TODAY IN HISTORY – 19th Oct, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.
“Study history, study history—in history lie all the secrets of statecraft” From the team of Today in History, thank you so much to Winston Churchill, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
To the resourceful mind, the meticulous study of history is to the society, what a verb is to a sentence.
It is on the strength of this revelation that Today in History has outlined a few incredible moments that indeed went up and down today in history.
On this day in 1512, Martin Luther became a doctor of theology.
Still on this day in 1900, Max Planck discovers Planck’s law of black-body radiation.
According to Today in History, on this day in 1935, the League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
Today in History reveals that on this day in 1936, New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran.
Today in History also shows that on this day in 1943, Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
Today in History has also shown that on this day in 1986, the president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, died when their aircraft crashed into the Lebombo Mountains.
It was on this day in 1987 that the Black Monday issue was noted, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. And today is Monday though 😂
Remember the Godforsaken 2001 SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sanks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.? It took place today in 2001.
Amazingly on this day in 2003, Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
However, it was on this day in 2005 that Saddam Hussein went on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
Although quite disgraceful, on this day in 2025, Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris.
The extent of your vision, the boundary of your blessings… You’re the point man ~ keep pointing in the right direction!
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