithgow–77 Patricia Ireland–77 Jennifer Holliday–62 Amy Carter–55 Randolph “Trey” Parker III–53 Christopher Kattan–52 Desmond Harrington–46 ; 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%)