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Day Of The Week: August 19

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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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