THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2021

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

1909-First race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway

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

1942-First American offensive in Pacific in WW II, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is

195- ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)

1957-N.Y. Giants vote to move their franchise to SF in 1958

1960-Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)

1967-Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1

1978-422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran

1979-Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight

1982-Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space

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

1991-Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev