Who are famous people born on August 19?

Famous people born on August 19 include Coco Chanel (1883), Philo Farnsworth (1906), Bill Clinton (1946), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (1951), Nico Hülkenberg (1987).

What star sign is someone born on August 19?

Someone born on August 19 is a Leo.

What is the birthstone for August 19?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 19?

In the US, August 19 is the No. 106 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,638 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 19

Famous people born on August 19, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 106 of 366

Born on August 19

August 19 in history

2017Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.
2004Google Inc. has its initial public offering on Nasdaq.
1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The August Coup begins when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
1981Silvio Santos launches a new Brazilian television channel in São Paulo, Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão.
1964Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
1945August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
1936The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
1909The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for automobile racing. William Bourque and his mechanic are killed during the first day's events.
1839The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
1772Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
1692Salem witch trials: In Salem, province of Massachusetts Bay, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., John Proctor, John Willard, and clergyman George Burroughs are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1561Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
947Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces.

Holidays and observances

Afghan Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain (Afghanistan)
August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)
Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway)
Christian Feast Day: Bertulf of Bobbio
Christian Feast Day: Saint Calminius
Christian Feast Day: Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz
Christian Feast Day: Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances: Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
Christian Feast Day: Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances: Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known as the "Apples Feast" (Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church)
Christian Feast Day: Jean-Eudes de Mézeray
Christian Feast Day: Louis of Toulouse

August 19 in every year

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Questions about August 19 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 19?: Famous people born on August 19 include Coco Chanel (1883), Philo Farnsworth (1906), Bill Clinton (1946), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (1951), Nico Hülkenberg (1987).
What star sign is someone born on August 19?: Someone born on August 19 is a Leo.
What is the birthstone for August 19?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 19?: In the US, August 19 is the No. 106 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,638 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).