This Day, That Year – October 19

Steve McPeak rode a 101’9″ unicycle on this day in 1980.

Did you know that:

• Martin Luther became a doctor of theology on this day in 1512
• Georg Knorr, a German engineer who created the brake system trains, was born on this day in 1859
• Sir Michael Gambon is an Irish-English actor born on this day in 1940