Historical Events In August - 19

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

1919  On August - 19 afghanistan declares independence from UK  

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

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

1921  Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits on this day in history.  

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  Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1924  On August - 19 william Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value)  

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1926  Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist on this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state.  

1927  James T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986) on this day in history.  

1929  Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 on August - 19.  

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  John James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire on August - 19.  

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

1934  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1936  On this day in history 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 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 August - 19.  

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  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 August - 19 -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab  

1943  Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle on this day in history.  

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1342  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on August - 19.  

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 August - 19 birth of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)  

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

1590  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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