What happend on 19th August

18.08
20.08
1965

Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.

1961

The Australian public-affairs show Four Corners starts on the ABC.

1960

Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 5 with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.

1960

Cold War: In Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.

1955

In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.

1953

Cold War: The CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

1945

Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.

1944

World War II: Liberation of Paris

1942

World War II: Operation Jubilee

1934

The creation of the position Führer approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.