Page 7: Historical Events In August - 19
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
1976 Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75 on August - 19.
1977 On August - 19 groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86
1978 On August - 19 422 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 On August - 19 crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight
1979 On this day in history dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1980 On this day in history 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 August - 19.
1981 On this day in history jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), dies at 74
1982 On August - 19 renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec
1982 Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space on this day in history.
1983 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history lee Trevino wins the PGA
1985 On this day in history japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei
1986 Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79 on August - 19.
1987 On August - 19 hayden Rorke, Brooklyn, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Night Walker), dies
1988 On this day in history iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT)
1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected first non-communmist president of Poland on August - 19.
1990 On August - 19 ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80
1991 On this day in history a coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union
1991 Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev on this day in history.
1992 Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48 on August - 19.
1993 Jean King, actress (Night Hasa a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1994 On August - 19 john George Hughes, bishop of Kensington, dies at 59
1995 On August - 19 danny Arnold, British TV producer, dies at 70
1999 Panasonic anounces the first Progressive Scan DVD player on this day in history.
2008 On August - 19 levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician
2012 On this day in history 32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan
2013 24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah on August - 19.
2014 The 24 hour ceasefire extension renewal between Israel and Palestine is violated as Hamas fire rockets; Israeli Air Force respond, killing 9 Gazans on this day in history.
2018 Novak Äoković 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 this day in history.
2018 Monsoon rains finally ease in Kerala State, India, with flooding taking 350 lives with 200,000 in relief camps on August - 19.
2018 On this day in history two more earthquakes hit Lombok in Indonesia killing 14 two weeks after previous earthquakes
2018 On this day in history rudy Giuliani , US President Trump's lawyer claims in interview with NBC Chuck Todd that "truth isn't truth"