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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.
- 1745 –Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan – the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as “the 45”.
- 1768 –Saint Isaac’s Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 1812 –War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname “Old Ironsides”.
- 1895 –American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.
- 1927 –Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
- 1945 –Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 1955 –In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1686 –Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
- 1881 –George Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955)
- 1938 –Diana Muldaur, American actress
- 1946 –Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
- 1946 –Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
- 1953 –Lynwood Slim, American blues musician
- 1962 –Toll Yagami, Japanese drummer (BUCK-TICK)
- 1972 –Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer
- 1980 –Michael Todd, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
- 1986 –Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer
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