Historical Events In August - 19

1918  On August - 19 james George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist   

1919  On August - 19 afghanistan declares independence from UK   

1919  Malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine) on this day in history.   

1920  Lucila Engels-Boskaljon, Curacao painter on August - 19.   

1921  Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits on this day in history.   

1921  Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek) on this day in history.   

1922  36th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61) on August - 19.   

1922  Douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist on this day in history.   

1922  Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81 on August - 19.   

1924  William Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value) on August - 19.   

1926  On August - 19 arthur Rock, American venture capitalist   

1927  Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state on this day in history.   

1927  James T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986) on August - 19.   

1929  On this day in history sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57   

1930  On August - 19 d[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays)   

1931  Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game on August - 19.   

1931  On this day in history willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)   

1932  46th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62) on August - 19.   

1932  John James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire on this day in history.   

1933  47th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret) on August - 19.   

1934  Helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association on this day in history.   

1934  Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler on this day in history.   

1934  48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64) on August - 19.   

1936  Trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow on August - 19.   

1936  On August - 19 federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38   

1939  On August - 19 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record)   

1940  The birth of Jill St John, American actress on August - 19.   

1941  On this day in history ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout   

1942  1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France on August - 19.   

1942  First American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is on this day in history.   

1942  Honorary Capt. John Weir Foote (Cdn. Chaplain Service) wins the Victoria Cross at Dieppe, France on this day in history.   

1942  Lt.-Colonel Charles C.I. Merritt (The South Saksatchewan Regiment) wins the Victoria Corss at Dieppe, France on August - 19.   

1942  On August - 19 -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab   

1943  Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle 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 this day in history birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)   

1596  On this day in history 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 August - 19 sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies   

0472  On this day in history ricimer, Barbaars general, dies   

1186  Death of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) on this day in history.   

1245  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)   

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  On August - 19 frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77   

1580  On this day in history andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71