On this day — October 19

this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.

Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.

carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.

after they had spent 15 years in prison.

an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.

along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.