This Day in History - October 19
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:48 am
1781 - British General Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown, Va., bringing an end to the last major battle of the American Revolution.
1812 - French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow.
1960 - The United States imposes a partial embargo on goods exported to Cuba.
1983 - The Senate passed a bill (178–22) making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday a public holiday.
1987 - The stock market crashed on what came to be known as "Black Monday." Stocks dropped a record 508 points, or 22.6%, topping the drops on October 28 and 29 in 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression.
1812 - French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow.
1960 - The United States imposes a partial embargo on goods exported to Cuba.
1983 - The Senate passed a bill (178–22) making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday a public holiday.
1987 - The stock market crashed on what came to be known as "Black Monday." Stocks dropped a record 508 points, or 22.6%, topping the drops on October 28 and 29 in 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression.
