Historical Events In August - 19
Monday, 04 July 2022
1976 Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75 on August - 19.
1977 On this day in history groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86
1978 On August - 19 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
1978 On this day in history first transatlantic balloon crossing in history finishes in Paris
1979 On August - 19 crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight
1979 Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack on August - 19.
1980 Saudi Arabian Lockheed Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history 2 VF-41 aircraft from USS Nimitz shoot down 2 Libyan aircraft which fired on them over international waters
1981 On August - 19 jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), dies at 74
1982 On August - 19 renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec
1982 On August - 19 soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space
1983 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history lee Trevino wins the PGA
1985 Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei on August - 19.
1986 On August - 19 hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79
1987 Hayden Rorke, Brooklyn, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Night Walker), dies on August - 19.
1988 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) on this day in history.
1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected first non-communmist president of Poland on August - 19.
1990 Ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80 on August - 19.
1991 A coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union on August - 19.
1991 On this day in history coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev
1992 Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48 on this day in history.
1993 Jean King, actress (Night Hasa a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1994 John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington, dies at 59 on August - 19.
1995 On this day in history danny Arnold, British TV producer, dies at 70
1999 Panasonic anounces the first Progressive Scan DVD player on August - 19.
2008 Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician on August - 19.
2012 32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan on August - 19.
2013 On August - 19 24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah
2014 On this day in history the 24 hour ceasefire extension renewal between Israel and Palestine is violated as Hamas fire rockets; Israeli Air Force respond, killing 9 Gazans
2018 On August - 19 novak Đoković beats Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Cincinnati Masters to become the first player to win all 9 Masters 1,000 tennis tournaments since the series started in 1990
2018 On this day in history monsoon rains finally ease in Kerala State, India, with flooding taking 350 lives with 200,000 in relief camps
2018 Two more earthquakes hit Lombok in Indonesia killing 14 two weeks after previous earthquakes on this day in history.
2018 On August - 19 rudy Giuliani , US President Trump's lawyer claims in interview with NBC Chuck Todd that "truth isn't truth"