Historical Events In August - 19
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1976 Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1977 On this day in history groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86
1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran on August - 19.
1978 First transatlantic balloon crossing in history finishes in Paris on this day in history.
1979 On August - 19 crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight
1979 Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack on this day in history.
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 Jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), dies at 74 on August - 19.
1982 Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec on August - 19.
1982 On August - 19 soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space
1983 On this day in history lSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting
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 On August - 19 hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79
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 August - 19 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 August - 19.
1991 Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev on August - 19.
1992 On this day in history feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48
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 On August - 19 panasonic anounces the first Progressive Scan DVD player
2008 Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician on this day in history.
2012 32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan on this day in history.
2013 On August - 19 24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah
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 On this day in history 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
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 Rudy Giuliani , US President Trump's lawyer claims in interview with NBC Chuck Todd that "truth isn't truth" on August - 19.