August 19th

The August 19th is the 231e Jour of the Année (232e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

13th century

1245 : Died with Aix-en-Provence of Raimond Berenger IV of Provence, count de Provence of 1209 with 1245 and count de Forcalquier of 1242 with 1245. Provence returns to his/her daughter Béatrice (1234 - 1267).

14th century

1315 : Louis X wife Clemence of Hungary.

17th century

1627 : Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, count de Chalais is carried out with Nantes.

1692 : Five people are hung for sorcery with Salem, Massachusetts. The writer Arthur Miller will take as a starting point this fact various in his play the witches of Salem.

19th century

1878 : Occupation of Sarajevo by the empire of Austria-Hungary.

1895 : James Ryan carries the world records of High jump to 1,94 Mr.

20th century

1919 : Independence of the Afghanistan.

1934 : After the death of the German president Hindenburg the August 2nd, a plebiscite ratifies to 88% (38,4 million “yes” on 45,5 million registered voters) the president's functions and of chancellor: Adolf Hitler takes the title of Reichsführer.

1936 : Judgment in Soviet Union of Grigori Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev, former companions of Stalin

1942 : Attempt at unloading of the Canadians with Dieppe: the Franco-Canadian troops are pushed back.

1944 : The French resistance releases the Town hall of Paris.

1949 : Meet Yves Montand and Simone Signoret with Saint-Paul-with-Vence

1954 : Prohibition of the communist party American.

1960 :

the American pilot of the spy plane U2 cut down above the Soviet Union Francis Gary Powers is condemned to 3 years of prison and 7 years of forced labors.
the Soviet Union arrives to satteliser two dogs around the the Moon and to recover them.

1966 : An earthquake devastates Is Turkey and keep silent more than 500 people.

1978 : Set fire to in a cinema of Abadan in Iran, in Abadan: 425 dead.

1980 : Crash landing of a plane Lockheed L-1011 of the Saudia company between Riyadh and king Khalid. Assessment: 301 dead.

1981 : The Britannique Sebastian Coe beats the world records of the mile into 3 min 48,53 S.

1986 : The swimmer Kristin Otto carries the world records of the 100 m backs to 54,73 S.

1987 : Exaggerated kills 16 people and wounds 14 others of them, then suicide, with Hungerford (the United Kingdom).

1989 : A thousand of Easts Germany clandestinely cross the border between the Hungary and the Austria, with Sopron, to take refuge in the Federal Republic of Germany.

1991 : The Soviet president Mikhail Gorbatchev is victim of a coup d'etat fomented by Communists. Guennadi Ianaev succeeds a time to him, but Boris Ieltsine is opposed to the putschists and rejoins the Army and the population.

1992 : The Kenyan Moses Kiptanui beats the world records of the 3000 m steeple into 8 min 2,08 S.

1994 : The president states-unien Bill Clinton decides not to accommodate " more; the refugees Cuba ins illégaux" , putting an end to 28 years hospitality.

1995 :

Of the Inondation S in the area Morocco groin of Marrakech makes more than 140 dead.
After six years of captivity, the boxer states-unien Mike Tyson puts to KB her opponent Peter McNeely, in less than two minutes.

1996 : The French navigator Loïc Peyron gains the race Quebec - Saint-Malo and establishes a new record of the crossing.

1997 : Explosion of a silo with grains, Blaye (France): 12 dead.

21e century

2002 : Confirmation by the Court of ic Appeal Islam (on the basis of Charia) of Funtua, Nigeria, of the Capital punishment by Lapidation of Amina Lawal for extra-marital birth.

2003 : The explosion of a truck trapped in front of the local representation of UNO to Baghdad (Iraq) fact 23 died, of which Sergio Vieira of Mello.

2005 : Election of Pierre Nkurunziza with the presidency of the Burundi

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Births

1646 : John Flamsteed, British astronomer († December 31st 1719).
1742 : Jean Dauberval, dancer and choreographer French († February 14th 1806).
1746 : Madam of Barry, favorite of Louis XV († February 21st 1793).
1753 : Louis Bastoul, general of Empire († January 15th 1801).
1780 : Pierre-Jean de Béranger, French chansonnier († July 16th 1857).
1845 : Edmond de Rothschild, philanthropist and collector French († November 2nd 1934).
1848 : Gustave Caillebotte, French painter. († February 21st 1894).
1871 : Orville Wright, American aviator. († January 30th 1948).
1883 : Coco Chanel, creative of French mode († January 10th 1971).
1891 : , American astronomer († June 18th 1972).
1906 : : Co-inventor of the Television († March 11th 1971).
1909 : Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer Polish († April 19th 1983)
1914: Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, resistant, president of the council.
1935 : Story Musgrave, American astronaut.
1944 : Jean-François Bizot, writer, journalist and scenario writer French, founder of the Current magazine and of Radio operator Nova . († September 8th 2007).
1945 : Ian Gillan, British singer.
1946 :

Charles F. Bolden, American astronaut
Happy Raaflaub, Swiss leader.
William Jefferson (known as Bill) Clinton, 42e president of the the United States.

1947 : Michel Weyland, draftsman and scenario writer of cartoon Brussels/Belgium.
1951 : John Deacon, bass player of the group of Rock'n'roll Queen.
1959 : Eric Johnson, guitarist.
1962 :

Valerie Kaprisky, French actress.
Michael J. Massimino, American astronaut

1963: Patrick Pelloux, doctor and trade unionist French.
1965 : Maria de Medeiros, director.
1969: Matthew Perry, American actor .
1972 : Cool Fabien, French footballer.

Death

440 : The pope Sixth III.
1139 : Godefroi Ier de Namur, count de Namur.
1245 : Raimond Berenger IV of Provence, count de Provence of 1209 with 1245 and count de Forcalquier of 1242 with 1245.
1506 : Aleksander Jagiellończyk I, king of Poland and Large-Duke of Lithuania (° August 5th 1461).
1627 : Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, count de Chalais, French aristocrat, conspirator under Louis XIII.
1662 : Blaise Pascal, mathematician and philosopher French. (° June 19th 1623)
1819: James Watt, British physicist (° January 19th 1736)
1822: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Astronomer and Mathematician French (° September 19th 1749)
1875: Hermann Wilhelm Ebel, German Philologist, specialist in the Celtic Languages (° May 10th 1820)
1887: Spencer Fullerton Baird, ornithologist and American ichtyologist (° February 3rd 1823).
1905 : William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painter French (° November 30th 1825).
1924 : Ferdinand Horse known as the factor Horse , rural factor and French naive artist (° April 19th 1836)
1929: Serge Diaghilev, the inventor (Russian), the organizer and the director of the troop of the Russian Ballets (° March 19th 1872).
1936 : Federico Garcia Lorca, poet and Spanish playwright is shot close to Viznar by the pro-Franco civil guard. (° June 5th 1898)
1967

Isaac Deutscher, journalist, writer and historian Polish (° April 3rd 1907)
Hugo Gernsback, writer of Science fiction (° August 16th 1884)

1968: George Gamow, Russian physicist (° March 4th 1904)
1977: Groucho Marx, actor states-unien (° October 2nd 1890)
1994: Linus Pauling, chemist, double Nobel Prize (chemistry and peace) (° February 28th 1901)
1995: Pierre Schaeffer, type-setter French. (° 1910).
2002 : Eduardo Chillida, Spanish sculptor (° January 10th 1924).
2005 : Oscar Muller, footballer born Argentinian then naturalized French (° July 28th 1957)

Celebrations

Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day

Andre Stratilate (), martyr with the Taurus mount with 2593 companions.
Mandrien and Flavien of Toulon, martyrs.
Holy Jean Eudes
Holy Calmin

Orthodoxe saint of the day

Pitirim de Perm (1456), bishop.

See too

August 19th in sport
August 19th in the railroads

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