August 19

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[edit] Events

• 1692 - Salem witch trials: In Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
• 1812 - War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerrière off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides".
• 1919 - Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1934 - The creation of the position Führer approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
• 1945 - Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 1953 - Cold War: The CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
• 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.
• 1999 - In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.

[edit] Births

• 1870 - Bernard Baruch, American financier (d. 1965)
• 1871 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
• 1906 - Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971)
• 1942 - Fred Thompson, American politician and actor
• 1946 - Bill Clinton, Former American president
• 1946 - Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)

[edit] Deaths

• 14AD - Augustus, Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC)
• 1819 - James Watt, Scottish inventor (b. 1736)
• 1905 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter (b. 1825)
• 1980 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)