Historical Events In August - 19

1976  Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75 on August - 19.  

1977  Groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86 on August - 19.  

1978  On this day in history 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran  

1978  On this day in history first transatlantic balloon crossing in history finishes in Paris  

1979  Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight on this day in history.  

1979  On August - 19 dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack  

1980  On August - 19 saudi Arabian Lockheed Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die  

1981  2 VF-41 aircraft from USS Nimitz shoot down 2 Libyan aircraft which fired on them over international waters on this day in history.  

1981  Jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), dies at 74 on August - 19.  

1982  On this day in history renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec  

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1982  On August - 19 soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space  

1983  LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting on this day in history.  

1984  On August - 19 lee Trevino wins the PGA  

1985  Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei on this day in history.  

1986  Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1987  On this day in history hayden Rorke, Brooklyn, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Night Walker), dies  

1988  Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) on August - 19.  

1989  On this day in history tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected first non-communmist president of Poland  

1990  On August - 19 ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80  

1991  A coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev  

1992  Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history jean King, actress (Night Hasa a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76  

1994  John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1995  Danny Arnold, British TV producer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1999  On August - 19 panasonic anounces the first Progressive Scan DVD player  

2008  On August - 19 levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician  

2012  32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan on this day in history.  

2013  24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah on this day in history.  

2014  On August - 19 the 24 hour ceasefire extension renewal between Israel and Palestine is violated as Hamas fire rockets; Israeli Air Force respond, killing 9 Gazans  

2018  Novak Đoković beats Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Cincinnati Masters to become the first player to win all 9 Masters 1,000 tennis tournaments since the series started in 1990 on August - 19.  

2018  On August - 19 monsoon rains finally ease in Kerala State, India, with flooding taking 350 lives with 200,000 in relief camps  

2018  On this day in history two more earthquakes hit Lombok in Indonesia killing 14 two weeks after previous earthquakes  

2018  Rudy Giuliani , US President Trump's lawyer claims in interview with NBC Chuck Todd that "truth isn't truth" 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 August - 19.  

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on August - 19.  

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 August - 19 birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)  

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 August - 19 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1493  On this day in history frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77  

1580  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on this day in history.