August 19th, 2008

Born on August 19th, 2008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 5,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 270 days, exactly on January 22nd, 2025, people who were born on August 19th, 2008 will be 6,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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, 1944

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

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

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

37

Tian Qing

Chinese badminton player

*August 19th, 1986, Anhua County

20

Letshanaa A. Karupathevan

Malaysian badminton player

*August 19th, 2003, Selangor

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

39

Simon Stone

Australian theatre director, writer and actor

*August 19th, 1984, Basel

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

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

30

Nik Tendo

Czech rapper

*August 19th, 1993, Pardubice

29

Fernando Gaviria

Colombian Road racing cyclist

*August 19th, 1994, La Ceja del Tambo

56

Nandana Sen

American actress

*August 19th, 1967, Kolkata

37

Sebastián Sosa

Uruguayan footballer violín

*August 19th, 1986, Montevideo

39

Alessandro Matri

Italian footballer

*August 19th, 1984, Sant'Angelo Lodigiano

39

Simon Bird

British actor and comedian

*August 19th, 1984, Guildford

67

Adam Arkin

American actor and director

*August 19th, 1956, Brooklyn

36

Nico Hülkenberg

Formula One racing driver

*August 19th, 1987, Emmerich am Rhein

80

Ginger Baker

British drummer (1939–2019)

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

58

James Tomkins

Australian rower

*August 19th, 1965, Sydney

33

Mathias Pogba

Guinean footballer (born 1990)

*August 19th, 1990, Conakry

72

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

French politician (born 1951)

*August 19th, 1951, Tangier

38

David A. Gregory

American actor

*August 19th, 1985, Fairbanks

18

Carla Lazzari

French singer

*August 19th, 2005, Châteauneuf-Villevieille

50

Marco Materazzi

Italian association football player and manager

*August 19th, 1973, Lecce

Same year
Born in 2008

15

Cecilia Loffredo

Danish actress

*July 24th, 2008, Copenhagen

15

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

16

Lilly Platt

British environmentalist

*April 18th, 2008, London

15

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

16

Emme Muñiz‎

Daughter of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez

*February 22nd, 2008, Long Island

16

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

*January 4th, 2008, Imperatriz

16

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

15

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

15

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

16

Sienna Belle

Atriz e cantora canadense

*January 26th, 2008, Cambridge

15

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

15

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

15

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

16

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

16

Abby Ryder Fortson

American actress

*March 14th, 2008, Burbank

15

Emma Behn

Norwegian show jumper, youngest child of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn

*September 29th, 2008, Lommedalen

15

Alia De Vercelli

Australian actress

*November 30th, 2008, Australia

16

Raegan Revord

American actress

*January 3rd, 2008, San Diego

15

Sky Brown

British-Japanese skateboarder and surfer

*July 7th, 2008, Miyazaki

16

Nela Lopušanová

Slovak ice and ball hockey player

*February 26th, 2008, Žilina

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Public holidays on August 19th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 19th.

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Born on August 19th, 2008
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 2008 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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