Today in History - History - August 19th

1961US vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin

1991Janajev & KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev

1791Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac

1791Benjamin Banneker writes a letter to the Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson using language from the 'United States Declaration of Independence' to criticize Jefferson's pro-slavery stance and to request justice for African Americans

1984Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for President

1962Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1921Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits

1990Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1976President Gerald R Ford wins Republican presidential nomination at KC convention

192236th US Womens Tennis: Molla Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (6-3 6-1)

1878Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, Second President of Philippines (1935-42)

1871Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers), (d. 1912)

1946Bill Clinton [William Jefferson], Hope Arkansas, 42nd United States President (Democrat, 1993-01)

1919Malcolm Forbes, Brooklyn New York, publisher (Forbes Magazine), (d. 1990)

1800Social reformer Elizabeth Fry (20) weds tea dealer Joseph Fry (23) at the Norwich Quaker Meeting House in Norwich, England

1974Oscar-winning lyricist Tim Rice (29) weds Jane McIntosh

1956Actor Christopher Plummer (26) weds actress Tammy Grimes (22) at Cherokee Castle in Sedalia, Colorado

1993Actress Kim Basinger weds actor Alec Baldwin

1977Groucho Marx, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86

14Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC)

1662Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)

1994Linus Pauling, Nobel prize scientist (Vitamin C advocate), dies at 93