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| October 19th, 2007 | Event | Philippines. Amidst corruption controversies hounding the Arroyo administration, a bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati, which killed 11 and injured more than 100 people. |
| October 19th, 2005 | Event | Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. |
| October 19th, 2005 | Event | Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. |
| October 19th, 2004 | Event | Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the SPDC on charges of corruption. |
| October 19th, 2004 | Event | Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq. |
| October 19th, 2003 | Event | Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II. |
| October 19th, 2001 | Event | SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sank in international waters with the loss of 353 people. |
| October 19th, 1998 | Event | The Earth Liberation Front sets fire to the Vail Mountain ski resort in Vail, Colorado, causing $12 million in damage. |
| October 19th, 1994 | Event | The Goodnight Kiwi airs in New Zealand for the last time as TV2 moves to 24-hour television 7 days a week. |
| October 19th, 1989 | Event | Guildford Four convictions are quashed by the Court of Appealthey had spent 15 years in prison through a miscarriage of justice. |
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