Page 5: Historical Events In August - 19

1918  James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist on August - 19.   

1919  Afghanistan declares independence from UK on August - 19.   

1919  On August - 19 malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine)   

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

1922  Douglas MacKenzie Davey, psychometrist on August - 19.   

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

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

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

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

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

1934  48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64) on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow   

1936  On this day in history 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  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  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  -20] Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab on this day in history.   

1943  Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle on this day in history.   

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1342  On this day in history birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)   

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

1521  On this day in history birth of lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)   

1557  Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

1558  Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on August - 19.   

1590  On August - 19 birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)   

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on August - 19.   

1596  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)   

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on August - 19.   

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

1186  Death of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) on August - 19.   

1245  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) on August - 19.   

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

1297  On August - 19 death of saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)   

1493  On this day in history 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