Today in History : October 19 , Martin Luther King Jr . arrested at segregated lunch counter in Atlanta

Today is Sunday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2025. There are 73 days left in the year. On Oct. 19, 1960, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested during a sit-down protest at a segregated lunch counter in Atlanta, one of the early demonstrations of the nonviolent civil rights movement that he helped lead. In 1781, British forces under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, as the American Revolution neared its end. In 1914, the First Battle of Ypres began in World War I. In 1977, the supersonic airliner Concorde made its first landing in New York City, flying from Paris, France, in three hours and 44 minutes. The flight marked the start of regular commercial Concorde service between Paris and New York. In 1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.