August 19th Events |
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| August 19th, 2043 (August 19 2043) | Event | Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the senate to elect him Consul. | |
| August 19th, 2005 (August 19 2005) | Event | The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins. | |
| August 19th, 2005 (August 19 2005) | Event | A series of strong storms lash 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. | |
| August 19th, 2003 (August 19 2003) | Event | A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency s top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees. | |
| August 19th, 2003 (August 19 2003) | Event | A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre. | |
| August 19th, 2002 (August 19 2002) | Event | A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers. | |
| August 19th, 1999 (August 19 1999) | Event | In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic. | |
| August 19th, 1997 (August 19 1997) | Event | The Teamsters end their 15-day walkout against United Parcel Service. | |
| August 19th, 1991 (August 19 1991) | Event | Collapse of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea. | |
| August 19th, 1991 (August 19 1991) | Event | Hurricane Bob hits the Northeast. | |
| August 19th, 1990 (August 19 1990) | Event | Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven s Symphony No. 7. | Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes |
| August 19th, 1989 (August 19 1989) | Event | Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years. | |
| August 19th, 1989 (August 19 1989) | Event | Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments. | |
| August 19th, 1987 (August 19 1987) | Event | Hungerford Massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide. | |
| August 19th, 1981 (August 19 1981) | Event | Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra. | |
| August 19th, 1980 (August 19 1980) | Event | 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. | |
| August 19th, 1975 (August 19 1975) | Event | The cricket test match between England and Australia is called off after the pitch is vandalised by supporters of George Davis. | |
| August 19th, 1965 (August 19 1965) | Event | Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa. | |
| August 19th, 1960 (August 19 1960) | Event | Cold War: In Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage. | |
| August 19th, 1960 (August 19 1960) | Event | Sputnik program: Sputnik The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants. | |
| August 19th, 1955 (August 19 1955) | Event | In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives. | |
| August 19th, 1953 (August 19 1953) | Event | Cold War: The CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. | |
| August 19th, 1945 (August 19 1945) | Event | Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam. | |
| August 19th, 1944 (August 19 1944) | Event | World War II: Liberation of ParisParis rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops. | |
| August 19th, 1942 (August 19 1942) | Event | World War II: Operation JubileeThe 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an allied forces amphibious assault on Dieppe, France. | |
| August 19th, 1934 (August 19 1934) | Event | The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. | |
| August 19th, 1934 (August 19 1934) | Event | The creation of the position Fuhrer approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote. | |
| August 19th, 1927 (August 19 1927) | Event | Metropolitan Sergius proclaimed the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state. | |
| August 19th, 1919 (August 19 1919) | Event | Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom. | |
| August 19th, 1915 (August 19 1915) | Event | World War I: The Battle of Van begins | |
| August 19th, 1895 (August 19 1895) | Event | American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas. | John Wesley Quotes |
| August 19th, 1862 (August 19 1862) | Event | 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. | |
| August 19th, 1848 (August 19 1848) | Event | 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). | |
| August 19th, 1839 (August 19 1839) | Event | Presentation of Jacque Daguerre s new photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences. | |
| August 19th, 1813 (August 19 1813) | Event | Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina s second triumvirate. | |
| August 19th, 1812 (August 19 1812) | Event | 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". | |
| August 19th, 1782 (August 19 1782) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue LicksThe last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown. | |
| August 19th, 1772 (August 19 1772) | Event | Gustavus III of Sweden stages a Coup d etat, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King. | |
| August 19th, 1768 (August 19 1768) | Event | Saint Isaac s Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia. | |
| August 19th, 1745 (August 19 1745) | Event | Jacobite Rising, Prince Charles Edward Stuart lands from a French warship in Glenfinnan, raises his standard and marches on Londonthe start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion known as "the 45". | |
| August 19th, 1692 (August 19 1692) | Event | 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. | |
| August 19th, 1561 (August 19 1561) | Event | An 18-year-old Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland, after spending 13 years in France. | |
| August 19th, 1504 (August 19 1504) | Event | Battle of Knockdoe. | |
