What happened on August 19? There are more than 298 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About August 19
August 19 is the 232nd day of the year 2024. There are 134 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday. This day falls under the 34th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Hemingway, South Carolina 29554 sunrise occured at 06:41 AM and sunset occured at 08:00 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo. The modern birthstone for this month is Peridot while the mystical birthstone is Diamond.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 163 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For August 19
- 43 BCOctavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
- 1504In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.
- 1561An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
- 1612The “Samlesbury witches”, three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.
- 1666Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as “Holmes’s Bonfire”.
- 1692Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
- 1745Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan – the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as “the 45”.
- 1759Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Year’s War between Britain and France.
- 1768Saint Isaac’s Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 1772Gustavus III of Sweden stages a Coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
- 1782American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
- 1812War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname “Old Ironsides”.
- 1813Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina’s Second Triumvirate.
- 1821Greek rebels massacre all the population of Navarino.
- 1839The French government announces that Louis Daguerre’s photographic process is a gift “free to the world”.
- 1848California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
- 1861First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
- 1862Indian Wars: during an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
- 1895American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.
- 1909First automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place.
- 1919Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1927Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
- 1934The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
- 1934The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1940First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
- 1942World War II: Operation Jubilee – the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was doomed to fail, and was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
- 1944World War II: Liberation of Paris – Paris rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
- 1945Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 1953Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
- 1955In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
- 1960Cold War: in Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
- 1960Sputnik program: Sputnik 5 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
- 1965Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.
- 1980Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
- 1981Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
- 1987Hungerford Massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
- 1989Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years.
- 1989Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments.
- 1989Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events which began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
- 1991Crown Heights Riot: Black groups target Hasidic Jews on the streets of Crown Heights during 3 days, after 2 black kids were struck by a car driven by a Hasidic man.
- 1991dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.
- 1999In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
- 2002A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
- 2003A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre.
- 2003A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency’s top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
- 2005A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell.
- 2005The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
- 2009A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
- 2010Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
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Who Were Born On August 19?
- 232Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (d. 282)
- 1342Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)
- 1398Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)
- 1557Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)
- 1590Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)
- 1596Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)
- 1621Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)
- 1631John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700)
- 1646John Flamsteed, first English Astronomer Royal (d. 1719)
- 1686Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
- 1689Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
- 1711Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761)
- 1743Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)
- 1843C.I. Scofield, author of Scofield Reference Bible (d. 1921)
- 1846Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)
- 1848Gustave Caillebotte, French Painter (d. 1894)
- 1849Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian writer, statesman, and abolitionist (d. 1910)
- 1853Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926)
- 1870Bernard Baruch, American financier (d. 1965)
- 1871Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
- 1873Fred Stone, American actor (d. 1959)
- 1875Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936)
- 1878Manuel L. Quezon, 2nd President of the Philippines (d. 1944)
- 1881George Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955)
- 1883Elsie Ferguson, American film actress (d. 1961)
- 1883Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)
- 1883José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)
- 1889Arthur Waley, English orientalist and sinologist (d. 1966)
- 1896Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (d. 1974)
- 1899Charlie Hall, English comedian actor (d. 1959)
- 1900Colleen Moore, American film actress.(d. 1988)
- 1900Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (d. 1976)
- 1900Gontran de Poncins, French writer and adventurer (d. 1962)
- 1902J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994)
- 1902Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
- 1903James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (d. 1978)
- 1903Lewis Sargent, American actor d.1970
- 1906Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971)
- 1907Archie League, generally considered the first air traffic controller (d. 1986)
- 1907Thruston B. Morton, American politician (d. 1982)
- 1912Austin Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1963)
- 1913John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer, one of the creators of the Finite Element Method (d. 2004)
- 1913Peter Kemp, English soldier and writer (d. 1993)
- 1913Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1914Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
- 1915Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group) (d. 1985)
- 1915Ring Lardner Jr, American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1918Jimmy Rowles, pianist (d. 1996)
- 1919Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (d. 1990)
- 1921Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)
- 1925Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (d. 1971)
- 1926Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist
- 1927L.Q. Jones, American actor
- 1928Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)
- 1928Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (d. 2006)
- 1928Walter Massey, Canadian actor
- 1930Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (d. 2009)
- 1931Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003)
- 1932Thomas P. Salmon, 75th Governor of Vermont
- 1934David Durenberger, American Senator
- 1934Renée Richards, American physician
- 1935Bobby Richardson, American baseball player
- 1935Zahir Raihan, Bangladeshi writer and filmmaker
- 1938Diana Muldaur, American actress
- 1939Ginger Baker, English musician (Cream)
- 1940Jill St. John, American actress
- 1940Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter
- 1941Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek politician (d. 2009)
- 1942Fred Thompson, American politician and actor
- 1943Billy J. Kramer, British singer
- 1944Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer
- 1944Buzz Kilman, Chicago radio personality
- 1944Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist
- 1944Eddy Raven, American country music artist
- 1944Jack Canfield, American author and speaker
- 1945Charles Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, English heir of the 8th Duke of Wellington
- 1945Ian Gillan, English singer (Deep Purple)
- 1945Sandro de América, Argentine singer & actor (d. 2010)
- 1946Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
- 1946Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
- 1946Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)
- 1947Dave Dutton, English actor
- 1947Gerard Schwarz, American conductor
- 1947Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
- 1948Gerald McRaney, American actor
- 1948Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States
- 1950Graeme Beard, Australian cricketer
- 1950Jennie Bond, British journalist
- 1950Sudha Murthy, Indian social worker and writer
- 1951Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer
- 1951John Deacon, English musician (Queen)
- 1951Lillian Müller, Norwegian model and actress
- 1952Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director
- 1953Lynwood Slim, American blues musician
- 1953Mary Matalin, American political consultant
- 1953Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer
- 1954Oscar Larrauri, Argentine racing driver
- 1955Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
- 1955Peter Gallagher, American actor
- 1956Adam Arkin, American actor
- 1957Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper
- 1957Ian Gould, England cricketer
- 1957Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet
- 1957Martin Donovan, American actor
- 1957Paul-Jan Bakker, Netherland cricketer
- 1958Anthony Muñoz, American football player
- 1958Brendan Nelson, Australian politician
- 1958Gary Gaetti, American baseball player
- 1959Ricky Pierce, American basketball player
- 1959Susan Cummings, Monegasque-born American heiress and convicted murderer
- 1960Morten Andersen, American football player
- 1960Ron Darling, American baseball player and announcer
- 1961Jonathan Coe, British author
- 1962Tammy Bruce, American political commentator
- 1962Toll Yagami, Japanese drummer (BUCK-TICK)
- 1962Valérie Kaprisky, French actress
- 1963Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe)
- 1963John Stamos, American actor
- 1963Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)
- 1965Kevin Dillon, American actor
- 1965Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
- 1965Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director
- 1966Lee Ann Womack, American musician
- 1966Lilian Garcia, wrestling announcer
- 1968Mark McGuinn, country music singer
- 1968Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer
- 1969Clay Walker, American singer
- 1969Emigdio Preciado, Hispanic fugitive on FBI’s Most Wanted list
- 1969Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player
- 1969Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)
- 1969Matthew Perry, American actor
- 1969Nate Dogg, American rapper (d. 2011)
- 1969Patrick Van Horn, American actor
- 1969Paula Jai Parker, American actress
- 1970Fat Joe, American rapper
- 1970Jeff Tam, American baseball player
- 1971João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese football player
- 1971Mary Jo Fernandez, Tennis player
- 1972Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer
- 1972Elizabeth Wolfgramm, American singer (The Jets)
- 1972Jamie Zubairi, British Malaysian actor and painter
- 1972Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer
- 1972Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1973Callum Blue, British actor
- 1973Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer
- 1973Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer
- 1973Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
- 1974Tim Kasher, American musician, Cursive and The Good Life
- 1975Chynna Clugston, American comic book creator
- 1975Marco Coti Zelati, Italian bassist (Lacuna Coil)
- 1975Tracie Thoms, American actress
- 1977Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
- 1977Takahiro Yamada, Japanese bassist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
- 1978Chris Capuano, American baseball player
- 1979Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K, Attack Cat)
- 1979Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
- 1980Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor
- 1980Houcine Camara, French singer
- 1980Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
- 1980Michael Todd, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
- 1980Paul Parry, Welsh footballer
- 1980Russell Kane (Comedian)
- 1982Erika Christensen, American actress
- 1982J. J. Hardy, American baseball player
- 1982Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter
- 1982Willy Denzey, French singer
- 1983John McCargo, American football player
- 1983Mike Conway, British racing driver
- 1983Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1983Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer
- 1984Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer
- 1984Micah Alberti, American actor
- 1984Ryan Taylor, English footballer
- 1984Simon Bird, English actor and comedian
- 1985Megan Rochell, American singer
- 1986Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player
- 1986Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer
- 1987Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play)
- 1987Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver
- 1987Richard Stearman, English footballer
- 1988Travis Tedford, American actor
- 1989Romeo Miller, American rapper and basketball player
- 1998Ella Guevara, Filipino actress
- 2004Xyriel Manabat, Filipino actress
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Who Died On August 19?
- 14Augustus, Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC)
- 1186Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)
- 1245Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)
- 1284Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)
- 1297Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)
- 1493Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)
- 1580Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b. 1508)
- 1646Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian
- 1662Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1680Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists (b. 1601)
- 1692John Proctor, Salem farmer and tavern keeper (b.1632)
- 1753Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (b. 1687)
- 1808Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish naval architect and vice admiral (b. 1721)
- 1822Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (b. 1749)
- 1883Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810)
- 1889Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
- 1895John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853)
- 1900Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)
- 1914Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
- 1923Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
- 1928Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker, diplomat and Prime Minister (b. 1838)
- 1929Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (b. 1872)
- 1936Federico García Lorca, Spanish author (b. 1898)
- 1936Hugh Patrick Lygon, English aristocrat (b. 1904)
- 1944Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882)
- 1945Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
- 1950Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871)
- 1954Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
- 1957Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898)
- 1957David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890)
- 1959Blind Willie McTell, American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1901)
- 1959Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (b. 1880)
- 1963Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890)
- 1967Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884)
- 1967Isaac Deutscher, British Marxist historian (b. 1907)
- 1968George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (b. 1904)
- 1970Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)
- 1975Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (b. 1897)
- 1975Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
- 1976Alastair Sim, Scottish actor and rector of Edinburgh University (b. 1900)
- 1976Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
- 1977Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
- 1977Peter Dyneley, British actor (b. 1921)
- 1979Dorsey Burnette, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1979Joel Teitelbaum, Great Rebbi and Talmudic scholar (b. 1887)
- 1980Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)
- 1981Jessie Matthews, English actress (b. 1907)
- 1982August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- 1986Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906)
- 1994Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace (b. 1901)
- 1995Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)
- 2000Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941)
- 2000Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo littérateur and religious figure (birth date unknown)
- 2000Theodore Trautwein, American judge (b. 1920)
- 2001Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
- 2001Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933)
- 2003Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
- 2003Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
- 2005Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918)
- 2005Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)
- 2008LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b. 1961)
- 2008Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician (b. 1948)
- 2009Don Hewitt, television news producer & director; creator of 60 Minutes (b. 1922)
- 2010Skandor Akbar, American wrestler (b. 1934)
- 2011Gun Hägglund, Swedish news presenter (b. 1932)
- 2011Raúl Ruiz, Chilean filmmaker (b. 1941)
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