Today in History - History - August 19th

1984Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for President

1839Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris

1991Janajev & KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev

1995Mike Tyson returns to the ring & DQs Peter McNeeley in 38 seconds

1980George Brett ends hitting streak at 30

1821Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII

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

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

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

1990Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

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

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

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

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

1993Actress Kim Basinger weds actor Alec Baldwin

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

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

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

1822Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer, dies at 72

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

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

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