October 19 in history: • 1864 – American Civil War: Despite incurring nearly twice as many casualties as the Confederates, the Union army emerged victorious at the Battle of Cedar Creek. → go there • 1943 – World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs. → go there • 1955 – At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest. → go there • 1965 – Vietnam War: The Siege of Plei Me began with the first major confrontation between soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army and the U.S. Army. → go there • 2005 – Hurricane Wilma (pictured) became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg). → go there Born 1850: Annie Smith Peck Wiki link Born 1926: Marjorie Tallchief Wiki link Died 1950: Edna St. Vincent Millay Wiki link Born 1968: Yayan Ruhian Wiki link Pictured: Hurricane Wilma northeast of Honduras.