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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 19
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of William Marshall in Gary, Indiana, USA; actor (Blacula, Something of Value).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Bill Cleary; American ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of David F Durenberger in Minnesota, USA; American politician (Senator-Republican-Minnesota).
- 90th: 1934 - Helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association.
- 90th: 1934 - Plebiscite in Germany approves sole executive power to Adolf Hitler.
- 90th: 1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
- 70th: 1954 - Ralph J Bunche is named undersecretary of United Nations.
- 40th: 1984 - Lee Trevino wins the PGA.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace (born 1901).
- 25th: 1999 - In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Yugoslav President Slobodan MiloÜevic.
- 15th: 2009 - At least six bomb blasts strike near government ministries and other targets in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 95 people and wounding 536.
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