MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024

1099-Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon

1812-U.S. warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere

1826-Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)

1934-Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler

1942-1,000 Canadian & British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France

1954-Ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of U.N.

1980-Saudi Arabian Lockheed Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die

1985-Japan launches its second probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei

1988-Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT)

1991-Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev