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August 19

Painting of the Battle of Lagos

1759 – Seven Years' War: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to Lagos, Portugal, and continued the battle there (depicted) in violation of Portuguese neutrality.
1897 – The Bersey Electric Cab entered service as the first electric taxi in London.
1950 – The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War.
2003 – A Hamas suicide bomber killed 23 people and wounded more than 130 others, including many Orthodox Jewish children, on a crowded public bus in Shmuel HaNavi, Jerusalem.

Abu Yazid (d. 947)
Gene Roddenberry (b. 1921)
Henry Wood (d. 1944)
Missy Higgins (b. 1983)

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Semi-protected edit request on 6 November 2019[edit]

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International Orangutan Day Nilz198 (talk) 18:28, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 18:46, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

An ambiguity[edit]

The event entry “1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.” is ambiguous. Is this the first automobile race ever, which happened to be held at the IMS; or is it the first time a race was held at the IMS? Turns out it is the latter, so perhaps “1909 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts its first automobile race”. Sbauman (talk) 16:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted. Deb (talk) 15:31, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

1980 railway accident in Poland[edit]

I'm deeply surprised that there isn't any mention of the worst railway accident in Poland that happened after World War II. 40 years ago, 19th August 1980 a head-on railway collision happened near Otłoczyn railway station (the station is located near Toruń). At the site of accident 67 people have died and 64 got injured.

Some of the references, according to pl-wiki article:

Jarosław Reszka (2001). Cześć, giniemy! Największe katastrofy w powojennej Polsce (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo PAP. ISBN 83-911242-3-1.
Decision of the Provincial Prosecutor's Office in Toruń on October 2, 1980 to discontinue the investigation into the railway disaster that occurred on August 19, 1980 on the Aleksandrów Kujawski (railway station) - Toruń Główny railway station near the Brzoza Toruńska station in connection with Art. 136 §1 point 1 of the CC against the death of the perpetrator.
Miłosz Wonorski. "Największe katastrofy kolejowe" (in Polish). Dziennik.pl.

--37.30.20.131 (talk) 01:06, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed - I've added it. Deb (talk) 12:20, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Death date of Theodore Trautwein[edit]

The date of death is listed here as August 19, 2000. However, the Theodore Trautwein page states the death date as August 17, 2000, sourced by the following.

David Corcoran. ""Theodore Trautwein, Judge in Landmark Press Case, Dies at 80"". The New York Times.

If anyone could solve this discrepancy, it would be much appreciated. Inregium (talk) 22:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

19 August[edit]

Bikram Mandal / Date of birth 19 August 2000 Bikram surya mandal (talk) 06:19, 17 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bikram surya mandal, we are not interested in the date of birth of anyone who is not notable. Deb (talk) 08:22, 17 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

sorry Bikram surya mandal (talk) 23:25, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]