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October 19

Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky by Benjamin West (c. 1816)

1579 – A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.
1752 – The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment (depicted) to determine the electrical nature of lightning.
1914 – First World War: Allied forces began engaging German troops at the First Battle of Ypres.
1944 – The Guatemalan Revolution began with a small group of army officers led by Francisco Javier Arana and Jacobo Árbenz launching a coup against dictator Jorge Ubico.

John Rolph (d. 1870)
Demetrios Christodoulou (b. 1951)
Josef Hoop (d. 1959)
Ali Treki (d. 2015)

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