Template:On this day/October 19
- 1816 – Alexander Clement Blount, Sr. was born.
- 1944 – Congressman Bob Sikes temporarily resigned from office to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II.
- 1982 – Pensacola Police Department Officer Stephen Taylor was shot and killed by Clarence Hill during the robbery of Freedom Federal Savings Bank at Palafox and Gregory Streets