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August 19, 1997 New York Yankee 3rd baseman Wade Boggs pitches a scoreless inning vs Anaheim August 19, 1997 STS 85 (Discovery 23) lands August 19, 1995 After 5 days Shannon Faulkner quits as 1st woman at the Citadel August 19, 1995 Bruce Seldon TKOs Joe Hipp in 10 for heavyweight boxing title August 19, 1995 Mike Tyson returns to the ring and DQs Peter McNeeley in 38 seconds August 19, 1993 34th Walker Cup: U.S., 19-5 August 19, 1993 Actress Kim Basinger weds actor Alec Baldwin August 19, 1993 Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13 August 19, 1993 George Tiller, abortion doctor, shot in his arms by Rachelle Shannon August 19, 1993 Mattel and Fisher Price toys merge August 19, 1993 Sally Gunnell runs lady world record 400m hurdles (52.74") August 19, 1992 Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL vs. Australia) August 19, 1992 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia August 19, 1991 Hurricane Bob hits U.S. August 19, 1991 Janajev and KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev August 19, 1991 Janel Bishop, 17, of New Hampshire, crowned 9th Miss Teen USA August 19, 1990 Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic August 19, 1990 Dodger Jose Offerman hits HR in his 1st at bat August 19, 1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approx 128 at bat) August 19, 1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected 1st non-communist president of Poland August 19, 1988 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) August 19, 1988 Muang Muang succeeds Gen Sein Lwin as President of Burma August 19, 1988 New York Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer August 19, 1986 Car bomb kills 20 in Tehran, Iran August 19, 1985 Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei August 19, 1984 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala August 19, 1984 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf August 19, 1984 Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for president August 19, 1984 Sally Quinlan wins LPGA MasterCard Golf International Pro-Am August 19, 1983 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 years for counterfeiting August 19, 1983 Dodgers trade Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut August 19, 1982 Renaldo Nehemiah of U.S. sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec August 19, 1982 Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space August 19, 1981 2 U.S. Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22 August 19, 1980 George Brett ends hitting streak at 30 August 19, 1980 Saudi Arabian Lockhead Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die August 19, 1980 Willy Russell's "Educating Rita," premieres in London August 19, 1979 "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days) August 19, 1979 Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight August 19, 1979 Sally wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic Little August 19, 1979 Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov and Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space August 19, 1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran August 19, 1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. August 19, 1976 President Gerald R. Ford won Republican President nomination at Kansas City convention August 19, 1975 Astros hire Bill Virdon to replace Preston Gomez as manager August 19, 1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island August 19, 1973 Kris Kristofferson weds Rita Coolidge August 19, 1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA St. Paul Golf Open August 19, 1969 Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0 August 19, 1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1 August 19, 1966 Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed August 19, 1965 Auschwitz trials end with 6 life sentences August 19, 1965 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 2nd no-hitter of year beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0 August 19, 1964 Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched August 19, 1963 NAACP Youth Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters, Oklahoma City August 19, 1962 Homer Blancos plays finest round in golf, shooting a 55 August 19, 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament August 19, 1961 U.S. vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin August 19, 1960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by U.S.S.R. (U-2 incident) August 19, 1960 Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive) August 19, 1959 Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ August 19, 1959 Honolulu seeks a franchise in Continental League August 19, 1959 Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit August 19, 1958 NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters August 19, 1957 New York Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to San Francisco in 1958 August 19, 1957 U.S. Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon August 19, 1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open August 19, 1955 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) August 19, 1955 Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. U.S.) August 19, 1955 U.S. raises import duty on bicycles 50% August 19, 1955 WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's) August 19, 1954 Ralph J. Bunche named undersecretary of UN August 19, 1953 England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0 August 19, 1951 Bill Veeck (Browns) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit August 19, 1950 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch) August 19, 1947 J Arens and D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A August 19, 1945 Phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds and wins August 19, 1944 Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed August 19, 1944 Gen Bradley visits Montgomery August 19, 1944 Last Japanese troops driven out of India August 19, 1944 Nazi's give parts of Paris to Resistance August 19, 1944 Paris police strike against nazi occupiers August 19, 1944 Polish 1st Division occupies Hill 262 (Mont Ormel), Normandy August 19, 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Mantes-Gassicourt at Paris August 19, 1944 U.S. 90th/Polish 1st Division occupy Chambois Normandy August 19, 1943 Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle August 19, 1943 U.S. air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen August 19, 1942 Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Burg-al-Arab August 19, 1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is August 19, 1942 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France August 19, 1942 Gen Paulus orders German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad August 19, 1941 Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout August 19, 1939 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, New Jersey (state record) August 19, 1936 Trial against Ljev Kamenev and Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow August 19, 1934 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64) August 19, 1934 Hitler elected Fuhrer (95.7% of German voters) August 19, 1934 Paul Runyan wins PGA golf tournament August 19, 1933 47th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret) August 19, 1932 46th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62) August 19, 1931 Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game August 19, 1922 36th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61) August 19, 1921 Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits August 19, 1919 Afghanistan declares independence from U.K. August 19, 1918 Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in New York City August 19, 1917 Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws August 19, 1915 Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands August 19, 1914 Elmer Rice' "On Trial," premieres in New York City August 19, 1914 German army executed 150 Belgians by firing squad August 19, 1914 German fleet bombs English coast August 19, 1914 Harris Theater (Candler, Coan and Harris) opens at 226 W 42nd St. New York City August 19, 1913 Frenchman Pegoud makes 1st parachute jump in Europe August 19, 1912 Percy Aldridge Grainger's "Shepherd's Key," premieres August 19, 1911 New York Giant Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times August 19, 1909 Indianapolis 500 race track opens August 19, 1905 Russian tsar installs "Imperial Duma," without legislative powers August 19, 1903 Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game August 19, 1900 Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris August 19, 1897 1st electric taxi's drive in London August 19, 1891 William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum August 19, 1888 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins August 19, 1864 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia August 19, 1849 New York Herald reports gold discovery in California August 19, 1839 Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris August 19, 1836 HMS Beagle anchors at Angra Azores August 19, 1826 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario) August 19, 1821 Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII August 19, 1816 Java again in Dutch hands August 19, 1812 U.S. warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere August 19, 1796 Spain and France sign anti-English alliance August 19, 1791 Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac August 19, 1787 W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn August 19, 1772 Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government and restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 August 19, 1702 Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French August 19, 1698 Russian czar Peter the Great begins term August 19, 1692 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass August 19, 1691 Battle at Szalankemen: Austrians beat Turks August 19, 1627 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Groenlo August 19, 1591 French king Henri IV occupies Rouen August 19, 1587 Sigismund III becomes king of Poland August 19, 1561 Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France August 19, 1524 Emperor Charles V's troops besieges Marseille August 19, 1493 Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor August 19, 1477 Maximilian I, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, weds Mary of August 19, 1477 Burgundy and acquires Burgundian possessions in the Netherlands and France August 19, 1458 Aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen Pope Pius II August 19, 1399 King Richard II of England surrenders to his cousin Henry August 19, 1263 King James I of Argon censors Hebrew writing August 19, 1099 Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon August 19, 1071 Battle at Manzikert: Seldjuken sultan Alp Arslan beats Byzantine King August 19, 440 St. Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope |