Today in History for August 1919

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 23 of 23

1st - Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam
1st - Treffers soccer team forms in Groesbeek
6th - 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)
6th - Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest
8th - Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence
10th - Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine
11th - Green Bay Packers football club founded
11th - Weimar Republic begins in Germany
13th - British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350
13th - Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga)
14th - White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game
14th - Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play
18th - Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois
19th - Afghanistan declares independence from UK
20th - Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg)
23rd - "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune
24th - Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning
25th - 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)
28th - General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa
30th - Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin
31st - John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago
31st - Petlyura's Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group
31st - Ukranian (Petlyura) Army recaptures Kiev

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 32 of 32

1st - Stanley Middleton, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, British novelist (Holiday, Three Wise Men)
2nd - John Pinkerton, compuer scientist
6th - Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)
7th - John Hogan, Lowes, Kentucky, chemist (discovered methods of producing polypropylene), (d. 2012)
8th - Dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer (King Kong)
9th - Joop [Johannes] den Uyl, Dutch Premier (PVDA, 1973-77)
9th - Ralph Houk, baseball manager (Yankees, Tigers)
10th - Elizabeth Thomas, literary consultant
10th - Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001)
11th - Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
12th - Michael Kidd, [Milton Greenwald] choreographer (7 Brides for 7 Bros)
12th - Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright
12th - Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971)
13th - Rex Humbard, televanglist
15th - Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)
15th - Benedict Kiely, Irish author
18th - Walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71)
19th - Malcolm Forbes, Brooklyn New York, publisher (Forbes Magazine), (d. 1990)
22nd - Earl Cathcart, British major-general
Publisher Malcolm Forbes (19th) 22nd - Leo Pliatzky, senior civil servant
23rd - James Quinn, film producer/actor (Joey, Hammett, Overlord)
23rd - Robert Crichton-Brown, CEO (Rothmans International)
24th - "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer
24th - Nils Viggo Bentzon, composer
24th - Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004)
25th - George C Wallace, Clio Ala, (gov-D-Ala)/pres candidate
26th - Ronny Graham, Phila Pa, actor (Bob Crane Show, Chico & the Man)
27th - John Cox, Flemish/US painter/dir (Museum of Fine Physician, Boston)
27th - Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British MP (Labour)
28th - Ernest H Martin, [Markowitz], producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line)
30th - Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry), (d. 2012)
31st - Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

4th - D[ave] W Gregory, cricketer (brother of Ned, uncle of Syd), dies
9th - Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85
9th - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (Pagliacci), dies at 62
11th - Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83
18th - Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (b. 1841)
20th - Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies
20th - Greg MacGregor, England cricketer (b. 1869)
27th - Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies at 56
30th - Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies