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Birthday August 19, 1398 I$igo L¢pez, marques de Santillana, Spanish poet |
Birthday August 19, 1631 John Dryden, 1st poet laureate of England (Absalom & Achitophel) |
Birthday August 19, 1646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England |
Birthday August 19, 1765 Robert Fulton, inventor |
Birthday August 19, 1785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks |
Birthday August 19, 1844 Minna Canth, Finnish novelist & dramatist |
Birthday August 19, 1870 Bernard Baruch, financier, presidential adviser |
Birthday August 19, 1871 Orville Wright, an aviator |
Birthday August 19, 1878 Manuel Quezon, 1st president of Philippine Commonwealth (1935-42) |
Birthday August 19, 1889 Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese |
Birthday August 19, 1902 Ogden Nash, American humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself) |
Birthday August 19, 1907 Thurston Morton, former US senator from Kentucky |
Birthday August 19, 1931 Willie Shoemaker, jockey |
Birthday August 19, 1933 Debra Paget |
Birthday August 19, 1940 Jill St John, in LA (Diamonds are Forever) |
Birthday August 19, 1946 Bill Clinton born |
Birthday August 19, 1956 Sue Barker |
History August 19, 1779 Americans raid Paulus Hook, New Jersey |
History August 19, 1812 Old Ironsides earns its name |
History August 19, 1826 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario) |
History August 19, 1862 Dakota Indians bypass Fort Ridgely |
History August 19, 1886 Joseph Conrad becomes a British citizen |
History August 19, 1891 William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum |
History August 19, 1895 John Wesley Hardin killed in Texas |
History August 19, 1909 Louis Schwitzer wins first race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
History August 19, 1919 President Wilson appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
History August 19, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes president of Germany |
History August 19, 1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2 Guadalcanal Solomon Is |
History August 19, 1942 Allies raid Dieppe |
History August 19, 1950 ABC begins the tradition of Saturday morning kid shows |
History August 19, 1951 Little person makes big league debut |
History August 19, 1953 CIA-assisted coup overthrows government of Iran |
History August 19, 1960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident) |
History August 19, 1960 Captured U.S. spy pilot sentenced in Russia |
History August 19, 1960 Sputnik 5 carries 3 dogs into orbit (later recovered alive) |
History August 19, 1964 The Beatles kick off first U.S. tour at San Francisco's Cow Palace |
History August 19, 1968 Many Americans against a bombing halt |
History August 19, 1970 Cambodia and U.S. sign military aid pact |
History August 19, 1972 Democratic candidate McGovern attacks Nixon policy in Vietnam |
History August 19, 1977 Groucho Marx died in LA at the age of 86. |
History August 19, 1979 The crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 |
History August 19, 1980 Fire on Saudi jet kills 301 |
History August 19, 1982 Soyuz T-7 is launched |
History August 19, 1991 A Jewish youth is killed by a mob |
History August 19, 1993 Basinger and Baldwin marry |
History August 19, 2011 West Memphis Three released from prison after 18 years |