Page 5: Historical Events In August - 19

1918  On this day in history james George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist   

1919  On this day in history afghanistan declares independence from UK   

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

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

1921  On August - 19 ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits   

1921  Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek) on August - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81   

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

1926  Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist on August - 19.   

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  On this day in history sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57   

1930  On this day in history d[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays)   

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

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  On this day in history 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  Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler on this day in history.   

1934  On August - 19 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  Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38 on August - 19.   

1939  On this day in history 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record)   

1940  On this day in history the birth of Jill St John, American actress   

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  1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France on August - 19.   

1942  First American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is on August - 19.   

1942  Honorary Capt. John Weir Foote (Cdn. Chaplain Service) wins the Victoria Cross at Dieppe, France on August - 19.   

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

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

1943  Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle on August - 19.   

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1342  On August - 19 birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)   

1398  On this day in history birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)   

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

1557  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)   

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

1590  On August - 19 birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)   

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 August - 19.   

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on August - 19.   

1186  On this day in history 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  On August - 19 death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)   

1297  On this day in history death of saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)   

1493  On August - 19 frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77   

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