August 19

2024 Calendar

August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 134 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

14 – Augustus, Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC).
1186 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158).
1245 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195).
1297 – Saint Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (b. 1274).
1493 – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415).
1580 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b. 1508).
1662 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, philosopher and physicist (b. 1623).
1680 – Jean Eudes, French Catholic priest (b. 1601).
1692 – John Proctor, Salem farmer and tavern keeper (b. 1632).
1753 – Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect (b. 1687).
1819 – James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor (b. 1736).
1822 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (b. 1749).
1883 – Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810).
1895 – John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853).
1900 – Jean Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1833).

1901 – 2000

1905 – William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter (b. 1825).
1914 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844).
1915 – Tevfik Fikret, Ottoman poet (b. 1867).
1923 – Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845).
1928 – Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker, diplomat and Prime Minister (b. 1838).
1929 – Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (b. 1872).
1936 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet (b. 1898).
1942 – Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901).
1946 – Bob McKinney, American baseball player (b. 1875).
1950 – Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871).
1954 – Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881).
1957 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898).
1959 – Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (b. 1881).
1959 – Blind Willie McTell, American blues singer (b. 1901).
1970 – Pawel Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909).
1976 – Alistair Sim, British actor (b. 1900).
1977 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890).
1979 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932).
1980 – Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889).
1981 – Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer and dancer (b. 1907).
1994 – Linus Pauling, American chemist (b. 1901).
1995 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910).
2000 – Theodore Trautwein, American judge (b. 1920).
2000 – Bineshwar Brahma, Indian religious figure (b. 1948).

From 2001

2001 – Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939).
2001 – Donald Woods, South African anti-Apartheid activist and journalist (b. 1933).
2002 – Eduardo Chillida, Basque sculptor (b. 1924).
2003 – Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926).
2003 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948) (killed in a car bombing in Baghdad).
2005 – Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949).
2008 – Levy Mwanawasa, President of Zambia (b. 1948).
2009 – Don Hewitt, American television producer (b. 1922).
2010 – Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet (b. 1920).
2011 – Raul Ruiz, Chilean movie director (b. 1941).
2011 – Gun Hägglund, Swedish television journalist (b. 1932).
2012 – Tony Scott, British movie director and producer (b. 1944).
2013 – Jose Sarria, American political activist (b. 1922).
2013 – Lee Thompson Young, American actor (b. 1984).
2013 – Abdul Rahim Hatef, 8th President of Afghanistan (b. 1926).
2013 – Donna Hightower, American singer (b. 1926).
2013 – Cedar Walton, American jazz pianist (b. 1934).
2014 – Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet (b. 1927).
2014 – Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (b. 1935).
2014 – James Foley, American photographer and journalist (b. 1967).
2014 – Candida Lycett Green, Irish-English journalist and author (b. 1942).
2014 – Odessa Sathyan, Indian documentary filmmaker (b. 1954).
2014 – Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and linguist (b. 1939).
2014 – Deborah Sussman, American graphic designer and artist (b. 1931).
2015 – Suharno, Indonesian footballer (b. 1959).
2015 – Egon Bahr, German politician (b. 1922).
2016 – Lou Pearlman, American record producer, music manager and convicted criminal (b. 1954).
2017 – Brian Aldiss, English science fiction writer (b. 1925).
2017 – Pyotr Deynekin, Russian military personnel (b. 1937).
2017 – Karl Otto Götz, German artist, filmmaker and writer (b. 1914).
2017 – Dick Gregory, American comedian, writer and activist (b. 1932).
2017 – Bea Wain, American singer (b. 1917).
2017 – Gérard Férey, French chemist (b. 1941).
2017 – Alan Sayers, New Zealand journalist, photographer and athlete (b. 1915).
2018 – Bazlur Rahman Badal, Bangladeshi folk dancer (b. 1922)
2018 – Rafael Calventi, Dominican architect and diplomat (b. 1932)
2018 – Margareta Niculescu, Romanian artist and puppeteer (b. 1926)
2018 – Khaira Arby, Malian singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
2019 – Al Jackson, American baseball player (b. 1935)
2019 – Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Indian music director and film score composer (b. 1927)
2019 – Gina Lopez, Filipino environmentalist and politician (b. 1953)
2019 – Jan Ruff O'Herne, Dutch-Australian comfort women's rights activist (b. 1923)
2019 – Larry Taylor, American guitarist (b. 1942)

Births

1901 – 1950

1902 – Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971).
1906 – Philo T. Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971).
1907 – Thurston B. Morton, American politician (d. 1982).
1908 – Warren P. Knowles, Governor of Wisconsin (d. 1993).
1913 – John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (d. 2004).
1914 – Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (d. 1955).
1914 – Lajos Baroti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005).
1915 – Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000).
1918 – Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (d. 1999).
1921 – Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis, Lithuanian politician (d. 2018).
1921 – Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991).
1924 – Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist (d. 2011).
1928 – Walter Massey, Canadian actor (d. 2014).
1930 – Frank McCourt, Irish-American writer (d. 2009).
1931 – Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003).
1932 – Banharn Silpa-archa, former Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2016).
1932 – Thomas P. Salmon, 75th Governor of Vermont.
1934 – Renée Richards, American tennis player.
1935 – Zahir Raihan, Bangladeshi writer and movie maker (d. 1972).
1935 – Story Musgrave, American astronaut.
1937 – Richard Ingrams, English journalist.
1939 – Ginger Baker, English musician (Cream) (d. 2019).
1940 – Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter.
1940 – Jill St. John, American actress.
1942 – Jorgelina Aranda, Argentine actress (d. 2015).
1942 – Fred Thompson, American actor and politician (d. 2015).
1944 – Jakob von Uexküll, Swedish writer, philanthropist and political activist.
1945 – Ian Gillan, English singer (Deep Purple).
1946 – Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 2014).
1946 – Charles Bolden, American astronaut.
1946 – Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States.
1948 – Tipper Gore, former Second Lady of the United States.
1948 – Tommy Söderberg, Swedish football coach.
1950 – Jennie Bond, British journalist.

1951 – 1975

1951 – John Deacon, British musician.
1951 – Jean-Luc Mélenchon, French politician.
1951 – Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine composer and musician.
1952 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor.
1953 – Nanni Moretti, Italian movie actor, director and producer.
1953 – Lynwood Slim, American singer and harmonica player.
1955 – Peter Gallagher, American actor, singer and writer.
1955 – Manolo García, Spanish musician and composer.
1955 – Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Dominican-born British barrister
1955 – Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager.
1956 – Adam Arkin, American actor.
1956 – Sergio Brio, Italian footballer.
1957 – Cesare Prandelli, Italian footballer and coach.
1957 – Martin Donovan, American actor.
1957 – Gerda Verburg, Dutch diplomat, trade union leader and politician.
1958 – Gordon Brand Jnr, Scottish golfer (d. 2019).
1958 – Brendan Nelson, Australian politician.
1958 – Darryl Sutter, Canadian-born ice hockey coach.
1959 – Ricky Pierce, American basketball player.
1961 – Jonathan Coe, English author.
1962 – Michelangelo Rampulla, Italian footballer.
1962 – Raimonds Vilde, Latvian volleyball player and coach.
1963 – Hector Pieterson, South African student and symbol of the anti-Apartheid movement (d. 1976).
1963 – Joey Tempest, Swedish singer.
1963 – Bonnie Bianco, American actress and singer.
1963 – John Stamos, American actor.
1965 – Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress.
1965 – Kyra Sedgwick, American actress.
1965 – Kevin Dillon, American actor.
1966 – Lee Ann Womack, American country music singer.
1967 – Khandro Rinpoche, Indian spiritual leader.
1967 – Satya Nadella, Indian-American businessman, CEO of Microsoft.
1968 – Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek sailor.
1969 – Matthew Perry, American actor.
1969 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (d. 2011).
1970 – Fat Joe, American rapper.
1971 – Mary Joe Fernandez, American tennis player.
1972 – Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer.
1973 – Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway.
1973 – Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer.
1973 – Roy Rogers, American basketball player.
1974 – Sarah Burton, British fashion designer.
1975 – Tracie Thoms, American actress.

From 1976

1977 – Sara Martins, Portuguese-French actress
1978 – Walter Baseggio, Belgian footballer.
1980 – Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter and actor.
1980 – Russell Kane, English comedian.
1982 – Erika Christensen, American actress.
1983 – Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter.
1983 – Reeva Steenkamp, South African model (d. 2013).
1984 – Simon Bird, English actor and comedian.
1984 – Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer.
1985 – Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder.
1986 – Christina Perri, American singer-songwriter.
1987 – Anaïs Lameche, French-Swedish singer.
1987 – Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver.
1987 – Richard Stearman, English footballer.
1989 – Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper and actor.
1989 – Sara Nuru, German model.
1991 – Kendall Marshall, American basketball player.
1994 – Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete.
1997 – Joseph Castanon, American actor and singer.

Deaths

Observances

World Humanitarian Day
Independence Day (Afghanistan)
National Aviation Day (United States)
International Photography Day