Page 6: Historical Events In August - 19

1944  Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed on this day in history.   

1944  On August - 19 gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62   

1945  On August - 19 the birth of Bill Clinton, 45th US President   

1945  On August - 19 phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds & wins   

1945  Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b.1875) on August - 19.   

1947  On this day in history j Arens & D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A   

1947  On this day in history ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67   

1950  On August - 19 aBC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch)   

1950  On this day in history aBC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)   

1951  On August - 19 bill Veeck (Cleveland Indians) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit   

1953  On this day in history england regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0   

1954  Ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of UN on August - 19.   

1954  Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53), dies at 73 on August - 19.   

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

1955  32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) on August - 19.   

1956  On August - 19 fay Crocker wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open   

1957  NY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958 on this day in history.   

1958  On August - 19 nAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters   

1958  Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63 on August - 19.   

1959  Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ on August - 19.   

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

1960  On August - 19 american U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers sentenced to ten years in a Soviet prison for espionage   

1960  On August - 19 sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)   

1962  Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1967  On this day in history operation Coronado IV begins in Mekong Delta   

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

1968  Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44 on August - 19.   

1969  British army takes over policing of Northern Ireland on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) on August - 19.   

1284  On August - 19 death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)   

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 this day in history.   

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