Page 5: Historical Events In August - 19

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

1919  Afghanistan declares independence from UK on August - 19.   

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

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

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

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 August - 19.   

1922  On August - 19 douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist   

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

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

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

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

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

1933  47th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret) on this day in history.   

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

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

1942  On August - 19 -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  Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458) was born on August - 19.   

1521  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1590  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history ricimer, Barbaars general, dies   

1186  Death of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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.