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Today in History
August 19

1493   Maximilian succeeds his father Frederick III as Holy Roman Emperor.
1587   Sigismund III is chosen to be the king of Poland.
1692   Five women are hanged in Salem, Massachusetts after being convicted of the crime of witchcraft. Fourteen more people are executed that year and 150 others are imprisoned.
1772   Gustavus III of Sweden eliminates the rule of parties and establishes an absolute monarchy.
1779   Americans under Major Henry Lee take the British garrison at Paulus Hook, New Jersey.
1812   The USS Constitution earns the nickname "Old Ironsides" during the battle off Nova Scotia that saw her defeat the HMS Guerriere.
1914   The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) lands in France.
1934   38 million Germans vote to make Adolf Hitler the official successor to President von Hindenburg.
1936   Spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca is shot by Franco’s troops after being forced to dig his own grave.
1942   A raid on Dieppe, France by British and Canadian commandos is repulsed by the German Army.
1944   In an effort to prevent a communist uprising in Paris, Charles DeGualle begins attacking German forces all around the city.
1950   Edith Sampson becomes the first African-American representative to the United Nations.
1957   The first balloon flight to exceed 100,000 feet takes off from Crosby, Minnesota.
1965   U.S. forces destroy a Viet Cong stronghold near Van Tuong, in South Vietnam.

Born on August 19
1870   Bernard Baruch, U.S. representative to the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission.
1871   Orville Wright, aviation pioneer.
1883   Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, fashion designer.
1902   Ogden Nash, humorist.
1919   Malcolm Forbes, publisher of Forbes magazine.
1921   Gene Roddenberry, television writer and producer, best known for the series Star Trek.
1945   William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States (1993- ).

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