August 19 historical events
942 — Battle of al-Mada'in
The Battle of al-Mada'in was fought near al-Mada'in in central Iraq between the armies of the Hamdanids and the Baridis, for control over Baghdad, the capital and seat of the Abbasid Caliphate, that was around 22 kilometres (14 mi) away and then under control of the Hamdanids. In a fiercely contested battle over four days (16–19 August 942) that cost both sides many casualties, the Hamdanid army prevailed.
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947 — Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces
Abū Yazīd Makhlad ibn Kaydād (Arabic: أبو يزيد مخلد بن كيداد; c. 873 – 19 August 947), was a member of the Ibadi sect. He opposed the Ismaili Shia rule of the Fatimids in North Africa and sought to restore Ibadi dominance in the region.
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1435 — Battle of Křeč
The Battle of Křeč occurred on 19 August 1435 and was the last real battle of the Hussite Wars. A year earlier, the Battle of Lipany brought an end to most Radical Hussite power in Bohemia, but some groups had still continued fighting. Oldřich II of Rosenberg defeated the Taborites near the village of Křeč, which brought an end to their ability to carry out attacks.
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1458 — Pope Pius II is elected the 211th Pope
Pope Pius II (Latin: Pius PP. II, Italian: Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death in 1464. Aeneas Silvius was an author, diplomat, and orator, and private secretary of Antipope Felix V and then the Emperor Frederick III, and then Pope Eugenius IV.
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1472 — Battle of Eflatun Pınar
Battle of Eflatun Pınar or Battle of Kıreli is a battle fought between the Ottoman Empire and Aq Qoyunlu with the Karamanids. Although Mehmed II did not personally take part in this battle at the tactical level, the entire military strategy, operational maneuvers, and the mobilization of the army to Kütahya were carried out on his orders.
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1504 — Battle of Knockdoe
The Battle of Knockdoe was a battle that took place on 19 August 1504 at Knockdoe, in the Parish of Lackagh (Irish Leacach), County Galway, between two Anglo-Irish lords—Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Ulick Fionn Burke, lord of Clanricarde—along with their respective Irish allies. The cause was a dispute between Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg Ó Cellaigh (Mod. Irish Maoilseachlainn mac Thaidhg Uí Cheallaigh), King of Ui Maine – Mod. Irish Uí Mháine) and Clanricarde.The major contemporary sources for this battle are the Gaelic Irish annals and a sixteenth-century manuscript written in the Pale known as "the Book of Howth".
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1531 — Battle of Gwoździec
The Battle of Gwoździec was fought in 1531 as part of the Polish-Moldavian War.
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1561 — Mary, Queen of Scots, lands at Leith
On August 19, 1561, Mary, Queen of Scots, arrived at Leith after returning from France. She made her formal entry into nearby Edinburgh in September.
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1604 — The Spanish garrison at Sluis surrenders
On August 19, 1604, the Spanish garrison at Sluis surrendered to Dutch and English forces after a siege led by Maurice of Nassau. Sluis is in the present-day Netherlands.
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1605 — Siege of Lingen (1605)
The Siege of Lingen of 1605 took place between 10 August and 19 August 1605, at Lingen, District of Emsland, Lower Saxony, between Spain and the United Provinces, during the Eighty Years' War. Prince Maurice of Nassau tried to preserve Lingen at all costs. The Dutch garrison led by Captain Maerten Cobben, expecting to be aided by Maurice's army, held out for nine days, but were finally forced to surrender. The siege was part of Spinola's successful campaign of 1605-1606.
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1619 — Attack on Sousse (1619)
The attack on Sousse was launched by a joint Christian armada in 1619 against the Tunisian city of Sousse. The attack ended in Fiasco for the Christians.
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1627 — Siege of Groenlo (1627)
The siege of Grol in 1627 was a battle between the Army of the Dutch Republic, commanded by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and the Spanish-controlled fortified city of Grol (now known as Groenlo), during the Eighty Years War and the Anglo–Spanish War in 1627. The Spanish Army, led by Hendrik van den Bergh, came to relieve Grol but too late.
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1648 — Battle of Winwick
The Battle of Winwick (also known as the Battle of Red Bank) was fought on 19 August 1648 near the Lancashire village of Winwick between part of a Royalist army under Lieutenant General William Baillie and a Parliamentarian army commanded by Lieutenant General Oliver Cromwell. The Royalists were defeated with all of those who took part in the fighting, their army's entire infantry force, either killed or captured.
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1659 — Battle of Winnington Bridge
The Battle of Winnington Bridge, often described as the last battle of the English Civil War, took place on 19 August 1659 during Booth's Uprising, a Royalist rebellion in north-west England and Wales. During the battle a Parliamentary army of around 5,000 men under the command of General John Lambert defeated a rebel army of 4,000 men under the command of Sir George Booth.
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1666 — An English fleet attacks Dutch ships in the Vlie
On August 19, 1666, English forces under Rear Admiral Robert Holmes attacked a Dutch fleet in the Vlie, between Vlieland and Terschelling. English fireships set numerous Dutch merchant vessels ablaze during the raid, known as Holmes’s Bonfire.
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1691 — Battle of Slankamen
The Battle of Slankamen (also Battle of Szlankamen in some sources) was fought near Slankamen in the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia (modern-day Vojvodina region, Serbia) on August 19, 1691, between the Ottoman Empire, and the forces of Austria and states of the Holy Roman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War.
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1692 — Salem witch trials: In Salem, province of Massachusetts Bay, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., John Proctor, John Willard, and clergyman George Burroughs are executed after being convicted of witchcraft
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, died under torture for refusing to enter a plea, and at least five people died in the disease-ridden jails without trial.
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1703 — Battle of Falmouth (1703)
The Battle of Falmouth was fought at Falmouth, Maine when the Canadiens and Wabanaki Confederacy attacked the English New Casco Fort. The battle was part of the Northeast Coast Campaign (1703) during Queen Anne's War.
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1719 — Siege of San Sebastián (1719)
The siege of San Sebastián took place in 1719 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance when French forces under the Duke of Berwick successfully laid siege to the Spanish city of San Sebastián close to the French border. Combined with the British capture of Vigo and Pontevedra, this led the Spanish to seek peace terms and the war ended with the agreement of the Treaty of The Hague in 1720.
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1725 — J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting the unchanged text of Neander's hymn
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren (Praise the Lord, the mighty King of honor), BWV 137, in Leipzig for the twelfth Sunday after Trinity and led the first performance on 19 August 1725. The chorale cantata is based on the hymn by Joachim Neander, a general song of praise published in 1680.
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1745 — Battle of Kars (1745)
The Battle of Kars (19 August 1745) was the last major engagement of the Ottoman–Persian War. The battle resulted in the complete and utter destruction of the Ottoman army. It was also the last of the great military triumphs of Nader Shah. The battle was fought over a period of ten days in which the first day saw the Ottomans routed from the field, followed by a series of subsequent blockades and pursuits until the final destruction of the Ottoman army.
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1745 — Jacobite rising of 1745
The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. The last in a series of Jacobite risings that began in March 1689, it proved to be the end of Jacobitism as a major factor in British politics. The uprising was formally launched by Charles Edward Stuart on 19 August 1745 at Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands, with the rebels capturing Edinburgh and winning the Battle of Prestonpans in September.
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1759 — Battle of Lagos
The Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over two days in 1759 during the Seven Years' War. They fought south west of the Gulf of Cádiz on 18 August and to the east of the small Portuguese port of Lagos, after which the battle is named, on 19 August.
Battle of Lagos: Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
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1772 — Revolution of 1772
The Revolution of 1772, also known as The Bloodless Revolution (Swedish: Revolutionen) or the Coup of Gustav III (Gustav III:s statskupp or older Gustav III:s statsvälvning), was a Swedish coup d'état performed by King Gustav III on 19 August 1772 to introduce a division of power between the King and the Riksdag of the Estates, resulting in the end of the Age of Liberty and the introduction of the Swedish Constitution of 1772, which would strengthen the power of the monarch and the start the absolutist period known as the Gustavian era.
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1779 — Battle of Paulus Hook
The Battle of Paulus Hook was fought on August 19, 1779 between Continental Army and British forces in the American Revolutionary War. The Patriots were led by Major Light Horse Harry Lee, and launched a nighttime raid on the British-controlled fort in what is today downtown Jersey City. They surprised the British, taking 158 prisoners, and withdrew with the approach of daylight. Despite retaining the fort and its cannons, the British lost much of their control over New Jersey. Lee was rewarded by the Second Continental Congress with a gold medal, the only non-general to receive such an award during the war.
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1781 — Invasion of Minorca (1781)
The Franco-Spanish reconquest of Minorca from the British in February 1782, after the siege of Fort St. Philip lasting over five months, was an important step in the achievement of Spain's aims in its alliance with France against Britain during the American Revolutionary War. The ultimate result was the devolution of the island to Spain in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
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1782 — Battle of Blue Licks
The Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, which had effectively ended the war in the east. On a hill next to the Licking River in what is now Robertson County, Kentucky (then Fayette County, Virginia), a force of 50 Butler's Rangers and 300 Indigenous warriors ambushed and routed 182 Kentucky militia, who were partially led by Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman.
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1787 — Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
The Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 involved an unsuccessful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to regain lands lost to the Russian Empire in the course of the previous Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). It took place concomitantly with the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791), the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), and the Theatre War. During the Russian-Turkish War of 1787–1792, on 25 September 1789, a detachment of the Imperial Russian Army under Alexander Suvorov and Ivan Gudovich took Khadjibey and Yeni Dünya for the Russian Empire.
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1801 — Battle of Mahé
The Battle of Mahé was a naval engagement of the East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 19 August 1801 in the harbor of Mahé in the Seychelles, a French colony in the Indian Ocean. Since the demise of the French Indian Ocean squadron in 1799, the Royal Navy had maintained dominance in the East Indies, controlling the shipping routes along which trade flowed and allowing the rapid movement of military forces around the theatre.
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1809 — Battle of Sävar
The Battle of Sävar was fought on Saturday, 19 August 1809, between Swedish and Russian forces, during the Finnish War; it was the last pitched battle to be fought in Sweden. After the Russian conquest of eastern Sweden (present-day Finland) in 1808, the Swedish forces retreated to actual Sweden.
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1811 — Siege of Figueras (1811)
The siege of Figueras, which lasted from 10 April to 19 August 1811, saw the Spanish garrison of Sant Ferran Castle (San Fernando Fortress) led by Brigadier General Juan Antonio Martínez defend against an Imperial French force commanded by Marshal Jacques MacDonald and his deputy Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers. Martínez and his men held out much longer than expected but were eventually starved into surrendering the fortress, which was near Figueres.
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1812 — Spanish forces take possession of Astorga
On August 19, 1812, the French garrison handed Astorga over to Spanish forces during the Peninsular War. The two sides had signed the terms of capitulation the previous day.
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1812 — USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812, about 400 miles (640 km) southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It took place on the 19th of August 1812, one month after the war's first engagement between British and American forces. Guerriere was proceeding to Halifax for a refit, having been detached from a squadron which had earlier failed to capture Constitution.
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1813 — Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins the Second Triumvirate
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas replaced Antonio Álvarez Jonte in the three-member executive of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. He served on the triumvirate until it was replaced by the office of Supreme Director.
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1821 — Battle of Yaguachi
The Battle of Yaguachi or Battle of Cone was a military confrontation that occurred on 19 August 1821 between Guayaquil independence troops and Grancolombian reinforcements, led by Antonio José de Sucre, against Royalist troops led by Colonel Francisco González. The battle was fought near the city of Yaguachi, current Province of Guayas in Ecuador, and was a victory for the Patriots which ensured the definitive independence of the Free Province of Guayaquil.
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1821 — Battle of Azcapotzalco
The Battle of Azcapotzalco, (Spanish: Batalla de Azcapotzalco), was fought on August 19, 1821, in the town of Azcapotzalco, near Mexico City. It was to be one of the last military action of the Mexican War of Independence. The insurgents, commanded by the colonels Anastasio Bustamante and Luis Quintanar, fought the Spanish forces commanded by Manuel de la Concha.
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1839 — The daguerreotype process is presented to the public in Paris
At a joint session of the French academies of sciences and fine arts, François Arago explained Louis Daguerre’s photographic process. The method produced detailed images on silver-coated metal plates.
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1840 — Battle of the Barrier
The Battle of the Barrier (Chinese: 澳門之戰) was fought between British and Chinese forces at the boundary separating Macao from mainland China on 19 August 1840 during the First Opium War. Located in modern-day Portas do Cerco, the Macao Peninsula was connected to Xiangshan Island by a narrow isthmus about 100 m (330 ft) wide and 1.2 km (0.75 mi) long.
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1846 — Manchester, New Hampshire, holds its first election as a city
Manchester held its first city election after receiving its charter. No candidate won the required majority for mayor, so voters returned for a second ballot in September.
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1848 — Second siege of Szenttamás
The second siege of Szenttamás (now Srbobran, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia) was an attempt of siege during the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849, as a part of the Serb uprising of 1848–49, on 19 August 1848, carried out by the Hungarian Army under the command of Lieutenant General Fülöp Bechtold against the Serbian fortified encampment in Szenttamás and Turia held by the Serb insurgents led by Captain Petar Biga.
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1854 — Grattan massacre
The Grattan massacre, also referred to as the Grattan Fight, was the initial conflict of the First Sioux War, occurring on August 19, 1854, between the United States Army and the Lakota Sioux warriors. This event took place east of Fort Laramie, located in the Nebraska Territory, which is now part of Goshen County, Wyoming.
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1855 — Battle of the Leotung
The Battle of the Leotung was a British victory against an overwhelming fleet of Chinese pirate ships. In 1855 the Royal Navy launched a series of operations into the Gulf of Leotung and surrounding area to suppress piracy, several battles were fought and hundreds of pirates were killed.
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1856 — Gail Borden receives a patent for concentrating milk
Borden patented a method for reducing milk to a concentrate in a vacuum. The process made it possible to preserve and transport milk for longer periods.
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1861 — 1861 Victorian colonial election
The 1861 Victorian colonial election was held from 2−19 August 1861 to elect the 3rd Parliament of Victoria. All 78 seats in 49 electorates in the Legislative Assembly were up for election, though four seats were uncontested. There were 24 single-member, 21 two-member and 4 three-member electorates. The liberal ministry led by Richard Heales was returned "with materially increased support", supported by the Protectionist League and the goldfields electorates.
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1861 — John Tyndall and two guides make the first ascent of the Weisshorn
The physicist and mountaineer John Tyndall and two Swiss guides reached the summit of the Weisshorn in the Valais Alps. They climbed by the mountain’s east ridge.
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1862 — Battles of New Ulm
The Battles of New Ulm, also known as the New Ulm Massacre, were two battles in August 1862 between Dakota men and European settlers and militia in New Ulm, Minnesota early in the Dakota War of 1862. Dakota forces attacked New Ulm on August 19 and again on August 23, destroying much of the town but failing to fully capture it.
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1863 — Battle of Guayubín
The Battle of Guayubín (Spanish: Batalla de Guayubín) was a battle of the Dominican Restoration War that took place on August 19, 1863. Dominican forces attacked Spanish cavalry and a marching column during its movement through the northwest, resulting in scattered skirmishes and a Spanish withdrawal toward Guayubín.
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1878 — Austro-Hungarian forces capture Sarajevo
On August 19, 1878, Austro-Hungarian troops entered Sarajevo and fought local defenders during the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They took control of the city that day.
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1887 — Mendeleev ascends by balloon to observe a solar eclipse
Chemist Dmitri Mendeleev rose in a balloon from Klin, near Moscow, to observe a total solar eclipse above the clouds.
August 19 in the Gregorian calendar corresponds to August 7 in the Julian calendar then used in Russia.
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1898 — Siege of Masbate
The Siege of Masbate was fought on August 19, 1898 on Masbate island in the Visayas as a part of the Philippine Revolution. The revolt sparked the beginning of the revolutionary government's involvement in the Visayas. It is also one of the most overlooked conflicts in the Revolution.
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1906 — August 1906 Portuguese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 19 August 1906, the second that year and the fourth in three years. For the first time in several decades no party won an overall majority, with the Liberal Regenerator Party emerging as the largest party with 65 seats.
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1908 — Battle of Marrakesh
The Battle of Marrakesh was a central battle in the Hafidiya, in which Abd al-Hafid seized power from his brother Abd al-Aziz, fought outside Marrakesh, Morocco on 19 August 1908. A battalion led by Abd al-Aziz departed from Rabat and was ambushed and defeated on its approach to Marrakesh by forces loyal to Abd al-Hafid.
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1909 — Indianapolis Motor Speedway holds its first automobile races
Indianapolis Motor Speedway held its first day of automobile racing on its original crushed-stone and tar surface. A crash killed driver William Bourque and his riding mechanic.
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1915 — Battle of Chunuk Bair
The Battle of Chunuk Bair (Turkish: Conk Bayırı Muharebesi) was a World War I battle fought between the Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire over control of the peak in August 1915. The capture of Chunuk Bair, (Turkish: Çanak Bayır Basin Slope, now Conk Bayırı), the secondary peak of the Sari Bair range, was one of the two objectives of the Battle of Sari Bair.
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1917 — Action of the Cockcroft
The action of the Cockcroft took place on 19 August 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front in the First World War. At the Battle of Langemarck (16–18 August 1917) an attack on the German 4th Army by the British Fifth Army, the infantry of the 48th (South Midland) Division and the 11th (Northern) Division of XVIII Corps had been stopped well short of their objectives.
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1920 — Tambov Rebellion
The Tambov Rebellion of 1920–1922 was one of the largest and best-organized peasant rebellions challenging the Bolshevik government during the Russian Civil War. The uprising took place in the territories of the modern Tambov Oblast and part of the Voronezh Oblast, less than 500 kilometres (300 mi) southeast of Moscow.
The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
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1928 — Greek legislative election, 1928
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 19 August 1928. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 178 of the 250 seats.
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1934 — German referendum, 1934
A referendum on merging the posts of Chancellor and President was held in Germany on 19 August 1934, after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg seventeen days earlier. The German leadership sought to gain approval for Adolf Hitler's assumption of supreme power. The referendum was associated with widespread intimidation of voters, and Hitler used the resultant large "yes" vote to claim public support for his activities as the de facto head of state of Germany. In fact, he had assumed these offices and powers immediately (and illegally) upon von Hindenburg's death and used the referendum to legitimize this move, taking the title Führer und Reichskanzler (Führer and Chancellor).
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1934 — The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held
The first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton, Ohio, on 19 August 1934. Young competitors raced homemade gravity-powered cars over a 1,980-foot (about 600-metre) course. Robert Turner of Muncie, Indiana, won the inaugural championship.
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1940 — Italian invasion of British Somaliland
The Italian invasion of British Somaliland (3–19 August 1940) was part of the East African campaign (1940–1941) in which Italian, Eritrean and Somali forces entered the Somaliland Protectorate and defeated its garrison of British, Commonwealth and colonial forces supported by Somali irregulars. The Italian victory was based on mobility and speed but was hampered by the terrain, rainy weather and British resistance.
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1940 — First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber
The North American B-25 Mitchell is a twin-engined medium bomber designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation. It was named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of US military aviation. The B-25's design can be traced back to the late 1930s, having been designed as the NA-62 (based on the preceding NA-40B) to fulfil a requirement issued by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).
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1941 — Tiraspol Agreement
The Tiraspol Agreement (Romanian: Acordul de la Tiraspol; German: Tiraspoler Abkommen) was an agreement between Nazi Germany and Romania signed on 19 August 1941 in the city of Tiraspol (now in Moldova, under Transnistrian control) regarding the Romanian administration of the region of Transnistria, which became the Transnistria Governorate. It fell under the rule of Gheorghe Alexianu, under immediate subordination of Ion Antonescu, the Conducător (leader) of Romania.
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1942 — Dieppe Raid
The Dieppe Raid, also known as the Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter during planning stages, and by its final official code-name Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War. The raid took place on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942. The assault began at 5:00 a.m., and by 10:50 a.m. the Allied commanders were forced to call a retreat. Over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by The Calgary Regiment of the 1st Canadian Tank Brigade and a strong force of Royal Navy and smaller Royal Air Force landing contingents.
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1942 — 1942 Irish local elections
The 1942 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 19 August 1942, during The Emergency.
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1942 — Battle of Kupres (1942)
The Battle of Kupres (Croatian: Bitka za Kupres) was fought in 1942 during World War II in the Independent State of Croatia, between the forces of the Independent State of Croatia and the Yugoslav Partisans, in and around the town of Kupres in western Bosnia. The Partisans launched three concentrated attacks against the garrison of 1,500 men during the nights of 11/12 August, 14 August, and 19 August.
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1942 — Shepetivka operation
The Shepetivka Operation was a major sabotage action carried out by the units of Polissian Sich against Nazi Germany on August 19, 1942.
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1943 — Battle of Bobdubi
The Battle of Bobdubi was a series of actions fought in the Salamaua area of the Territory of New Guinea between Australian and Japanese forces which took place from 22 April to 19 August 1943, during World War II. Part of the Allied advance on Salamaua, the battle was fought in conjunction with several other actions in the region as the Allies attempted to draw Japanese attention away from Lae, where they launched seaborne landings in mid-September 1943 in conjunction with airborne landings around Nadzab.
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1944 — Operation Bagration
Operation Bagration (/bʌɡrʌtiˈɒn/; Russian: Oперация Багратио́н, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation (Russian: Белорусская наступательная операция «Багратион», Belorusskaya nastupatelnaya Operatsiya Bagration) during World War II, which cleared German forces from eastern Poland between 22 June and 19 August 1944.The operation was named after 18th–19th century Georgian Prince Pyotr Bagration, general of the Imperial Russian Army who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Borodino. The operation resulted in the almost complete destruction of Army Group Centre, which lost all of the Fourth Army and most of the Third Panzer and Ninth Armies.
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1944 — Liberation of Paris
The Liberation of Paris (French: Libération de Paris) was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Armistice of 22 June 1940, after which the Wehrmacht occupied northern and western France.
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1944 — Rail War
The Rail War (Russian: Рельсовая война, romanized: Relsovaya voyna; Belarusian: Рэйкавая вайна, romanized: Rejkavaja vajna; Ukrainian: Рейкова війна, romanized: Reikova viina) was the name for a World War II action of Soviet partisans and the German Kampfgruppen des NKFD as their auxiliary force in the Soviet Union, especially in German-occupied Byelorussia and Ukraine.
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1946 — Birth of Ti Lung
On 19 August 1946, Ti Lung, an actor, was born.
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1947 — Battle of Nezbudská Lúčka
Battle of Nezbudská Lúčka was a clash in which a group of SNB members defended gamekeeper's lodge near Nezbudská Lúčka against larger forces of UPA. Eventually, reinforcements arrived for the defenders and the UPA retreated.
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1948 — China introduces the gold yuan under an emergency currency reform
The government announced a currency reform replacing the fabi with gold yuan notes. The measures also required the exchange of specified holdings of gold, silver and foreign currency.
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1951 — 1951 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
The 1951 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the twentieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1951 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Dublin rushed into a 4–3 to 0–1 lead within twelve minutes, and never looked worried. Sophie Brack was their top scorer with 4–2, while Eileen Burke scored two goals.
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1953 — 1953 Iranian coup d'état
The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup (Persian: کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the overthrow of the Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953, orchestrated by the United Kingdom (under the name "Operation Boot") and the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project, or Operation Ajax). Mossadegh had sought to audit the documents of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), a British corporation (now part of BP) and to limit the company's control over Iranian petroleum reserves.
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1955 — Hurricane Diane
Hurricane Diane was the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than an estimated $1 billion in damage ($12 billion in 2025), including direct costs and the loss of business and personal revenue. It formed on August 7 from a tropical wave between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde. Diane initially moved west-northwestward with little change in its intensity, but began to strengthen rapidly after turning to the north-northeast.
In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
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1959 — 1959 Malayan general election
General elections were held in the Federation of Malaya on Wednesday, 19 August 1959 for members of the first Parliament of the Federation of Malaya, the first parliamentary election in Malaya. It was the third national-wide election held in Malaya since the end of World War II. This would be the last Malayan election, before the country was superseded by Malaysia with three other states of Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore in 1963.
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1960 — Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants
Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Russian: Корабль-Спутник 2, lit. 'Ship-Satellite 2'), also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft. It was the first spaceflight to send animals into orbit and return them safely back to Earth, including two Soviet space dogs, Belka and Strelka.
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1964 — Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics
Syncom (for "synchronous communication satellite") started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by the Space and Communications division of Hughes Aircraft Company (now the Boeing Satellite Development Center). Syncom 2, launched in 1963, was the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite. Syncom 3, launched in 1964, was the world's first geostationary satellite.
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1965 — Prime Minister Eisaku Satō begins a visit to Okinawa
Eisaku Satō arrived in Naha, becoming the first serving Japanese prime minister to visit Okinawa since the Second World War. In his statement, he said he wanted to see local conditions firsthand. Okinawa was then administered by the United States.
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1967 — 1967 Pasir Mas Hulu by-election
The Pasir Mas Hulu by-election was a parliamentary by-election that was held on 19 August 1967 in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. The Pasir Mas Hulu seat fell vacant following its PMIP MP Abdul Samad Gul Ahmad Mianji being axed to death on 3 July 1967. He won the seat in 1964 Malaysian general election with a majority of 4,361 votes.
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1976 — 1976 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1976 election. At the 1976 Republican National Convention, incumbent President Gerald Ford narrowly won the presidential nomination over former California Governor Ronald Reagan.
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1978 — Cinema Rex fire
On 19 August 1978 in the Cinema Rex fire (Persian: آتش سوزی سینما رکس), the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran, was set ablaze, killing at least 470 individuals. The event started when men barred the doors and doused the place with gasoline before setting it alight. The ruling government of Iran reported that Islamic militants set the fire, while the anti-Shah protesters blamed the intelligence service of the nation, SAVAK for setting the fire. Later it was disclosed that Islamic militants set the Cinema Rex fire.
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1980 — Saudia Flight 163
Saudia Flight 163 was a scheduled passenger flight of Saudia that caught fire after takeoff from Riyadh International Airport (now the Riyadh Air Base) on a flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, 19 August 1980. All 287 passengers and 14 crew on board the Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar, registration HZ-AHK, died after the aircraft made an emergency landing back at the Riyadh airport.
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1980 — Otłoczyn railway accident
The Otłoczyn railway accident (Polish: Katastrofa kolejowa pod Otłoczynem) was a train wreck which occurred on August 19, 1980, near the village of Otłoczyn (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland). At 4:30 a.m., a freight train collided with a passenger train which ran from Torun Main Station to Łódź Kaliska. As a result, 65 people were killed, and 64 injured, out of which an additional two later died (bringing the total number of dead to 67).
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1981 — Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)
In the first Gulf of Sidra incident, 19 August 1981, two Libyan Air Force Sukhoi Su-22M3 fighters fired upon two United States Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcats and were subsequently shot down off the Libyan coast, by AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles. The US Navy records that both Libyan pilots ejected and were safely recovered, but one F-14 pilot reported seeing one Su-22 parachute failing to open.
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1984 — 37th Locarno Film Festival
The 37th Locarno Film Festival was held from 10 to 19 August 1984 in Locarno, Switzerland. For the first time in the history of the festival, the President of the Swiss Confederation, leader of Switzerland, attended the festival. Other notable attendees included writer Patricia Highsmith, actor John Hurt and ambassadors from Italy and India. This was considered the highest attended Locarno festival to date, with an unofficial estimate of 50,000 attendees.
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1987 — Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a series of random shootings in Hungerford, Berkshire, on 19 August 1987, when Michael Robert Ryan, an unemployed part-time antique dealer and handyman, fatally shot 16 people, before committing suicide. The shootings, committed using a handgun and two semi-automatic rifles, occurred at several locations, including a school he had once attended. A police officer died in the incident, and many people were injured. Fifteen other people were also shot but survived. No firm motive for the killings has ever been established. It remains one of the worst firearms atrocities in UK history.
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1989 — 1989 Wanguri by-election
A by-election for the seat of Wanguri in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 19 August 1989. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Country Liberal Party (CLP) Cabinet Minister Don Dale. The seat had been held by Dale since its creation in 1983.
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1992 — 1992 Indian vice presidential election
The 1992 Indian vice presidential election was held on 19 August 1992 to elect the vice president of India. K. R. Narayanan defeated Joginder Singh to become ninth vice president of India. Out of 701 valid votes, Narayanan received 700 votes, while Singh secured only one vote. At the time of the election, VP office was vacant since the incumbent, Shankar Dayal Sharma, had already inaugurated as President following his victory in the presidential election.
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1992 — Gagra landing (August 1992)
The Gagra landing was a landing operation undertaken by the Georgian National Guard and Mkhedrioni and associated battle for the Gagra district in the beginning of the 1992–1993 War in Abkhazia. The operation was successful and Georgians took control of the district.
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1993 — Operation Lukavac '93
Operation "Lukavac '93" (Serbo-Croatian: Operacija "Lukavac '93", Операција "Лукавац '93") was carried out by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), commanded by Lieutenant colonel general Ratko Mladić, against the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) during the Bosnian War. Their objectives were to create a direct link between the Bosnian Serb-held Herzegovina region and the rest of Republika Srpska and cut the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina supply route to Goražde.
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2000 — The Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve monument is unveiled in Qinghai
A ceremony beside the Tongtian River in Yushu, Qinghai, unveiled the Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve monument. It marked the reserve’s public establishment to protect the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers.
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2001 — SummerSlam (2001)
The 2001 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the 14th annual SummerSlam and took place on August 19, 2001, at the Compaq Center at San Jose in San Jose, California. This was the last SummerSlam held before the introduction of the brand extension in March 2002 and the last promoted under the WWF name, as the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002.
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2001 — K-1 Andy Memorial 2001 Japan GP Final
K-1 Andy Memorial 2001 Japan GP Final was a martial arts event promoted by the K-1 organization, named in honour of K-1 legend Andy Hug who had died the previous year. It was an elimination tournament involving eight fighters based in Japan, with all bouts being fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs) and the winner qualifying for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001. Six of these fighters had qualified via the earlier K-1 Survival 2001 event while holder Musashi had qualified as last years winner and long time Tokyo resident Nicholas Pettas was a foreign invitee. As well as tournament bouts there were a number of local and international bouts, including special 'Andy Memorial Matches', with matches fought under either K-1 or MMA Rules. In total there were twenty two fighters at the event, representing nine countries. The tournament champion was Nicholas Pettas who defeated Musashi in the final by extra round unanimous decision. As a result of the tournament Nicholas Pettas would qualify for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001. The event was held at the Saitama Super Arena, in Saitama, Japan on Sunday, August 19, 2001.
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2001 — 2001 Supercoppa Italiana
The 2001 Supercoppa Italiana was a match played by 2000–01 Serie A winners Roma and 2000–01 Coppa Italia winners Fiorentina. The match took place on 19 August 2001 in Stadio Olimpico, Rome and resulted in a 3–0 victory for Roma. The goals were scored by Vincent Candela, Vincenzo Montella and Francesco Totti. It was the first time that Roma won this trophy.
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2002 — 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash
On 19 August 2002, a group of Chechen separatists armed with a man-portable air-defense system brought down a Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter in a minefield, which resulted in the death of 127 Russian soldiers in the greatest loss of life in the history of helicopter aviation. It is also the deadliest aviation disaster ever suffered by the Russian Armed Forces.
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2003 — Canal Hotel bombing
The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people, including the United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and wounded over 100. The blast targeted the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq created just 5 days earlier. (The United Nations had used the hotel as its headquarters in Iraq since the early 1990s.) That 19 August bombing resulted in the withdrawal within weeks of most of the 600 UN staff members from Iraq. These events were to have a profound and lasting impact on the UN's security practices globally.
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2003 — Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing
The Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing was the suicide bombing of a crowded public bus (Egged bus 2) in the Shmuel HaNavi quarter in Jerusalem, Israel, on August 19, 2003. Twenty-four people were killed and over 130 wounded. Many of the victims were children, some of them infants. The Islamist militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
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2004 — Google shares begin trading on Nasdaq
Shares of Google began trading on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker GOOG. The search company sold shares in an initial public offering that used an auction to help set the price.
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2005 — Burundian presidential election, 2005
Indirect presidential elections were held in Burundi on 19 August 2005. Members of the National Assembly and Senate chose the new president of the republic for a five-year term. The sole candidate, Pierre Nkurunziza of the CNDD–FDD, was elected by a vote of 151–9. Nkurunziza was sworn in on 26 August 2005.
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2005 — 2005 Kazakh Senate election
Senate elections were held in Kazakhstan on 19 August 2005. All 16 seats representing the regions of Kazakhstan were elected by the local legislative bodies (maslihats). 3155 of the 3287 illegible electorates voted in the election.
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2005 — 2005 Karachi local elections
2005 Karachi local government elections were the first Karachi local government elections to elect a mayor and a local council.
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2005 — Ma Ying-jeou takes office as Kuomintang chair
On August 19, 2005, Ma Ying-jeou took office as chair of the Kuomintang at the party’s congress in Taipei. He succeeded Lien Chan after winning the July leadership election.
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2006 — 2006 Albanian Supercup
The 2006 Albanian Supercup is the 13th edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the Albanian Cup 2006 winners KF Tirana and the 2005–06 Albanian Superliga champions KS Elbasani. Tirana won 2-0.
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2006 — 2006 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The 2006 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 28th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match was contested between the 2005–06 Primeira Liga and 2005–06 Taça de Portugal winners, Porto, and the cup runners-up, Vitória de Setúbal.
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2007 — Senegalese Senate election, 2007
Indirect Senate elections were held in Senegal on 19 August 2007. Over 13,000 MPs, local and municipal councillors were eligible to vote in this election, in which 35 of the Senate's 100 members were chosen across the country's 35 districts; President Abdoulaye Wade nominated the other 65 members. Unlike other elections held in Senegal since 2000, the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) of President Wade did not take part in the election as part of the Sopi Coalition, but instead ran independently. The PDS received 8,177 of the 9,624 valid votes, a majority of 85%, and won all but one of the seats.
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2007 — Battle of Baqubah
The Battle of Baqubah II (March–August 2007) took place during the Iraq War in the capital of the Iraqi province Diyala, to the north-east of Baghdad. It began in early March 2007, when U.S. and Iraqi forces commenced preliminary operations to "establish a presence in Diyala beyond their Forward Operating Base".
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2007 — 2007 Supercoppa Italiana
The 2007 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by 2006–07 Serie A winners Inter Milan and 2006–07 Coppa Italia winners Roma. The match took place on 19 August 2007 in San Siro, Milan, and resulted in a 1–0 victory for Roma. The goal was scored by Daniele De Rossi thanks to a penalty provoked by a foul of Nicolás Burdisso on Francesco Totti.
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2009 — August 2009 Baghdad bombings
The 19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings were three coordinated car bomb attacks and a number of mortar strikes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The explosives went off simultaneously across the capital at approximately 10:45 in the morning, killing at least 101 and wounding at least 565, making it the deadliest attack since the 14 August 2007 Yazidi communities bombings in northern Iraq which killed almost 800 people.
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2011 — 2011 Kazakh Senate election
Senate elections were held in Kazakhstan on 19 August 2011. All 16 seats representing the regions of Kazakhstan were elected by the local legislative bodies (maslihats). A total of 3,172 of the 3,283 eligible electorates voted in the election.
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2012 — SummerSlam (2012)
SummerSlam (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE that took place on August 19, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It was the twenty-fifth annual SummerSlam, and the fourth consecutive one to be held at Staples Center.
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2012 — 2012 Albanian Supercup
The 2012 Albanian Supercup is the 19th edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the 2011–12 Albanian Cup winners KF Tirana and the 2011–12 Albanian Superliga champions Skënderbeu Korçë. This was a rematch of the previous year's Supercup, which Tirana won 1-0. Tirana won the 2012 meeting as well, this time 2-1.
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2013 — Dhamara Ghat train accident
The Dhamara Ghat train accident occurred on 19 August 2013 when the Saharsa Patna Rajya Rani Express train struck a large group of people at the Dhamara Ghat railway station in the Indian state of Bihar. At least 28 people were killed and 24 injured. The victims were mostly Hindu pilgrims returning from prayers at the nearby Katyayani temple.
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2013 — 2013 Latakia offensive
The 2013 Latakia offensive (called The Descendants of Aisha, Mother of the Believers by Salafi jihadists, and the Operation Liberation of the Coast by the Free Syrian Army and its supporters) was a campaign during the Syrian Civil War launched by rebel groups led by Salafi jihadists in the Latakia Governorate. The stated aim of the offensive was to conquer al-Haffah city, but government supporters assumed conquering Mount Nabi Younes was more likely the real aim.
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2014 — Battle for Mosul Dam
The Battle for Mosul Dam took place in August 2014 between militants of the Islamic State (IS) and Iraqi Special Operations Forces and Kurdish Peshmerga, supported by U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes.
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2016 — Death Before Dishonor XIV
Death Before Dishonor XIV was a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH), which took place on August 19, 2016 at Sam's Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada. Death Before Dishonor XIV was broadcast on ROH Wrestling's home page as an Internet pay-per-view (iPPV) Several wrestlers from New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) – with which ROH has a talent exchange partnership – also appeared on the card.
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2017 — 2017 Ipswich mayoral by-election
The 2017 Ipswich mayoral by-election was held on 19 August 2017 to elect the mayor of Ipswich, a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of mayor Paul Pisasale on 6 June 2017, who cited a decline in his health due to multiple sclerosis, a day after his office was searched by the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission and police.
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2017 — NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III was a 2017 professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental brand, NXT. It was the 16th NXT TakeOver event and the third annual TakeOver: Brooklyn. It took place on Saturday, August 19, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and aired exclusively on the WWE Network.
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2017 — Opening of 2017 SEA Games
The 2017 Southeast Asian Games (Malay: Sukan Asia Tenggara 2017), officially known as the 29th Southeast Asian Games, or the 29th SEA Games, and commonly known as Kuala Lumpur 2017, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event that took place from 19 to 30 August 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the sixth time that Malaysia hosted the Games and its first time since 2001.
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2017 — Opening of 2017 Summer Universiade
The 2017 Summer Universiade (Chinese: 2017年夏季世界大學運動會; pinyin: Èr líng yī qī Nián Xiàjì Shìjiè Dàxué Yùndònghuì), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade (Chinese: 第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會; pinyin: Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 (Chinese: 台北2017; pinyin: Táiběi Èr líng yī qī), was a multi-sport event, sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), held in the city of Taipei, Taiwan.
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2017 — Atlantic salmon escape from a fish farm near Cypress Island
A net pen collapsed near Cypress Island in Washington State, releasing tens of thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon into surrounding waters.
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2018 — SummerSlam (2018)
The 2018 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live. It was the 31st annual SummerSlam and took place on August 19, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. This was the fourth and final consecutive SummerSlam event to take place at the arena.
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2018 — Limerick wins the 2018 All-Ireland senior hurling final
On 19 August 2018, Limerick defeated Galway in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland. The victory brought Limerick its first title since 1973.
The location identifies the final’s venue in Dublin.
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2019 — 2019 Koutougou attack
On August 19, 2019, jihadists from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked Burkinabe forces in Koutougou, Soum Province, Burkina Faso. 24 Burkinabe soldiers were killed in the attack, and Burkinabe authorities were forced to abandon military outposts in several northern Burkinabe towns following the attack. The attack was the deadliest jihadist attack in Burkinabe history up to that point.
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2021 — PFL 8 (2021)
The PFL 8 mixed martial arts event for the 2021 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 19, 2021. This was the second event for of the playoffs with the Heavyweight and Women's Lightweight divisions competing. This event aired on ESPN, with the prelims on ESPN+.
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2021 — Nokara ambush
On August 19, 2021, al-Qaeda-linked militants from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) ambushed Malian troops, with a shootout ensuing.
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2023 — 2023 Leagues Cup final
The 2023 Leagues Cup final was the final match of the third edition of the Leagues Cup, a soccer tournament played between clubs from Major League Soccer (MLS) and Liga MX. The match was played on August 19, 2023, at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It was contested by hosts Nashville SC and Inter Miami CF, both MLS expansion teams who had yet to win a competitive trophy since joining the league in 2020.
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2023 — UFC 292
UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 19, 2023, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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2024 — 2024 Kiribati parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati in 2024 to elect members of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu, with the first round held on 14 August and the second on 19 August.
This entry records the second round, as dated in the source infobox.
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2025 — 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship final
The 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship final is a football match that was held on 19 August 2025 at the Lạch Tray Stadium in Haiphong, Vietnam, which determined the winner of 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship. The final was contested by Myanmar and Australia U23.
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2025 — Death of Qian Baihui
On 19 August 2025, Qian Baihui, a singer, died.
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