Historical Events In August - 19

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

1919  Afghanistan declares independence from UK on this day in history.  

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

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

1921  Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits on August - 19.  

1921  Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek) on this day in history.  

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

1922  Douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist on August - 19.  

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  James T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986) on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1931  On this day in history lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game  

1931  On August - 19 willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 19.  

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

1521  On August - 19 birth of lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)  

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

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 this day in history.  

0440  On this day in history sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies  

0472  On this day in history ricimer, Barbaars general, dies  

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  Death of Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273) on this day in history.  

1297  On August - 19 death of saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)  

1493  On this day in history frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77  

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