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  • 1819

    Herman Melville – On August the 19th 1819, Melville is baptized at home by a minister of the South Reformed Dutch Church [New York, United States]

  • 1843

    Edgar Allan Poe – Short story "The Black Cat" is published by United States Saturday Post in 1843 [New York, United States ]

  • 1887

    Francis Ledwidge – On August the 19th, 1887 Francis Ledwidge is born in Slane, Republic of Ireland [Slane, Republic of Ireland]

  • 1902

    Ogden Nash – On August the 19th 1902 Ogden Nash is born in Rye, New York [Rye, New York, United States]

  • 1936

    Federico Garcia Lorca – Lorca was arrested at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and is thought to have been shot by Nationalist Militia near Alfacar. He was 38 years old. [Alfacar, Spain]

  • 1936

    Federico García Lorca – On the 19th of August 1936 Federico García Lorca passes away at the age of 38 in Alfacar, Granada, Spain [Alfacar, Granada, Spain]

  • 2002

    Ogden Nash – On the 19th of August 2002 the US Postal Service release a postage stamp featuring Ogden Nash and text from six of his poems [Baltimore, Maryland, United States]

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