What are the important events that happened on August 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 19: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 19 is the 232nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 134 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 6, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,724,025,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontadigon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 163 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,259 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 19 Historical Events
- 1861 –First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
- 1919 –Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1927 –Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
- 1944 –World War II: Liberation of Paris – Paris rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
- 1945 –Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 1965 –Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.
- 1987 –Hungerford Massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
- 1989 –Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments.
- 2002 –A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
- 2005 –A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell.
Who were born on August 19?
- 1873 –Fred Stone, American actor (d. 1959)
- 1878 –Manuel L. Quezon, 2nd President of the Philippines (d. 1944)
- 1913 –Peter Kemp, English soldier and writer (d. 1993)
- 1925 –Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (d. 1971)
- 1940 –Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter
- 1944 –Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist
- 1951 –John Deacon, English musician (Queen)
- 1969 –Matthew Perry, American actor
- 1980 –Paul Parry, Welsh footballer
- 1982 –Erika Christensen, American actress
Who died on August 19?
- 1245 –Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)
- 1900 –Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)
- 1967 –Isaac Deutscher, British Marxist historian (b. 1907)
- 1970 –Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)
- 1976 –Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
- 2000 –Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo littérateur and religious figure (birth date unknown)
- 2001 –Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933)
- 2003 –Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
- 2005 –Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)
- 2008 –Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician (b. 1948)
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