📜 This Day in History

August 19

• 1274Shortly after his return from the Ninth Crusade, Edward I was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, nearly two years after his father's death.
• 1759Seven Years' War: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to Lagos, Portugal, and continued the battle there in violation of Portuguese neutrality.
• 1905In a ceremony officiated by Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, The Luck of Cumberland was presented to HMS Cumberland.
• 1950The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War.
• 2003A 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.
• 2017Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.

Born on this day

• 1631John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright (died 1700)
• 1871Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (died 1948)
• 1883Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (died 1971)
• 1946Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas, 42nd President of the United States