History for August 19

History for August 19 - On-This-Day.com
Bernard Baruch 1870, Orville Wright 1871, Ogden Nash 1902


Malcolm Forbes 1919, Gene Roddenberry 1921, Fred Thompson 1942 - Actor, politician


1812 - "Old Ironsides" (the USS Constitution) won a battle against the British frigate Guerriere east of Nova Scotia.


1856 - Gail Borden received a patent for his process of condensing milk by vacuum.


1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


1919 - Afghanistan gained independence from Britain.

1929 - "Amos and Andy," the radio comedy program, made its debut on NBC starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.


1934 - Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.


1942 - About 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France. They suffered about 50 percent casualties.


2004 - Google Inc. stock began selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The initial price was set at $85 and ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.