Birthdays occurring on October, 19

Deaths occurring on October, 19

1745

Jonathan Swift died on October 19, 1745 Irish author and satirist of prose, 1667-1745 We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. More quotations from Jonathan Swift

1909

Cesare Lombroso died on October 19, 1909 Italian founder of the science of criminology. 1835-1909 Genius is one of the many forms of insanity More quotations from Cesare Lombroso

1920

John Reed died on October 19, 1920 American poet, 1887-1920 In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt. More quotations from John Reed

1937

Ernest Rutherford died on October 19, 1937 Baron Rutherford of Nelson. New Zealander born British chemist who laid the groundwork for the development of nuclear physics by investigating radioactivity. Nobel Prize in 1908. 1871-1937 The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't More quotations from Ernest Rutherford