Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 19
August 19, 2025 is the 231st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 134 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 19
- 1612 –The “Samlesbury witches”, three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.
- 1813 –Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina’s Second Triumvirate.
- 1821 –Greek rebels massacre all the population of Navarino.
- 1848 –California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
- 1942 –World War II: Operation Jubilee – the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was doomed to fail, and was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
- 1960 –Cold War: in Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
- 1960 –Sputnik program: Sputnik 5 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
- 1989 –Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years.
- 2002 –A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
- 2010 –Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
Who were born on August 19?
- 1646 –John Flamsteed, first English Astronomer Royal (d. 1719)
- 1875 –Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936)
- 1927 –L.Q. Jones, American actor
- 1947 –Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
- 1950 –Sudha Murthy, Indian social worker and writer
- 1955 –Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
- 1969 –Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)
- 1972 –Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer
- 1985 –Megan Rochell, American singer
- 1998 –Ella Guevara, Filipino actress
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