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What happened in history on this day: August 19?
On August 19 in ...
- 1812 - 44-gun frigate USS Constitution defeats British 38-gun frigate HMS Guerriere. The strength of the American ship causes British round cannonballs to bounce off the sides, leading to the ship's nickname "Old Ironsides".
- 1848 - The New York Herald newspaper breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States that there is a gold rush in California.
- 1890 - Chickaumauga is established as a national military park in Georgia.
- 1890 - Chattanooga is established as a national military park in Tennessee.
- 1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1942 - First American offensive in Pacific in World War II, Guadalcanal, Solomon Island.
- 1943 - In Quebec, Canada, a conference is held by representatives of Canada, Great Britain, and the USA, over six days. British and American Chiefs of Staff approve outline plans for operation Overlord, an invasion of France across the English Channel. Target date is set for May 1, 1944. Discussions are held on atomic research and use of an atomic bomb.
- 1950 - ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch).
- 1958 - NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters.
- 1976 - President Gerald R Ford wins Republican presidential nomination at Kansas City convention.
- 1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor as a US Supreme Court Justice.
- 1987 - ABC News Chief Middle East Correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hizballah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after sixty-two days in captivity.
- 1990 - Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- 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.
- 2017 - The research vessel Petrel locates the wreck of the USS Indianapolis, 18,000 feet below the surface of the Philippine Sea.
- 2020 - Apple becomes the first American company with a valuation of US$2 trillion.
Births on August 19
- 1902 - Birth of Ogden Nash in Rye, New York, USA; humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself).
- 1907 - Birth of June Collyer in New York City, New York, USA; actress (June - Stu Erwin Show).
- 1915 - Birth of Ring Lardner in Chicago, Illinois, USA; screenwriter (Woman of the Year).
- 1916 - Birth of Marie Wilson in Anaheim, California, USA; actress (My Friend Irma).
- 1924 - Birth of William Marshall in Gary, Indiana, USA; actor (Blacula, Something of Value).
- 1934 - Birth of David F Durenberger in Minnesota, USA; American politician (Senator-Republican-Minnesota).
- 1935 - Birth of Bobby Richardson in South Carolina, USA; second baseman (New York Yankees).
- 1935 - Birth of F Story Musgrave in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; MD/astronaut (STS 6, 51-F, 33, 44).
- 1940 - Birth of Jill Saint John [Oppenheim] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Diamonds are Forever).
- 1940 - Birth of Johnny Nash in Houston, Texas, USA; rocker ("I Can See Clearly Now").
- 1946 - Birth of William Jefferson Clinton; 42nd US President (former Little Rock attorney).
- 1946 - Birth of Charles F Bolden Junior in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; astronaut (STS 61C, 31, STS 45).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1960 - Birth of Ron Darling in Hawaii, USA; baseball pitcher (New York Mets).
- 1963 - Birth of John Stamos in Cypress, California, USA; actor (General Hospital, Full House).
- 1971 - Birth of Tricia Ann Luedtke in Oostburg, Wisconsin, USA; Miss Wisconsin-America-1991.
Deaths on August 19
- 1977 - Julius (Groucho) Marx, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in Los Angeles at age 86.
- 1994 - Death of Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace (born 1901).
- 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).
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