Event:
Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series
More Notable Events on October 19:
1953 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service
1944 U.S. forces land in Philippines
1932 Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech
1853 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations
1722 French C. Hopffer patents fire extinguisher
