19 August

Events which occurred on the 19th of August.

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14: Caesar Augustus, first emperor of the Roman Empire, is born.
1662: Mathematician Blaise Pascal dies.
1871: Aeronautics inventor Orville Wright is born.
1942: Allies conduct the Dieppe Raid on German-held Dieppe, France during World War II. (DS9 - Explorer short story: "A Year to the Day I Saw Myself Die")
1946: Future United States President William J. Clinton is born in Arkansas.
1994: Roberta Lincoln witnesses members of the Army of Eternal Vigilance shooting at cardboard cutouts of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Janet Reno. (TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2)
2152: Chef's menu aboard Enterprise on this day includes roast duck with raspberry sauce, twice-baked potatoes, and asparagus with ginger. (ENT episode: "Singularity")
2254: Doctor Leonard McCoy saves Phil Plait's life during a Capellan festival. (TOS eBook: Seasons of Light and Darkness)
2267: From their transport Skylla, Pennington and T'Prynn spy as the Mirdonyae Artifact is beamed from Ali Baba to the IKS Zin'za, then surreptitiously pursue the Klingon battlecruiser. Aboard the freighter Icarion, Zett Nilric monitors the transaction, detects Skylla, and follows both ships. (VAN novel: Precipice)

1921: Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is born.
1972: TOS comic: "The Mindless Ones" concludes with the 5th installment, in Valiant and TV21, Issue 47.
1980: The 52nd installment of TOS comic: "Aberration on Abaris" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981: The 29th installment of TOS comic: "Quarantine" is published.
1982: The 33rd installment of TOS comic: "The Nogura Regatta" is published.
1983: The 5th installment of TOS comic: "The Retirement of Admiral Kirk" is published.
2009: TOS - Spock: Reflections comic: "Issue 2" is released by IDW Publishing.
2020: DS9 - Too Long a Sacrifice comic: "Issue 2" and TOS comic: "Hell's Mirror" are published.
2021: LD episode: "Kayshon, His Eyes Open" is released on Paramount+.