Tukuk-OS📅 August 19
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 19? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.
Fish farmingAtlantic salmonCypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break
- 2005 — Thunderstorms in southern Ontario, Canada, spawned at least three tornadoes that caused over C$500 million in damage.
OntarioSouthern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005Canadian dollar
- 2003 — A Hamas suicide bomber killed 23 people and wounded more than 130 others, including many Orthodox Jewish children, on a crowded public bus in Shmuel HaNavi, Jerusalem.
- 2003 — A car bomb destroyed the United Nations headquarters at Baghdad's Canal Hotel, killing Brazilian diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 others.
- 2002 — Second Chechen War: A Russian Mil Mi-26 was brought down by Chechen separatists with a man-portable air-defense system near Khankala, killing 127 people in the deadliest helicopter crash in history.
- 1950 — The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War.
- 1934 — A referendum supported the recent merging of the posts of chancellor and president of Germany, consolidating Adolf Hitler's assumption of supreme power.
1934 German head of state referendumChancellor of GermanyPresident of Germany (1919–1945)
- 1920 — Russian Civil War: Peasants in Tambov Governorate began a rebellion against the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia.
- 1905 — In a ceremony officiated by Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, The Luck of Cumberland (pictured) was presented to HMS Cumberland.
Albert Grey, 4th Earl GreyThe Luck of CumberlandHMS Cumberland (1902)
- 1897 — The Bersey Electric Cab (pictured) entered service as the first electric taxi in London.
- 1759 — Seven Years' War: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to Lagos, Portugal, and continued the battle there in violation of Portuguese neutrality.
- 1745 — Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, in an attempt to regain the British throne for his father, beginning the Jacobite rising of 1745.
- 1725 — J. S. Bach led 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 BachLobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137Chorale cantata (Bach)
- 1274 — Shortly after his return from the Ninth Crusade, Edward I (pictured) was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, nearly two years after his father's death.
Births
- 2004 — Chae Hyun-woo, South Korean football player
- 2004 — Nguyễn Đình Bắc, Vietnamese football player
- 2001 — Awak Kuier, Finnish basketball player
- 2000 — Keegan Murray, American basketball player
- 1999 — Ethan Cutkosky, American actor and musician
- 1999 — Thomas Flegler, Australian rugby league player
- 1999 — Florentino Luís, Portuguese footballer
- 1996 — Jung Ye-rin, South Korean singer and actress
- 1996 — Lachlan Lewis, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 — Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete and heptathlete
- 1994 — Fernando Gaviria, Colombian cyclist
- 1993 — Pio Seci, Fijian rugby league player
Deaths
- 2024 — Maria Branyas, American-Spanish supercentenarian (born 1907)
- 2023 — Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (born 1954)
- 2022 — Tekla Juniewicz, Polish supercentenarian (born 1906)
- 2021 — Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor (born 1939)
- 2019 — Lars Larsen, Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain JYSK (born 1948)
- 2017 — Brian Aldiss, British novelist (born 1925)
- 2017 — Dick Gregory, American comedian, author and activist (born 1932)
- 2015 — Sanat Mehta, Indian activist and politician (born 1935)
- 2014 — Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (born 1939)
- 2014 — Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (born 1927)
- 2014 — Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (born 1942)
- 2013 — Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1923)
Observances & holidays
- Afghan Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain (Afghanistan)
- August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)
- Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway)
- Christian Feast Day: Bertulf of Bobbio
- Christian Feast Day: Saint Calminius
- Christian Feast Day: Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz
- Christian Feast Day:
Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances:
Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
BuheEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchEritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
- Christian Feast Day:
Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances:
Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known as the "Apples Feast" (Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church)
Transfiguration of JesusApple Feast of the SaviourRussian Orthodox Church
- Christian Feast Day: Jean-Eudes de Mézeray
- Christian Feast Day: Louis of Toulouse
- Christian Feast Day: Maginus
- Christian Feast Day: Magnus of Anagni
- Christian Feast Day: Magnus of Avignon
- Christian Feast Day: Sebaldus
- Christian Feast Day: August 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City and other places in the Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon)
Public holidays in the PhilippinesQuezon CityManuel L. Quezon
- National Aviation Day (United States)
- World Humanitarian Day
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