Every yearOctober 19
Everything October 19 celebrates
7 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for October 19 every year, and 1 more lands on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Evaluate Your Life DayLead | Celebration | |
| 02 | National Seafood Bisque Day | Celebration | |
| 03 | International Gin and Tonic Day | Celebration | |
| 04 | National New Friends Day | Celebration | |
| 05 | National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day | Celebration | |
| 06 | National LGBT Center Awareness Day | Health | |
| 07 | World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day | Celebration |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on October 19 in some years.
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Born on October 19
Historic figures
- Miguel Ángel Asturias1899–1974Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar1910–1995Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician
- John le Carré1931–2020English intelligence officer and author
- Marsilio Ficino1433–1499Italian astrologer and philosopher
- Michael Gambon1940–2023Irish-British actor
- Thomas Browne1605–1682English physician and author
- Jean Dausset1916–2009French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- Umberto Boccioni1882–1916Italian painter and sculptor
- Peter Tosh1944–1987Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Lewis Mumford1895–1990American historian, sociologist, and philosopher
Celebrities & public figures
- Rebecca Fergusonb. 1983Swedish actress
- Jon Favreaub. 1966American actor
- John Lithgowb. 1945American actor
- Philip Pullmanb. 1946English author and academic
- Trey Parkerb. 1969American actor
- Evander Holyfieldb. 1962American boxer and actor
- Sunny Deolb. 1957Indian actor and producer
- Omar Goodingb. 1976American actor and producer
- Sam Allardyceb. 1954English footballer and manager
- Gillian Jacobsb. 1982American actress and director
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers October 19 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see October 19, 2026 and October 19, 2027.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.