19TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
‘ST MOCHA; SAINTS AGAPIUS &
TIMOTHY; ST SEBALD; ST THECLA; ST ANDREW THE TRIBUNE; ST SIXTUS III; ST BERULF OF BOBBIO;
ST LOUIS OF ANJOU; ST JOHN EUDES; & ST CREDAN OF EVESHAM." |
| 19TH |
440 |
"ST SIXTUS III" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 19TH |
1274 |
THE CORONATION OF "EDWARD I,"
KING OF ENGLAND, TOOK PLACE. |
| 19TH |
1888 |
IN THE FIRST BEAUTY CONTEST, AN 18 YEAR OLD WEST INDIAN WINS,
AT SPA, BELGIUM. |
| 19TH |
1897 |
ELECTRIC-POWERED CABS APPEARED IN
LONDON; THEY WERE UNECONOMICAL & WITHDRAWN IN 1900. |
| 19TH |
1909 |
THE FIRST RACE AT INDIANAPOLIS 500 SPEEDWAY. |
| 19TH |
1914 |
AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY
ESTABLISHED. |
| 19TH |
1934 |
IN GERMANY, A PLEBISCITE GIVES SOLE EXECUTIVE POWER TO
"ADOLPH HITLER." |
| 19TH |
1960 |
"FRANCIS GARY POWERS" IS
CONVICTED OF SPYING BY THE USSR. |
| 19TH |
1966 |
MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE DIE IN AN EARTHQUAKE IN EASTERN TURKEY. |
| 19TH |
1973 |
SINGERS, "KRIS KRISTOFFERSON"
& "RITA COOLIDGE" MARRY. "KRIS’S" FATHER A MINISTER OF
RELIGION, CONDUCTED THE CEREMONY. |
| 19TH |
1980 |
A LOCKHEED L-10011 AIRCRAFT ERUPTS IN FLAMES AT THE AIRPORT
IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, KILLING ALL 301 PERSONS ABOARD. |
| 19TH |
1981 |
BRITISH RUNNER, "SEBASTIAN
COE" LOWERS THE WORLD 1500 metre TIME FROM 3:48.80 TO 3:48.53 |
| 19TH |
1987 |
GUNMAN, "MICHAEL RYAN" 27, WENT ON A RAMPAGE IN
HUNGERFORD, BERSHIRE, KILLING 16 PEOPLE INCLUDING HIS MOTHER, & WOUNDING 15 MORE
BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF. |
| 19TH |
1991 |
A COUP IN RUSSIA DEPOSES "MIKHAIL
GORBECHEV." |
| 19TH |
1998 |
"PRISCILLA PRESLEY" WON A $US75,000 DEFAMATION
ACTION AGAINST "LAVERN CURRIE GRANT" A FORMER ARMY FRIEND OF "ELVIS
PRESLEY" WHO CLAIMED HE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH HER BEFORE SHE MARRIED "ELVIS." |
| 19TH |
1998 |
‘WONDERBRA’ SUPERMODEL,
"SARAH O’HARE" INTRODUCED A NEW RANGE OF LINGERIE TO AMERICAN WOMEN.
"SARAH" & HER ALL FEMALE CREW DRESSED FOR THE OCCASSION, DELIVERED THE
COLLECTION ON A 137 FOOT $6.5 MILLION LUXURY YACHT TO LOS ANGELES, & SANTA MONICA. |
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