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August 19

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Born this day

1946

Bill Clinton

Turns 80

Oldest record

446th

Andrea Palladio

death anniversary

Famous births3

1883 · 143 yrs

Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel ( shə-NEL; French:; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post–World War I era with popularising a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style.

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Photo: Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0

1946 · 80 yrs

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American retired politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

PoliticsAge 80

Photo: Bob McNeely, The White House [ 1 ] · Public domain

1969 · 57 yrs

Matthew Perry

Matthew Langford Perry (August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023) was an American and Canadian actor. Known primarily for his work in comedy, he gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), receiving his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2002 for the role.

FilmWould be 57

Photo: Valerie Jarrett / @vj44 via X (Twitter) · Public domain

Famous deaths6

1580 · 446 yrs

Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio ( pə-LAH-dee-oh; Italian:; Venetian: Andrea Paładio; Padova, 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic.

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Photo: Alessandro Maganza · Public domain

1662 · 364 yrs

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father Étienne Pascal, a tax collector in Rouen.

ScienceWould be 403

Photo: unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691 [réf. nécessaire] . · Public domain

1819 · 207 yrs

James Watt

James Watt (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain…

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Photo: Henry Howard · Public domain

1923 · 103 yrs

Vilfredo Pareto

Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto (Italian:; born Wilfried Fritz Pareto; 15 July 1848 – 19 August 1923) was an Italian polymath, whose areas of interest included sociology, civil engineering, economics, political science, and philosophy.

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Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1977 · 49 yrs

Groucho Marx

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, comic vocalist and game show host who performed in vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio, and television. A master of the one-line retort, he is considered one of America's greatest comedians.

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Photo: ABC Photo · Public domain

1994 · 32 yrs

Linus Pauling

Linus Carl Pauling ( PAW-ling; February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics.

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Photo: US-Gov., Library of Congress, biographical file · Public domain

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