Page 5: 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  On this day in history malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine)   

1920  On August - 19 lucila Engels-Boskaljon, Curacao painter   

1921  Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits on August - 19.   

1921  On this day in history gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek)   

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

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

1922  Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1924  On August - 19 william Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value)   

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

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

1927  On this day in history james T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986)   

1929  On August - 19 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  On August - 19 lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game   

1931  On August - 19 willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)   

1932  On this day in history 46th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62)   

1932  John James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire on August - 19.   

1933  47th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret) on this day in history.   

1934  Helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association on August - 19.   

1934  On this day in history plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler   

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

1936  On August - 19 trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow   

1936  Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38 on this day in history.   

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

1940  On August - 19 the birth of Jill St John, American actress   

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  On August - 19 1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France   

1942  On this day in history first American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is   

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 this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab   

1943  On this day in history belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle   

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1342  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1590  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) was born on August - 19.   

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on this day in history.   

1596  Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.   

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on this day in history.   

0472  On August - 19 ricimer, Barbaars general, dies   

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

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

1284  On this day in history death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)   

1297  On this day in history death of saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)   

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

1580  On August - 19 andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71