Historical Events In August - 19

1918  James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist on this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history afghanistan declares independence from UK  

1919  Malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine) on August - 19.  

1920  On August - 19 lucila Engels-Boskaljon, Curacao painter  

1921  On this day in history ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits  

1921  On August - 19 gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek)  

1922  On this day in history 36th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61)  

1922  Douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist on August - 19.  

1922  On August - 19 felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81  

1924  William Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value) on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history arthur Rock, American venture capitalist  

1927  Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state on August - 19.  

1927  On this day in history james T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986)  

1929  Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 on August - 19.  

1930  D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays) on August - 19.  

1931  Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game on August - 19.  

1931  Willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts) on August - 19.  

1932  46th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62) on this day in history.  

1932  On August - 19 john James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire  

1933  On August - 19 47th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret)  

1934  On August - 19 helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association  

1934  On August - 19 plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler  

1934  On this day in history 48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64)  

1936  On August - 19 trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow  

1936  On this day in history federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38  

1939  37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record) on August - 19.  

1940  The birth of Jill St John, American actress on August - 19.  

1941  On this day in history ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout  

1942  On this day in history 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  On this day in history honorary Capt. John Weir Foote (Cdn. Chaplain Service) wins the Victoria Cross at Dieppe, France  

1942  On this day in history lt.-Colonel Charles C.I. Merritt (The South Saksatchewan Regiment) wins the Victoria Corss at Dieppe, France  

1942  On this day in history -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab  

1943  On this day in history belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle  

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1342  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on this day in history.  

1398  On August - 19 birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)  

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on August - 19.  

1557  Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.  

1558  On this day in history birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1590  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) was born on August - 19.  

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on August - 19.  

1596  Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662) was born on August - 19.  

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on this day in history.  

0472  On August - 19 ricimer, Barbaars general, dies  

1186  On August - 19 death of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)  

1245  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)  

1284  Death of Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273) on August - 19.  

1297  Death of Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) on this day in history.  

1493  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on August - 19.  

1580  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on August - 19.