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Saturday, August 19, 2017
History for August 19
History for August 19 - On-This-Day.com
Bernard Baruch 1870, Orville Wright 1871, Gene Roddenberry 1921
Fred Thompson 1942 - Actor, politician, Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton (U.S.) 1946, Tipper Gore 1948 - Wife of Al Gore
1812 - "Old Ironsides" (the USS Constitution) won a battle against the British frigate Guerriere east of Nova Scotia.
1856 - Gail Borden received a patent for his process of condensing milk by vacuum.
1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1919 - Afghanistan gained independence from Britain.
1929 - "Amos and Andy," the radio comedy program, made its debut on NBC starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.
1934 - Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.
1942 - About 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France. They suffered about 50 percent casualties.
1998 - The first piece of the 351 foot bronze statue of Christopher Columbus arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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