19 October

1386     The Universität Heidelberg held its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.

1512     Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia).

1745     Jonathan Swift, Irish author (born 1667)

1781     At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over Cornwallis’ sword and formally surrendered to George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau.

1789     Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

1895     Lewis Mumford (born), American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1990)

1897     George Pullman (died), American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)

1900     Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission (Planck’s law).

1917     Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.

1937     Peter Max (born), German-American illustrator

1943     Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

1956     Didier Theys (born), Belgian race car driver

1956     Grover Norquist (born), American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform

1958     Michael Steele (born), American politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

1967     Amy Carter (born), American daughter of Jimmy Carter

1973     President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.

1981     Heikki Kovalainen (born), Finnish race car driver

1987     Black Monday – the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.

1987     The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.

1988     Son House (died), American singer and guitarist (born 1902)

1994     Martha Raye (died), American comedian and actress (born 1916)

2003    Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

2005    Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.

2005    Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

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Interests include biological anthropology, evolution, social behavior, and human behavior. Conducted field research in the Tana River National Primate Reserve, Kenya and on Angaur, Palau, Micronesia, as well as research with captive nonhuman primates at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Institute for Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya.
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