August 19, election of Adolf Hitler a President of Germany

1934 – Election of Adolf Hitler a President of Germany.

1953 – Iran’s army, supported by the US overthrows the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, becomes shah of Iran.

1973 – France tests 3rd atomic bomb near Haiti Island in the Pacific Ocean.

1871 – American Orville Wright, the inventor of the world first airplane in cooperation with his Brother Wilbur, was born.

1662 – French Philosopher, Mathematician, Physicist, Blaise Pascal passes away.

1819 – Scots Inventor James Watt passes away.

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