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 this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history the birth of Bill Clinton, 45th US President   

1945  Phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds & wins on this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history j Arens & D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A   

1947  On August - 19 ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67   

1950  ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch) on August - 19.   

1950  On this day in history aBC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)   

1951  On this day in history bill Veeck (Cleveland Indians) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit   

1953  On this day in history england regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0   

1954  On this day in history ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of UN   

1954  On this day in history alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier (1945..53), dies at 73   

1955  On August - 19 hurricane Diane kills 200 and is the first billion $ damage storm (N.E. US)   

1955  32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) on August - 19.   

1956  On this day in history fay Crocker wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open   

1957  NY Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to SF in 1958 on this day in history.   

1958  NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters on August - 19.   

1958  On August - 19 antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63   

1959  On August - 19 doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ   

1959  Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1960  Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive) on August - 19.   

1962  On this day in history kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90   

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

1967  Operation Coronado IV begins in Mekong Delta on this day in history.   

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

1968  Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44 on this day in history.   

1969  On August - 19 british army takes over policing of Northern Ireland   

1971  Walther Victor, writer, dies on August - 19.   

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

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

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1342  On August - 19 birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)   

1398  On this day in history birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)   

1521  On August - 19 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  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  On August - 19 birth of elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)   

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

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

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

1245  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) on this day in history.   

1284  On August - 19 death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)   

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

1493  On August - 19 frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77   

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