Historical Events In August - 19

1918  On August - 19 james George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist   

1919  Afghanistan declares independence from UK on August - 19.   

1919  On August - 19 malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine)   

1920  Lucila Engels-Boskaljon, Curacao painter on this day in history.   

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  Douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist on this day in history.   

1922  Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81 on August - 19.   

1924  William Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value) on August - 19.   

1926  Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist on this day in history.   

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

1927  On August - 19 james T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986)   

1929  On August - 19 sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57   

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 this day in history.   

1931  Willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association   

1934  Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler on August - 19.   

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

1936  Trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow on August - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1940  On August - 19 the birth of Jill St John, American actress   

1941  On August - 19 ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout   

1942  1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France on this day in history.   

1942  On August - 19 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 August - 19 lt.-Colonel Charles C.I. Merritt (The South Saksatchewan Regiment) wins the Victoria Corss at Dieppe, France   

1942  -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab on August - 19.   

1943  Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle on this day in history.   

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1342  On this day in history birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)   

1398  Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on this day in history.   

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

1558  Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on this day in history.   

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

1596  On August - 19 birth of elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I   

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  Death of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) on August - 19.   

1245  On August - 19 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 this day in history.   

1297  Death of Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) on August - 19.   

1493  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1580  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on this day in history.