A truck-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees. Date: August 19, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)

Google Inc. has its initial public offering on Nasdaq. Date: August 19, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)

Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait. Date: August 19, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar. Date: August 19, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)

Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break. Date: August 19, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)

German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers. Date: August 18, 1903 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1903 📅 On This Day (Today)

A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece, destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. Date: August 18, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage. Date: August 18, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)