Page 6: Historical Events In August - 19

1944  On August - 19 allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed   

1944  Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62 on August - 19.   

1945  The birth of Bill Clinton, 45th US President on August - 19.   

1945  On this day in history phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds & wins   

1945  On this day in history tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b.1875)   

1947  J Arens & D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67   

1950  ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch) on this day in history.   

1950  On August - 19 aBC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)   

1951  Bill Veeck (Cleveland Indians) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit on August - 19.   

1953  England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0 on August - 19.   

1954  On August - 19 ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of UN   

1954  On August - 19 alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53), dies at 73   

1955  Hurricane Diane kills 200 and is the first billion $ damage storm (N.E. US) on this day in history.   

1955  32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) on this day in history.   

1956  Fay Crocker wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open on this day in history.   

1957  On August - 19 nY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958   

1958  On this day in history nAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters   

1958  Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63 on August - 19.   

1959  Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ on this day in history.   

1959  On August - 19 jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78   

1960  On this day in history american U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers sentenced to ten years in a Soviet prison for espionage   

1960  On this day in history sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)   

1962  Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1967  Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1 on this day in history.   

1967  Operation Coronado IV begins in Mekong Delta on August - 19.   

1967  On August - 19 carl W de Vries, Dutch (Great-granddad King William III), dies at 84   

1968  On August - 19 sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44   

1969  British army takes over policing of Northern Ireland on this day in history.   

1971  Walther Victor, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1973  George Papadopoulos becomes the first president of Greece on August - 19.   

1973  Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history ... Davies, US ambassador on Cyprus, murdered   

1976  On this day in history pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention   

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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  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  On this day in history birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)   

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 August - 19.   

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 August - 19.   

1245  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)   

1284  On August - 19 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  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on August - 19.