Various events that happened on August 19

Every day's significant events become history over time. Those events take place there, which are good, which are first, which are the curse-blessing of mankind.

The agenda of history has always been important to people. Keeping this importance in mind, Bangladesh regularly organizes 'Today's History' for its readers.

Today is 19 August 2024, Monday. Take a look at the important events that happened on this day in history, the birth and death dates of prominent people and other important things.

History

1757 – The East India Company mints the first coins in the name of the Nawab of Delhi from the old Calcutta mint.

1916 – Romania signed an alliance with the Allies and was awarded Bukovina, Transylvania and the Banat.

1939 – Rabindranath Tagore laid the foundation stone of Mahajati Sadan in Calcutta.

1940 – British troops are expelled from Somaliland.

1944 – An armed uprising begins in Paris.

1991 – The army of the former Soviet Union, led by Ganadi Yanauf, staged a coup against the last president, Mikhail Gorbachev.

the birth

1631 – English poet John Dryden.

1935 – Writer-filmmaker Zahir Raihan.

1871 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers invented airplane design.

1946 – William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States.

1969 – Matthew Perry, American actor.

death

1936 – Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.

1993 – Renowned actor and playwright Uppal Dutt.

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