Page 7: Historical Events In August - 19
Friday, 21 February 2025
1976 On August - 19 alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75
1977 On this day in history groucho Martin, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86
1978 On August - 19 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
1978 On August - 19 first transatlantic balloon crossing in history finishes in Paris
1979 Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight on August - 19.
1979 Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack on August - 19.
1980 Saudi Arabian Lockheed Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die on August - 19.
1981 2 VF-41 aircraft from USS Nimitz shoot down 2 Libyan aircraft which fired on them over international waters on this day in history.
1981 On August - 19 jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), dies at 74
1982 Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec on August - 19.
1982 On August - 19 soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space
1983 On this day in history lSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting
1984 Lee Trevino wins the PGA on August - 19.
1985 On this day in history japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei
1986 Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at 79 on August - 19.
1987 Hayden Rorke, Brooklyn, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Night Walker), dies on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT)
1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected first non-communmist president of Poland on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80
1991 A coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union on this day in history.
1991 Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev on August - 19.
1992 Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48 on August - 19.
1993 On this day in history jean King, actress (Night Hasa a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76
1994 On August - 19 john George Hughes, bishop of Kensington, dies at 59
1995 On August - 19 danny Arnold, British TV producer, dies at 70
1999 On this day in history panasonic anounces the first Progressive Scan DVD player
2008 On August - 19 levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician
2012 On this day in history 32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan
2013 On August - 19 24 Egyptian policemen are killed in an attack in Rafah
2014 On August - 19 the 24 hour ceasefire extension renewal between Israel and Palestine is violated as Hamas fire rockets; Israeli Air Force respond, killing 9 Gazans
2018 On this day in history novak Äoković beats Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Cincinnati Masters to become the first player to win all 9 Masters 1,000 tennis tournaments since the series started in 1990
2018 On August - 19 monsoon rains finally ease in Kerala State, India, with flooding taking 350 lives with 200,000 in relief camps
2018 Two more earthquakes hit Lombok in Indonesia killing 14 two weeks after previous earthquakes on this day in history.
2018 Rudy Giuliani , US President Trump's lawyer claims in interview with NBC Chuck Todd that "truth isn't truth" on this day in history.