August 19th, 1944

Born on August 19th, 1944

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What happened on August 19th, 1944?

August 19th, 1944

World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris

What else happened on August 19th?

August 19th, 2017

Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.

August 19th, 2005

Thunderstorms in southern Ontario, Canada, spawned at least three tornadoes that caused over C$500 million in damage.

August 19th, 2003

A Hamas suicide bomber killed 23 people and wounded more than 130 others, including many Orthodox Jewish children, on a crowded public bus in Shmuel HaNavi, Jerusalem.

August 19th, 2002

Second Chechen War: A Russian Mil Mi-26 was brought down by Chechen separatists with a man-portable air-defense system near Khankala, killing 127 people in the deadliest helicopter crash in history.

August 19th, 1953

The intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the United States orchestrated a coup d'état of Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and restored the constitutional monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

August 19th, 1950

The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War.

August 19th, 1934

A referendum supported the recent merging of the posts of Chancellor and President of Germany, consolidating Adolf Hitler's assumption of supreme power.

August 19th, 1920

Russian Civil War: Peasants in Tambov Governorate began a rebellion against the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia.

August 19th, 1897

The Bersey Electric Cab entered service as the first electric taxi in London.

August 19th, 1759

Seven Years' War: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to Lagos, Portugal, and continued the battle there (depicted) in violation of Portuguese neutrality.

August 19th, 1745

Bonnie Prince Charlie (pictured) raised the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, in an attempt to regain the British throne for his father, beginning the Jacobite rising of 1745.

August 19th, 1274

Shortly after his return from the Ninth Crusade, Edward I was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, nearly two years after his father's death.

August 19th, 1945

August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.

August 19th, 1942

World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 19th

Born on August 19th, 1944

72

Peter Noble

English footballer (1944-2017)

*August 19th, 1944, Newcastle upon Tyne †May 6th, 2017

63

Jean-François Bizot

French journalist and writer (1944-2007)

*August 19th, 1944, 15th arrondissement of Paris †September 8th, 2007, 15th arrondissement of Paris

79

Jack Canfield

American writer and motivational speaker

*August 19th, 1944, Fort Worth

79

Buzz Kilman

American actor

*August 19th, 1944, Detroit

79

Dominique Desseigne

French businessman

*August 19th, 1944, Commercy

79

Hugo Gatti

Argentine footballer

*August 19th, 1944, Buenos Aires

79

Carl Wolmar Jakob von Uexküll

Writer, lecturer, philanthropist, activist, and politician

*August 19th, 1944, Uppsala

79

Bernardo Baraj

Argentinian saxophonist

*August 19th, 1944, Bernal

79

Stew Johnson

American basketball player

*August 19th, 1944, Clairton

79

Robert Hitchcock

Australian sculptor

*August 19th, 1944, Perth

79

José Agustín

Novelist

*August 19th, 1944, Acapulco †January 16th, 2024, Cuautla

74

Charles Wang

American businessman (1944-2018)

*August 19th, 1944, Shanghai †October 21st, 2018, Oyster Bay

71

Bodil Malmsten

Swedish poet, novelist

*August 19th, 1944, Näs församling †February 5th, 2016, Stockholms Maria Magdalena

79

Mordechai Spiegler

Israeli former association footballer and head coach

*August 19th, 1944, Asbest

73

Johannes Felsenstein

German director

*August 19th, 1944, Berlin †October 30th, 2017, Glienicke/Nordbahn

74

John Roselius

Actor (1944-2018)

*August 19th, 1944, United States of America †October 29th, 2018

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 19th?

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

37

Tian Qing

Chinese badminton player

*August 19th, 1986, Anhua County

80

Ginger Baker

British drummer (1939–2019)

*August 19th, 1939, Lewisham †October 6th, 2019, Canterbury

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

78

Ian Gillan

English singer

*August 19th, 1945, Chiswick

79

Jean-Paul Fitoussi

French economist (1942-2022)

*August 19th, 1942, La Goulette †April 15th, 2022, Paris

75

Ian McElhinney

Northern Irish actor, director

*August 19th, 1948, Belfast

80

Sid Going

New Zealand rugby union footballer

*August 19th, 1943, Northland Region

72

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

French politician (born 1951)

*August 19th, 1951, Tangier

67

Adam Arkin

American actor and director

*August 19th, 1956, Brooklyn

39

Simon Stone

Australian theatre director, writer and actor

*August 19th, 1984, Basel

56

Nandana Sen

American actress

*August 19th, 1967, Kolkata

71

Renaud Van Ruymbeke

French judge

*August 19th, 1952, Neuilly-sur-Seine

73

Fred Thompson

American politician and actor (1942–2015)

*August 19th, 1942, Sheffield †November 1st, 2015, Nashville

80

Johnny Nash

American singer (1940–2020)

*August 19th, 1940, Houston †October 6th, 2020, Houston

68

Peter Gallagher

American actor

*August 19th, 1955, Manhattan

80

Billy J. Kramer

British pop singer

*August 19th, 1943, Liverpool

20

Letshanaa A. Karupathevan

Malaysian badminton player

*August 19th, 2003, Selangor

76

Dave Dutton

British actor

*August 19th, 1947, Atherton

30

Nik Tendo

Czech rapper

*August 19th, 1993, Pardubice

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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