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Events on August 19

• 1477 Maximilian I marries Mary of Burgundy and thereby acquires possessions in the Netherlands. He becomes Duke of Burgundy iure uxoris and thus acquires the claim to the Burgundian inheritance of Charles the Bold.
• 1839 The painter and inventor Louis Daguerre presents the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype, to the Paris Academy of Sciences and to the public at the same time.
• 1911 The first cargo aircraft is put into service in Germany. A Harlan monoplane transports freshly printed copies of the Berliner Morgenpost from Berlin-Johannisthal to Frankfurt an der Oder.
• 1934 In a public vote on the head of state of the German Reich, 89.9% of eligible voters approve the merger of the offices of the Reich President and the Reich Chancellor in the person of Adolf Hitler.
• 1944 French resistance fighters begin the uprising against the German occupiers in Paris. After Allied troops intervene, the city is formally handed over on 25 August and the fighting ceases.
• 1960 Sputnik 5 launches into orbit with the two female dogs Belka and Strelka, as well as several mice and plants on board, and safely lands on Earth again the following day.
• 1965 In the first Auschwitz trial, the pronouncement of the verdict begins and lasts two days.
• 1989 During the Pan-European Picnic near Sopron, with Hungarian support, over 600 East German citizens flee to the West.
• 1991 The coup attempt against Soviet head of state Mikhail Gorbachev begins but fails after three days. It prevents the establishment of the Union of Sovereign States.
• 1992 During the “Registry Office Action”, 250 same-sex couples across Germany apply to registry offices for the banns of marriage in order to draw attention to the legal status of same-sex couples in Germany and set the discussion of “same-sex marriage” in motion.
• 1999 The American science fiction film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace opens in German cinemas.
• 2006 The Basketball World Cup in Japan begins.

Born on August 19

• 1863 Adele Sandrock, German-Dutch actress
• 1871 Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer
• 1883 Coco Chanel, French fashion designer
• 1921 Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter
• 1930 Frank McCourt, American author of Irish descent
• 1931 Marianne Koch, German actress
• 1951 John Deacon, British musician
• 1970 Fat Joe, American rapper
• 1971 Guido Cantz, German comedian
• 1982 Erika Christensen, American actress

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „19. August“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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