This Day in History for 19th August (Part 2)

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Historical Events

Events 101 - 166 of 166

1962 - Homer Blancos plays finest round in golf, shooting a 55
1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
1963 - NAACP Youth Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters, Oklahoma City
1964 - Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched
1965 - Auschwitz trials end with 6 life sentences
1965 - Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 2nd no-hitter of year beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0
1966 - Earthquake strikes Varko Turkey: 2,400 killed
1967 - Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1
1969 - Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0
1973 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973 - Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years
1973 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA St Paul Golf Open
1975 - Astros hire Bill Virdon to replace Preston Gomez as manager
1976 - Pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention
1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1978 - 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
1979 - "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
1979 - Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight
1979 - Sally wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic Little
38th US President Gerald R Ford 1979 - Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov & Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space
1980 - George Brett ends hitting streak at 30
1980 - Saudi Arabian Lockhead Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die
1980 - Willy Russell's "Educating Rita," premieres in London
1981 - 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22
1982 - Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec
1982 - Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space
1983 - LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting
1983 - Dodgers trade Dave Stewart & Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut
1984 - 66th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 273 at Shoal Creek Ala
1984 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1984 - Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for pres
1984 - Sally Quinlan wins LPGA MasterCard Golf International Pro-Am
1985 - Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei
1986 - Car bomb kills 20 in Tehran Iran
US President & Actor Ronald Reagan 1987 - Hungerford Massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
1988 - Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT)
1988 - Muang Muang succeeds Gen Sein Lwin as pres of Burma
1988 - NY Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer
1989 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected 1st non-communist president of Poland
1990 - Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1990 - Dodger Jose Offerman hits HR in his 1st at bat
1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 HRs (approx 128 at bat)
1991 - -20] Hurricane Bob hits US
1991 - Janajev & KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev
1991 - Janel Bishop, 17, of New Hampshire, crowned 9th Miss Teen USA
1992 - Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL v Australia)
1992 - Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 v Australia
1993 - 34th Walker Cup: US, 19-5
1993 - Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev 1993 - George Tiller, abortion doctor, shot in his arms by Rachelle Shannon
1993 - Mattel & Fisher Price toys merge
1993 - Sally Gunnell runs lady world record 400m hurdles (52.74")
1995 - After 5 days Shannon Faulkner quits as 1st woman at the Citadel
1995 - Bruce Seldon TKOs Joe Hipp in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1995 - Mike Tyson returns to the ring & DQs Peter McNeeley in 38 seconds
1997 - NY Yank 3rd baseman Wade Boggs pitches a scoreless inning vs Anaheim
1997 - STS 85 (Discovery 23) lands
1999 - In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
2002 - A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
2003 - A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre.
2003 - A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
2005 - The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
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.
2009 - A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson 2010 - Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
2012 - 32 people are killed after a plane crash in Talodi, Sudan

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 228

1935 - Bobby Richardson, SC, 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
1935 - F Story Musgrave, Boston, MD/astronaut (STS 6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61, 80)
1938 - Diana Muldaur, NYC, actress (McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law)
1938 - Valentin Mankin, USSR, finn class yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
1939 - Ginger [Peter] Baker, England, drummer (Cream-White Room)
1940 - Jan Claire, actor (American Anthem)
1940 - Jill St John, [Oppenheim], LA California, actress (Diamonds are Forever)
1940 - Johnny Nash, Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now)
1942 - Fred Thompson, senator (R-Tenn)/actor (In the Line of Fire)
1942 - Michiel Patijn, Dutch asst sect of state of Foreign affairs (1994- )
1943 - Billy J Kramer, Liverpool, rock vocalist (The Dakotas-Bad to Me)
1944 - Eddy Raven, Lafayette La, country singer (Right Hand Man)
1944 - Samuel J de Beer, South Africa vicar/underminister of Education
1944 - Buzz Kilman, Chicago radio personality
1944 - Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer
1944 - Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist
1945 - Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor)
1945 - Jane Blalock, champion golfer
1946 - Charles F Bolden Jr, Columbia SC, astronaut (STS 61C, 31, 45, 60)
1946 - Dawn Steel, film maker
42nd US President Bill Clinton (1946) 1946 - Bill Clinton [William Jefferson], Hope Arkansas, 42nd United States President (Democrat, 1993-01)
1946 - Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
1947 - Gerald McRaney, Collins Miss, actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad)
1947 - Dave Dutton, English actor
1947 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
1948 - Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits) Saskatoon Canada, singer and songwriter
1948 - Tipper Gore, wife of vice president Al Gore (1993-01)
1950 - Graeme Beard, cricketer (NSW medium-pace all-rounder 3 Tests 1980)
1950 - Jennie Bond, British journalist
1951 - John Deacon, British pop guitarist (Queen-Somebody to Love)
1951 - Lillian Muller, Grimstad Norway, playmate of year (Aug, 1975)
1951 - Randi Oakes, Randalia Iowa, actress (Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs)
1951 - Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer
1952 - Jonathan Frakes, actor (Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen)
1953 - Debra Paget, Denver Co, actress (Love Me Tender)
1953 - Johan F de Leeuw, Dutch MP (CDA)
1953 - Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer
1953 - Mary Matalin, American political consultant
1954 - Oscar Larrauri, Argentine racing driver
1955 - Peter Gallagher, Armonk NY, actor (Player, Summer Lovers, Dreamchild)
1955 - Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
1956 - Adam Arkin, Bkln, actor (Busting Loose, Pearl, Northern Exposure)
1956 - Cindy Nelson, US, skier (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1957 - Darby Hinton, Santa Monica California, actor (Israel-Daniel Boone)
1957 - Paul-Jan Bakker, cricketer (Hampshire & Netherlands pace bowler)
1957 - Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet
1957 - Ian Gould, England cricketer
1958 - Gary Gaetti, Centralia IL, infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1958 - Brendan Nelson, Australian politician
1959 - Ricky Pierce, NBA guard/forward (Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks)
1959 - Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker
1959 - Susan Cummings, Monegasque-born American heiress and convicted murderer
1960 - Bobby Hebert, NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons)
1960 - Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker
1960 - Morten Andersen, NFL kicker (Atlanta Falcons)
1960 - Ron Darling, Hawaii, baseball pitcher (NY Mets)
1961 - Danuta Bartoszek, Pyrzyce Poland, Canadian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1962 - Eric Lutes, Charlestown RI, actor (Del-Caroline in the City)
1962 - Kim Shipman, Athens PA, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic-25th)
1962 - Michael J Massimino, Oceanside NY, PhD/astronaut
1962 - Nancy Ramsbottom, Birmingham AL, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's-2nd)
1962 - Valerie Kaprisky, Paris France, actress (Breathless, Public Woman)
1962 - Tammy Bruce, American political commentator
1963 - Joey Tempest, rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown)
1963 - John Stamos, Cypress California, actor (General Hospital, Full House)
1965 - James Tomkins, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1965 - Kevin Dillon, NY, actor (Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon)
1965 - Kyra Sedgwick, actress (Phenomenon, Singles, Julia-Another World)
1965 - Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director
1966 - Lilian Garcia, wrestling announcer
1966 - Lee Ann Womack, American musician
1967 - Jason Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo
1967 - Randy Baldwin, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers)
1967 - Tabitha Soren, San Antonio Texas, MTV reporter (This Week in Rock)
1968 - Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer
1968 - Mark McGuinn, country music singer
1969 - Matthew Perry, Williamstown Mass, actor (Sydney, Chandler-Friends)
1969 - Scott Ford, Norbrooke Germany, golfer (1994 Trafalgar CPGA-2nd)
1969 - Nate Dogg, American rapper
1969 - Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)
1969 - Emigdio Preciado, Hispanic fugitive on FBI's Most Wanted list
1969 - Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player
1969 - Patrick Van Horn, American actor
1969 - Clay Walker, American singer
1970 - Scott Brumfield, NFL guard (Cin Bengals)
1970 - Fat Joe, American rapper
1971 - Mary Joe Fernandez, Dom Rep, US tennis star (Olympics-gold-96)
1971 - Tricia Ann Luedtke, Oostburg Wisc, Miss Wisc-America-1991
1971 - João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese football player
1972 - Colleen Thornburn, Toronto Ontario, softball catcher (Olympics-96)
1972 - Elizabeth Wolfgramm, rocker (Jets)
1972 - Pierre Allard, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1972 - Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer
1972 - Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress
1972 - Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer
1973 - Roy Rogers, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
1973 - Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
1973 - Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer
1975 - Chynna Clugston, American comic book creator
1975 - Tracie Thoms, American actress