At present is Tuesday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2025. There are 134 days left within the yr.
At present in Historical past:
On Aug. 19, 2013, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius was indicted in Pretoria, South Africa, on fees of homicide and unlawful possession of ammunition for the capturing 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.)
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 in the course of the Battle of 1812, incomes the nickname “Previous Ironsides.”
In 1814, in the course of the Battle 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 Battle.
In 1909, Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted its first car race.
In 1934, German voters accredited the vesting of sole govt 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 america 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 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 Battle.
At present’s Birthdays:
- Former tennis participant & coach Renee Richards is 91.
- Actor Jill St. John is 85.
- Creator Jack Canfield is 81.
- Rock singer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) is 80.
- Former President Invoice Clinton is 79.
- Actor Gerald McRaney is 78.
- Actor Jim Carter (“Downton Abbey”) is 77.
- Tipper Gore, ex-wife of former Vice President Al Gore, is 77.
- Rock bassist John Deacon (Queen) is 74.
- Actor-director Jonathan Frakes is 73.
- Political guide Mary Matalin is 72.
- Actor Peter Gallagher is 70.
- Actor Adam Arkin is 69.
- Actor Martin Donovan is 68.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Anthony Munoz is 67.
- Musician Ivan Neville is 66.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Morten Andersen is 65.
- Actor John Stamos is 62.
- Actor Kyra Sedgwick is 60.
- Actor Kevin Dillon is 60.
- Nation singer Lee Ann Womack is 58.
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is 58.
- Nation singer Clay Walker is 56.
- Rapper Fats Joe is 55.
- Olympic gold medal tennis participant Mary Joe Fernandez is 54.
- Actor Erika Christensen is 43.
- Actor Melissa Fumero is 43.
- Olympic gold medal snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis (jay-kuh-BEHL’-ihs) is 40.
- Creator Veronica Roth is 37.
- Rapper-TV character Romeo is 36.
- Actor Ethan Cutkosky (TV: “Shameless”) is 26.