On this day, October 19

1781 British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution neared its end. 1912 The Pitt Panthers were defeated, 458, by Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indians.

1950 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of Columbia University, told a Carnegie Institute Founders Day audience at Carnegie Music Hall that “there is no such thing as a preventive war.” The occasion marked the opening of the Institute’s 38th International Art Exhibit, its first in 11 years.

1979 Twenty- five thousand fans welcomed the World Champion Pirates at Market Square.

2019 In the wake of stinging criticism, President Donald Trump reversed his plan to hold the next Group of Seven world leaders’ meeting at his Doral, Fla., golf resort. Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” ( digital. library. pitt. edu/ chronology).

— Compiled by Rick Nowlin

Today’s birthdays: Author John le Carre, 89. Actor Tony Lo Bianco, 84. Artist Peter Max, 83. Author and critic Renata Adler, 83. Actor Michael Gambon, 80. Actor John Lithgow, 75. Feminist activist Patricia Ireland, 75. Actor Annie Golden, 69. Talk show host Charlie Chase, 68. Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, 62. Singer Jennifer Holliday, 60. Retired boxer Evander Holyfield, 58. Host Ty Pennington ( TV: “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”), 56. Actor Jon Favreau, 54. Amy Carter, 53. “South Park” co- creator Trey Parker, 51. Comedian Chris Kattan, 50. Actor Omar Gooding, 44. Writer- director Jason Reitman, 43. Actor Benjamin Salisbury, 40. Actor Gillian Jacobs, 38. Actor Rebecca Ferguson, 37. Rock singer Zac Barnett ( American Authors), 34. Singer- actor Ciara Renee

( TV: “Legends of Tomorrow”), 30. Actor Hunter King, 27.

Thought for today: “To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something.”

— Walker Percy, American author ( 19161990)