Famous Birthdays
- Marilyn Bell, Canadian open water swimmer (first to swim across Lake Ontario), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Nicholas Palmer, television writer/producer
Peter Max (86 years old)
American psychedelic artist (Dynamite Chicken), born in Berlin, Germany
- Sean Garrison, American actor (Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass), born in New York City
Famous Deaths
- Betty Carver, wife of English WWII Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)
New Zealand physicist and father of nuclear physics (Nobel 1908), dies of intestinal paralysis at 66
Died in 1937 1937 Highlights
About October 19, 1937
Day of the Week: Tuesday
How Long Ago? 86 years, 6 months and 9 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Libra
