Historical Events In August - 19
Friday, 14 May 2021
1918 On August - 19 james George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist
1919 On this day in history afghanistan declares independence from UK
1919 Malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine) on August - 19.
1920 Lucila Engels-Boskaljon, Curacao painter on August - 19.
1921 Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits on this day in history.
1921 On this day in history gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek)
1922 36th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61) on August - 19.
1922 On this day in history douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist
1922 Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1924 On this day in history william Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value)
1926 Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist on August - 19.
1927 On August - 19 metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state.
1927 James T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986) on August - 19.
1929 Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1930 On August - 19 d[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays)
1931 On August - 19 lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game
1931 On August - 19 willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)
1932 46th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62) on this day in history.
1932 John James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire on this day in history.
1933 47th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret) on August - 19.
1934 On this day in history helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association
1934 On August - 19 plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler
1934 48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64) on August - 19.
1936 Trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow on this day in history.
1936 Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38 on this day in history.
1939 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record) on August - 19.
1940 The birth of Jill St John, American actress on this day in history.
1941 Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout on this day in history.
1942 On August - 19 1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France
1942 On this day in history first American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is
1942 Honorary Capt. John Weir Foote (Cdn. Chaplain Service) wins the Victoria Cross at Dieppe, France on this day in history.
1942 Lt.-Colonel Charles C.I. Merritt (The South Saksatchewan Regiment) wins the Victoria Corss at Dieppe, France on this day in history.
1942 -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab on this day in history.
1943 Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle on this day in history.
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