Page 5: Historical Events In August - 19

1918  James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist on August - 19.   

1919  Afghanistan declares independence from UK on August - 19.   

1919  Malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine) on this day in history.   

1920  Lucila Engels-Boskaljon, Curacao painter on August - 19.   

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

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

1922  On August - 19 36th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61)   

1922  On this day in history douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 19.   

1931  On August - 19 lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game   

1931  On this day in history willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)   

1932  46th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62) on August - 19.   

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 August - 19.   

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

1934  On this day in history plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler   

1934  48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64) on August - 19.   

1936  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1940  The birth of Jill St John, American actress on this day in history.   

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

1942  On this day in history 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  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 August - 19 -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab   

1943  On August - 19 belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle   

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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  On this day in history birth of lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)   

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

1558  Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on August - 19.   

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

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

1596  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)   

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on August - 19.   

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 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 August - 19.   

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