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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_19" title="August 19">August 19</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1759" title="1759">1759</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos,_Portugal" title="Lagos, Portugal">Lagos, Portugal</a>, and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lagos" title="Battle of Lagos">continued the battle there</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i> in violation of Portuguese neutrality.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1897" title="1897">1897</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersey_Electric_Cab" title="Bersey Electric Cab">Bersey Electric Cab</a></b> entered service as the first electric <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi" title="Taxi">taxi</a> in London.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/766th_Independent_Infantry_Regiment_(North_Korea)" title="766th Independent Infantry Regiment (North Korea)">766th Independent Infantry Regiment</a></b> of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> – A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> suicide bomber <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_HaNavi_bus_bombing" title="Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing">killed 23 people</a></b> and wounded more than 130 others, including many <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Jewish</a> children, on a crowded public bus in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_HaNavi_(neighborhood)" title="Shmuel HaNavi (neighborhood)">Shmuel HaNavi</a>, Jerusalem.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Yazid" title="Abu Yazid">Abu Yazid</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 947); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry" title="Gene Roddenberry">Gene Roddenberry</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1921); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wood" title="Henry Wood">Henry Wood</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1944); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Higgins" title="Missy Higgins">Missy Higgins</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1983)</p>
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