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What happened in history on this day: August 19?
On August 19 in ...
- 1968 - NBC airs the last The Monkees TV show.
- 1972 - NBC-TV debuts The Midnight Special TV show, hosted by John Denver.
- 1991 - The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Carol & Co..
- 1998 - On the day of his 52nd birthday, U.S. President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He also admits before the nation that night in a nationally televised address that he "misled people" about his sexual affair with Lewinsky.
Births on August 19
- 1903 - Birth of Claude Dauphin in Corbell, France; actor (April in Paris, Deported).
- 1907 - Birth of June Collyer in New York City, New York, USA; actress (June - Stu Erwin Show).
- 1916 - Birth of Marie Wilson in Anaheim, California, USA; actress (My Friend Irma).
- 1921 - Birth of Gene Roddenberry; executive producer (Star Trek).
- 1924 - Birth of William Marshall in Gary, Indiana, USA; actor (Blacula, Something of Value).
- 1933 - Birth of Debra Paget; actress (Anne of the Indies, Love Me Tender).
- 1938 - Birth of Diana Muldaur; actress (McCloud, Star Trek: The Next Generation, L.A. Law).
- 1940 - Birth of Jill Saint John [Oppenheim] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Diamonds are Forever).
- 1947 - Birth of Gerald McRaney in Collins, Mississippi, USA; actor (Simon and Simon, Major Dad).
- 1951 - Birth of Randi Oakes in Randalia, Iowa, USA; actress (Officer Bonnie Clark - CHiPs).
- 1952 - Birth of Jonathan Frakes; actor (Commander Will Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation), director (Star Trek: First Contact).
- 1956 - Birth of Adam Arkin in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Lenny - Busting Loose, Pearl, Tough Cookies).
- 1957 - Birth of Darby Hinton in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (Israel - Daniel Boone).
- 1962 - Birth of Valerie Kaprisky in Paris, France; actress (Breathless, Public Woman).
- 1963 - Birth of John Stamos in Cypress, California, USA; actor (General Hospital, Full House).
- 1965 - Birth of Kevin Dillon; actor (Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon).
- 1970 - Birth of Matthew Perry; actor (Sydney).
Deaths on August 19
- 1986 - Hermione Baddeley, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude), dies at age 79.
- 1987 - Death of Hayden Rorke at age 76 from multiple myeloma; actor (Dr. Bellows - I Dream of Jeannie TV show, Dr. Kildare, Mr. Adams and Eve).
- 2022 - Death of Michael Malone at age 79 from cancer in Clinton, Connecticut, USA; writer (One Life to Live TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Wolfgang Petersen at age 81 of pancreatic cancer at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; German director (Air Force One movie, The Perfect Storm movie).
- 2023 - death of Ron Cephas Jones at age 66; actor (This Is Us TV show (2016-2022), Clyde's play (2021), Emmy award winner (2020)).
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