August 19th (2013) was a Monday. It's the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 134 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 19th August, 2013
» A Dhamara Ghat train accident or train accident in India kills at least 37 people and injures over a dozen.
August 19th Famous Deaths for 2013
» Russell S. Doughten, American director and producer (b. 1927)
» Abdul Rahim Hatef, Afghan politician, 8th President of Afghanistan (b. 1926)
» Donna Hightower, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
» José Sarria, American drag queen performer, founded the Imperial Court System (b. 1922)
» Lee Thompson Young, American actor (b. 1984)
» Cedar Walton, American pianist and composer (b. 1934)
August 19th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
» Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances:
» Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
» Jean Eudes known as Jean-Eudes de Mézeray
» Saint Louis of Toulouse known as Louis of Toulouse
» Magnus of Anagni
» Magnus of Avignon
» Sebaldus
» August 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Afghan Independence Day Independence Day, commemorates the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from United Kingdom Britain (Afghanistan)
» Public holidays in the Philippines known as Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City and other places in The Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon)