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.