Daily Calendar for Saturday, August 19, 2023

Died

  • Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (Swedish scientist)
  • James Geddes (engineer)
  • Federico García Lorca (writer)
  • Groucho Marx (comedian & actor)
  • Otto Frank (father of Anne Frank)
  • Sri Swami Satchidananda (founded Yogaville” in Virginia”)
  • Tony Scott (director)

Born

  • Orville Wright (aviator)
  • Coco Chanel (designer)
  • Ogden Nash (writer)
  • Malcolm Forbes (publisher)
  • Gene Roddenberry (author, producer)
  • Willie Shoemaker (jockey)
  • Bill Clinton (42nd U.S. president)
  • Jonathan Frakes (actor)
  • Peter Gallagher (actor)
  • John Stamos (actor)
  • Kyra Sedgwick (actress)
  • Lee Ann Womack (country musician)
  • Matthew Perry (actor)
  • Callum Blue (actor)
  • Jennifer Morrison (actress)
  • Erika Christensen (actress)

Events

  • Five hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
  • In a battle off Nova Scotia, the USS Constitution earned the nickname Old Ironsides and sank the British frigate HMS Guerrière
  • Farmer Gail Borden obtained a patent for his process for condensing milk
  • The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 5, a space menagerie. Two dog passengers, Belka and Strelka, became the first living organisms recovered from orbit
  • Strong earthquake in Turkey killed over 2,000 people
  • 72-pound lake trout was caught in Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories
  • Carly Patterson became the first American in 20 years to win the women’s Olympic gymnastics all-around gold medal
  • A bronze statue of Arthur Fonzie Fonzarelli was unveiled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Weather

  • The thermometer soared to 102.92 degrees F (39.4 degrees C) in Rexton, New Brunswick
  • Hurricane Diane caused unprecedented flooding of many small rivers in New England, resulting in 184 deaths and $1 billion in damage
  • Hurricane Bob hit New England

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