Immediately is Monday, Aug. 19, the 232nd day of 2024. There are 134 days left within the 12 months.
Immediately in Historical past:
On Aug. 19, 2010, the final American fight brigade exited Iraq, seven years and 5 months after a U.S.-led invasion marked the start of the Iraq Struggle.
Additionally on this date:
In 1692, 4 males and one girl have been hanged after being convicted of witchcraft at Salem within the Province of Massachusetts Bay; the story of one of many males, John Proctor, impressed Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible.”
In 1807, Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat arrived in Albany, two days after leaving New York on its maiden voyage.
In 1812, the USS Structure defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off Nova Scotia through the Struggle of 1812, incomes the nickname “Previous Ironsides.”
In 1814, through the Struggle of 1812, British forces landed at Benedict, Maryland, with the target of capturing Washington D.C.
In 1854, 31 U.S. troopers have been killed after one of many troopers fatally shot Brule Lakota Chief Conquering Bear, sparking the First Sioux Struggle.
In 1909, Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted its first vehicle race.
In 1934, German voters accredited the vesting of sole government energy in Adolf Hitler.
In 1955, torrential rains attributable to Hurricane Diane resulted in extreme flooding within the northeastern U.S., claiming some 200 lives.
In 1960, a tribunal in Moscow convicted American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage. (Though sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, Powers was returned to the US in 1962 as a part of a prisoner alternate.)
In 1980, 301 individuals aboard Saudia Flight 163 died because the jetliner made a fiery emergency return to the Riyadh airport.
In 2013, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius was indicted in Pretoria, South Africa, on costs of homicide and unlawful possession of ammunition for the taking pictures dying of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his residence on Valentine’s Day 2013; Pistorius maintained he’d mistaken her for an intruder. (Pistorius could be discovered responsible of homicide and sentenced to jail; he was launched on parole in January 2024.)
Immediately’s Birthdays:
- Former tennis participant & coach Renee Richards is 90.
- Actor Jill St. John is 84. Creator Jack Canfield is 80.
- Rock singer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) is 79.
- Former President Invoice Clinton is 78.
- Actor Gerald McRaney is 77.
- Actor Jim Carter (“Downton Abbey”) is 76.
- Former First Girl Tipper Gore is 76.
- Rock bassist John Deacon (Queen) is 73.
- Actor-director Jonathan Frakes is 72.
- Political advisor Mary Matalin is 71.
- Actor Peter Gallagher is 69.
- Actor Adam Arkin is 68.
- Actor Martin Donovan is 67.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Anthony Munoz is 66.
- Musician Ivan Neville is 65.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Morten Andersen is 64.
- Actor John Stamos is 61.
- Actor Kyra Sedgwick is 59.
- Actor Kevin Dillon is 59.
- Nation singer Lee Ann Womack is 58.
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is 57.
- Nation singer Clay Walker is 55.
- Rapper Fats Joe is 54.
- Olympic gold medal tennis participant Mary Joe Fernandez is 53.
- Actor Erika Christensen is 42.
- Actor Melissa Fumero is 42.
- Olympic gold medal snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis (jay-kuh-BEHL’-ihs) is 39.
- Creator Veronica Roth is 36.
- Rapper-TV character Romeo is 35.
- Actor Ethan Cutkosky (TV: “Shameless”) is 25.
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