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What happend on 19. August in History
In our data base we found 342 events happened on 19. August:
• 14: Augustus, Roman emperor (b. 63 BC) [category: Deaths]
• 232: Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (d. 282) [category: Births]
• 1186: Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) [category: Deaths]
• 1245: Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) [category: Deaths]
• 1284: Alphonso, Earl of Chester (b. 1273) [category: Deaths]
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• 1297: Saint Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (b. 1274) [category: Deaths]
• 1342: Catherine of Bohemia (d. 1395) [category: Births]
• 1398: Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish politician and poet (d. 1458) [category: Births]
• 1493: Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415) [category: Deaths]
• 1504: In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe. [category: Events]
• 1557: Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) [category: Births]
• 1561: An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France. [category: Events]
• 1570: Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1630) [category: Births]
• 1580: Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b. 1508) [category: Deaths]
• 1590: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) [category: Births]
• 1596: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662) [category: Births]
• 1612: The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history. [category: Events]
• 1621: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674) [category: Births]
• 1646: John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719) [category: Births]
• 1646: Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
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• 1654: Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579) [category: Deaths]
• 1662: Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623) [category: Deaths]
• 1666: Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire". [category: Events]
• 1680: Jean Eudes, French priest, founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601) [category: Deaths]
• 1686: Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737) [category: Births]
• 1689: Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761) [category: Births]
• 1692: John Proctor, Salem farmer accused of witchcraft during Salem Witch Trials (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1692: Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. [category: Events]
• 1711: Edward Boscawen, English admiral (d. 1761) [category: Births]
• 1719: Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791) [category: Births]
• 1743: Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1745: Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan – the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45". [category: Events]
• 1753: Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687) [category: Deaths]
• 1759: Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France. [category: Events]
• 1768: Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia. [category: Events]
• 1772: Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King. [category: Events]
• 1782: American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown. [category: Events]
• 1808: Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish navy admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides". [category: Events]
• 1813: Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate. [category: Events]
• 1822: Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (b. 1749) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world". [category: Events]
• 1843: C. I. Scofield, American theologian, minister, and writer (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1846: Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1848: Gustave Caillebotte, French painter (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1848: California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January). [category: Events]
• 1849: Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian writer, statesman, and abolitionist (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1853: Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1861: First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Indian Wars: during an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way. [category: Events]
• 1870: Bernard Baruch, American financier (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1871: Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1873: Fred Stone, American actor (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1875: Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1876: Oscar De Somville, Belgian rower (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1878: Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1881: George Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1883: Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1883: Elsie Ferguson, American actress (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1883: José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese politician, 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1883: Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Arthur Waley, English orientalist and sinologist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1889: Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: John Wesley Hardin, American outlaw and gunfighter (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: American Frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas. [category: Events]
• 1899: Charlie Hall, English actor (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1900: Colleen Moore, American actress (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1900: Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1900: Gontran de Poncins, French writer and adventurer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1900: Olga Baclanova, Russian actress (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1900: Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1902: Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1903: James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1903: Lewis Sargent, American actor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1906: Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1907: Archie League, American air traffic controller (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1907: Thruston Ballard Morton, American politician (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1909: First automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place. [category: Events]
• 1912: Austin Dobson, English race car driver (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1913: John Argyris, Greek scientist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1913: Peter Kemp, English soldier and writer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1913: Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1914: Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1914: Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1914: Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1915: Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1918: Jimmy Rowles, American pianist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1919: Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1919: Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1921: Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1923: Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1926: Arthur Rock, American investor [category: Births]
• 1927: L. Q. Jones, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1927: Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1928: Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1928: Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1928: Walter Massey, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Ion N. Petrovici, German neurologist [category: Births]
• 1929: Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1931: Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1932: Thomas P. Salmon, American politician, 75th Governor of Vermont [category: Births]
• 1934: David Durenberger, American politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Renée Richards, American physician [category: Births]
• 1934: The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote. [category: Events]
• 1934: The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. [category: Events]
• 1935: Bobby Richardson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1935: Zahir Raihan, Bangladeshi author and director [category: Births]
• 1936: Federico García Lorca, Spanish author (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Hugh Patrick Lygon, English son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Joe Lydon, American boxer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Diana Muldaur, American actress [category: Births]
• 1938: Joe Frank, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1939: Ginger Baker, English drummer and songwriter (Cream, Blind Faith, Blues Incorporated, and Atomic Rooster) [category: Births]
• 1940: Jill St. John, American actress [category: Births]
• 1940: Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1940: First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. [category: Events]
• 1941: Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1942: Fred Thompson, American politician and actor [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Operation Jubilee – the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. [category: Events]
• 1943: Billy J. Kramer, English singer [category: Births]
• 1944: Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer [category: Births]
• 1944: Buzz Kilman, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1944: Charles Wang, Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded CA Technologies [category: Births]
• 1944: Eddy Raven, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1944: Jack Canfield, American author [category: Births]
• 1944: Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: Liberation of Paris – Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops. [category: Events]
• 1945: Charles Wellesley, Marquess of Douro [category: Births]
• 1945: Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter (Deep Purple, Episode Six, and WhoCares) [category: Births]
• 1945: Sandro de América, Argentine singer and actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1945: Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1946: Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor [category: Births]
• 1946: Bill Clinton, American politician, 42nd President of the United States [category: Births]
• 1946: Charles F. Bolden, Jr., American general and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1946: Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1946: Bob McKinney, American baseball player (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Dave Dutton, English actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Gerard Schwarz, American conductor [category: Births]
• 1947: Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1948: Gerald McRaney, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Tipper Gore, American author and photographer, co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center [category: Births]
• 1950: Graeme Beard, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1950: Jennie Bond, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1950: Sudha Murty, Indian social worker and writer [category: Births]
• 1950: Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine composer [category: Births]
• 1951: John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter (Queen) [category: Births]
• 1951: Lillian Müller, Norwegian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1953: Lynwood Slim, American singer and harmonica player [category: Births]
• 1953: Mary Matalin, American political consultant [category: Births]
• 1953: Nanni Moretti, Italian actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1953: Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. [category: Events]
• 1954: Oscar Larrauri, Argentine race car driver [category: Births]
• 1954: Alcide De Gasperi, Italian politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1955: Peter Gallagher, American actor, singer, and writer [category: Births]
• 1955: In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives. [category: Events]
• 1956: Adam Arkin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: José Rubén Zamora, Guatemalan journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper [category: Births]
• 1957: Ian Gould, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1957: Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-American poet [category: Births]
• 1957: Martin Donovan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Paul-Jan Bakker, Dutch cricketer [category: Births]
• 1957: Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Anthony Muñoz, American football player [category: Births]
• 1958: Brendan Nelson, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Gary Gaetti, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Ricky Pierce, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Susan Cummings, Monegasque-American heiress and murderer [category: Births]
• 1959: Blind Willie McTell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Morten Andersen, American football player [category: Births]
• 1960: Ron Darling, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Cold War: in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage. [category: Events]
• 1960: Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants. [category: Events]
• 1961: Jonathan Coe, English author [category: Births]
• 1962: Tammy Bruce, American radio host and author [category: Births]
• 1962: Toll Yagami, Japanese drummer (Buck-Tick) [category: Births]
• 1962: Valérie Kaprisky, French actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Joey Tempest, Swedish singer-songwriter (Europe) [category: Births]
• 1963: John Stamos, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (Beyond) [category: Births]
• 1963: Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Kevin Dillon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Kyra Sedgwick, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director [category: Births]
• 1965: Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture. [category: Events]
• 1966: Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1966: Lilian Garcia, Spanish-American singer and ring announcer [category: Births]
• 1967: Khandro Rinpoche, Tibetan spiritual leader [category: Births]
• 1967: Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American writer and publisher (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Isaac Deutscher, polish journalist and historian (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Mark McGuinn, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer [category: Births]
• 1968: George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Clay Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1969: Emigdio Preciado, Jr., Mexican-American criminal [category: Births]
• 1969: Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Kirk Herbstreit, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1969: Matthew Perry, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Nate Dogg, American rapper and actor (213) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1969: Patrick Van Horn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Paula Jai Parker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Fat Joe, American rapper (Terror Squad and Diggin' in the Crates Crew) [category: Births]
• 1970: Jeff Tam, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1972: Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: Elizabeth Wolfgramm, American singer (The Jets) [category: Births]
• 1972: Jamie Zubairi, English actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Sammi Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Callum Blue, English actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1973: Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway [category: Births]
• 1974: Anja Knippel, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1974: Tim Kasher, American singer-songwriter Cursive, The Good Life, Slowdown Virginia, and Commander Venus) [category: Births]
• 1974: Zubayr Al-Rimi, Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1975: Chynna Clugston, American illustrator [category: Births]
• 1975: Tracie Thoms, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Stephan Schmidt, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Takahiro Yamada, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (Asian Kung-Fu Generation) [category: Births]
• 1977: Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Peter Dyneley, English actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Chris Capuano, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Dave Douglas, American singer-songwriter and musician (Relient K and Ace Troubleshooter) [category: Births]
• 1979: Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (The Rock and Roll Trio) (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Joel Teitelbaum, Great Rebbi and scholar (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Houcine Camara, French singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jun Jin, South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa) [category: Births]
• 1980: Michael Todd, American bass player (Coheed and Cambria) [category: Births]
• 1980: Paul Parry, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Percy Watson, American wrestler and football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Russell Kane English comedian, actor, and writer [category: Births]
• 1980: Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people. [category: Events]
• 1981: Jessie Matthews, English actress (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra. [category: Events]
• 1982: Erika Christensen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: J. J. Hardy, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1982: Willy Denzey, French singer [category: Births]
• 1982: August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: John McCargo, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Mike Conway, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Tammin Sursok, Australian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Micah Alberti, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Ryan Taylor, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Simon Bird, English actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1985: J. Evan Bonifant, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder [category: Births]
• 1985: Megan Rochell, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1986: Rúben Micael, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play) [category: Births]
• 1987: Nico Hülkenberg, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1987: Richard Stearman, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Hungerford massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide. [category: Events]
• 1988: Travis Tedford, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Romeo Miller, American rapper, actor, and basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years. [category: Events]
• 1989: Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in the North Sea by British and Dutch governments. [category: Events]
• 1989: Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events which began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. [category: Events]
• 1991: Nathan Lopez, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Crown Heights riot: Black groups target Hasidic Jews on the streets of Crown Heights in New York, New York during 3 days, after 2 black kids were struck by a car driven by a Hasidic man. [category: Events]
• 1991: Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine. [category: Events]
• 1993: Utpal Dutt, Bengali actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Daniel Gabori, Hungarian actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Linus Pauling, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Joseph Castanon American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1998: Ella Guevara, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1999: Tristan Lake Leabu, American actor [category: Births]
• 1999: In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević. [category: Events]
• 2000: Antonio Pugliese, Italian wrestler (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Bineshwar Brahma, Indian religious figure (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Theodore Trautwein, American judge (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers. [category: Events]
• 2003: Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing. [category: Events]
• 2003: A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees. [category: Events]
• 2004: Xyriel Manabat, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 2005: Whobegotyou, Australian racehorse (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 2005: Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Mo Mowlam, English politician (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell. [category: Events]
• 2005: The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins. [category: Events]
• 2008: LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (Dave Matthews Band) (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician, 3rd President of Zambia (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Don Hewitt, American television producer, creator of 60 Minutes (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others. [category: Events]
• 2010: Skandor Akbar, American wrestler and manager (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait. [category: Events]
• 2011: Gun Hägglund, Swedish journalist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Raúl Ruiz, Chilean director and producer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ghazi al-Sadiq, Sudanese politician [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tony Scott, English director and producer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: A plane crash kills 32 people in Sudan. [category: Events]
• 43_bc: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. [category: Events]
• _: August 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain. (Afghanistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Jean-Eudes de Mézeray [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Louis of Toulouse [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Magnus of Anagni [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Magnus of Avignon [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City and other places in The Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Aviation Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known as the "Apples Feast". (Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sebaldus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vinalia (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Humanitarian Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]