Historical Events In August - 19

1918  James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist on this day in history.   

1919  Afghanistan declares independence from UK on this day in history.   

1919  Malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine) on August - 19.   

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  On August - 19 gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek)   

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

1922  Douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist on August - 19.   

1922  On August - 19 felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81   

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

1926  Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist on August - 19.   

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

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

1929  Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57 on August - 19.   

1930  D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays) on this day in history.   

1931  Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game on this day in history.   

1931  Willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts) on this day in history.   

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

1932  On this day in history john James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire   

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

1934  On August - 19 helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association   

1934  Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler on August - 19.   

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

1936  Trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow on this day in history.   

1936  Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38 on August - 19.   

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

1940  On this day in history the birth of Jill St John, American actress   

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

1942  1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France on this day in history.   

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

1942  On August - 19 honorary Capt. John Weir Foote (Cdn. Chaplain Service) wins the Victoria Cross at Dieppe, France   

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

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

1943  Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle on August - 19.   

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1342  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on August - 19.   

1398  On August - 19 birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)   

1521  On August - 19 birth of lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)   

1557  On August - 19 birth of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)   

1558  On this day in history birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1590  On August - 19 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 August - 19.   

0440  On August - 19 sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies   

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on August - 19.   

1186  On this day in history death of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)   

1245  On August - 19 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)   

1284  Death of Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273) on this day in history.   

1297  Death of Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) on this day in history.   

1493  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1580  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on this day in history.