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2A Daily News – Saturday, October 19, 2013 Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2013. There are 73 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 19, 1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value, to close at 1,738.74. On this date: In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, drew up a declaration of rights and liberties. In 1781, British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution neared its end. In 1812, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow. In 1936, H.R. Ekins of the New York World-Telegram beat out Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times in a round-theworld race on commercial flights that lasted 18 1/2 days. In 1951, President Harry S. Truman signed an act formally ending the state of war with Germany. In 1960, the United States began a limited embargo against Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products. In 1982, automaker John Z. DeLorean was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, accused of conspiring to sell $24 million of cocaine to salvage his business. (DeLorean was acquitted at trial on grounds of entrapment.) Ten years ago: Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa during a ceremony in St. Peter's Square. New York magician David Blaine emerged from 44 days of isolation in a clear plastic box suspended over London. Five years ago: Retired Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican who was President George W. Bush's first secretary of state, broke with the party and endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, calling him a ''transformational figure'' during an appearance on NBC's ''Meet the Press.'' Today's Birthdays: Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Robert S. Strauss is 95. Author John le Carre (luh kah-RAY') is 82. Artist Peter Max is 76. Author and critic Renata Adler is 75. Actor Michael Gambon is 73. Actor John Lithgow is 68. Feminist activist Patricia Ireland is 68. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 68. Rock singer-musician Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) is 65. Talk show host Charlie Chase is 61. Boxer Evander Holyfield is 51.TV host Ty Pennington (''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'') is 49. Thought for Today:''To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something.'' — Walker Percy, American author (1916-1990). Open Cockpit Biplane rides Historic Barnstormer offering vintage biplane rides in a 1929 New Standard Saturday & Sunday: 19th & 20th Red Bluff Airport Rides are $75/pp and can carry up to 4 Contact Mike for more info at 760-641-7335 or email at info@nostaglicwarbirdrides.com