Saturday, August 19, 2023

History for August 19

History for August 19 - On-This-Day.com
Malcolm Forbes 1919
  • 1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • 1917 - Team managers John McGraw and Christy Matthewson were arrested for breaking New York City's blue laws. The crime was their teams were playing baseball on Sunday.
  • 1929 - "Amos and Andy," the radio comedy program, made its debut on NBC starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.
  • 1934 - Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.
  • 1991 - Soviet hard-liners announced that President Mikhail Gorbachev had been removed from power. Gorbachev returned to power two days later.
  • 2004 - Google Inc. stock began selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The initial price was set at $85 and ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.

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