On This Day:
Tuesday August 19, 2014 This is the 231st day of the year, with 134 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: diamond Diamonds in kimberlite pipes, in the original rock in which they were formed, are found at depths of more than 75 miles. Most gem diamonds are tinged with yellow, as colorless and pale blue are rare.
Holidays Feast day of St. Mocha, Saints Agapius and Timothy, St. Sebald, St. Thecla, St. Andrew the Tribune, St. Sixtus III, St. Berulf of Bobbio, St. Louis of Anjou, St. John Eudes, and St. Credan of Evesham.
Afghanistan: Independence Day.
United States: National Aviation Day.
Events 1812 - During the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution defeated the British frigate GuerriÈre in a furious engagement off the coast of Nova Scotia and earned its nickname of "Old Ironsides".
1893 - The root beer float, or "Black Cow," was invented by Frank J. Wisner, owner of Cripple Creek Brewing in Colorado.
1929 - The comedy program "Amos and Andy," starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, made its network radio debut.
1934 - A plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer.
1950 - The American Broadcasting Company aired the first Saturday morning television shows for children.
1960 - In the USSR, captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his confessed espionage. Eighteen months later, the Soviets agreed to release him in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a senior KGB spy.
Births 1631 - John Dryden, English poet.
1870 - Bernard Baruch, advisor to presidents Wilson through Kennedy.
1871 - Orville Wright, American aviator.
1883 - Coco (Gabrielle) Chanel, French fashion designer.
1902 - Ogden Nash, American humorist.
1915 - Ring Lardner, American writer, screenwriter.
1921 - Gene Roddenberry, American television writer, producer, creator of "Star Trek."
1931 - Willie Shoemaker, American jockey, author.
1946 - William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America (1993-2001).
Deaths 1977 - Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx), American entertainer and member of the Marx Brothers comedy team.
1994 - Linus Pauling, American Nobel Prize-winner chemist.
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