Page 5: Historical Events In August - 19

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

1919  Afghanistan declares independence from UK on August - 19.   

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

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

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

1922  On August - 19 douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist   

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

1924  On this day in history william Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value)   

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

1929  Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1932  On August - 19 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  On this day in history 47th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret)   

1934  Helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association on August - 19.   

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 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 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  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 August - 19.   

1942  On August - 19 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  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 August - 19 belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle   

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1342  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on this day in history.   

1398  On August - 19 birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)   

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  On this day in history birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)   

1596  On this day in history 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  On this day in history sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies   

0472  On August - 19 ricimer, Barbaars general, dies   

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

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  On August - 19 andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71