Page 6: Historical Events In August - 19

1944  On August - 19 allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed   

1944  On this day in history gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62   

1945  The birth of Bill Clinton, 45th US President on August - 19.   

1945  Phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds & wins on August - 19.   

1945  On August - 19 tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b.1875)   

1947  J Arens & D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A on August - 19.   

1947  Ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67 on August - 19.   

1950  ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch) on August - 19.   

1950  ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch) on this day in history.   

1951  Bill Veeck (Cleveland Indians) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit on this day in history.   

1953  On August - 19 england regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0   

1954  Ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of UN on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53), dies at 73   

1955  On August - 19 hurricane Diane kills 200 and is the first billion $ damage storm (N.E. US)   

1955  On this day in history 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record)   

1956  Fay Crocker wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open on August - 19.   

1957  NY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958 on August - 19.   

1958  NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters on August - 19.   

1958  Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1959  Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ on this day in history.   

1959  Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78 on August - 19.   

1960  On this day in history american U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers sentenced to ten years in a Soviet prison for espionage   

1960  On this day in history sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)   

1962  On this day in history kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90   

1967  Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1 on August - 19.   

1967  Operation Coronado IV begins in Mekong Delta on August - 19.   

1967  On August - 19 carl W de Vries, Dutch (Great-granddad King William III), dies at 84   

1968  On this day in history sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44   

1969  On this day in history british army takes over policing of Northern Ireland   

1971  Walther Victor, writer, dies on August - 19.   

1973  George Papadopoulos becomes the first president of Greece on August - 19.   

1973  Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years on August - 19.   

1974  ... Davies, US ambassador on Cyprus, murdered on August - 19.   

1976  Pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention on this day in history.   

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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  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on August - 19.   

1557  Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) was born on August - 19.   

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 August - 19.   

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on August - 19.   

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  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)   

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

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 this day in history.