TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010

Today is Tuesday, October 19, the 292nd day of 2010. There are 73 days left in the year.

125 B.C. ― Origin of Era of Tyre

1812 ― Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow

1845 ― Wagner's opera Tannheuser performed for first time

1933 ― Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936

1944 ― U.S. forces land in Philippines

1950 ― U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea

1951 ― President Harry S. Truman formally ends state of war with Germany

1977 ― Supersonic Concorde jet's first landing in NYC

1988 ― Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members

1988 ― S. African anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights Prize