Page 5: Historical Events In August - 19
Thursday, 06 November 2025
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 On this day in history ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits 

1921 Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer (Star Trek) on August - 19. 

1922 36th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61) on this day in history. 

1922 On this day in history douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist 

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

1924 On this day in history william Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value) 

1926 Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist on this day in history. 

1927 On August - 19 metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state. 

1927 On August - 19 james T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986) 

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

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

1931 On August - 19 lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game 

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

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 On this day in history helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association 

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

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

1936 On this day in history 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 August - 19. 

1939 On this day in history 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record) 

1940 The birth of Jill St John, American actress on this day in history. 

1941 Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout on August - 19. 

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 August - 19. 

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 this day in history. 

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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