Tuesday, August 19, 2025

History for August 19

History for August 19 - On-This-Day.com
Bernard Baruch 1870
  • 1856 - Gail Borden received a patent for his process of condensing milk by vacuum.
  • 1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • 1919 - Afghanistan gained independence from Britain.
  • 1998 - The first piece of the 351 foot bronze statue of Christopher Columbus arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • 2004 - Google Inc. stock began selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The initial price was set at $85 and ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.
  • 2016 - A federal judge ordered Hillary Clinton to answer questions from the watchdog group Judicial Watch in writing about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

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