Today in History

Today in History: Friday, August  19, 2016
AP Highlight in History:
On Aug. 19, 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer.
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On this date in:
1929 The comedy “Amos ‘n’ Andy” made its network radio debut on NBC.
1960 A tribunal in Moscow convicted American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage.
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1969 Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis began three days of recording sessions that yielded the album “Bitches Brew.”
1976 President Gerald R. Ford won the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s national convention in Kansas City.
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1977 Comedian Groucho Marx died at age 86.
1994 President Bill Clinton halted the nation’s three-decade open-door policy for Cuban refugees.
1996 A judge sentenced former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker to four years’ probation for his Whitewater crimes.
2004 The Internet search engine Google went public.
2005 A Texas jury found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable for the death of a man who’d taken the once-popular painkiller Vioxx.
2010 A federal grand jury indicted retired baseball player Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to Congress about steroid use. (Clemens’ trial this year ended in a mistrial.)
2010 The last American combat brigade exited Iraq, seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion began.
Today’s Birthdays:
Actor Matthew Perry (“Friends”) turns 47 years old today.
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Name Profession Age
Ginger Baker Rock musician (Cream, Blind Faith) 77
Jill St. John Actress 76
Bill Clinton Former president 70
Jim Carter Actor (“Downton Abbey”) 68
Tipper Gore Wife of former Vice President Al Gore 68
Gerald McRaney Actor (“Major Dad”) 68
Mary Matalin Political consultant 63
Peter Gallagher Actor 61
Adam Arkin Actor 60
Morton Andersen Football player 56
John Stamos Actor (“Full House’) 53
Kevin Dillon Actor (“Entourage”) 51
Lee Ann Womack Country singer 50
Tabitha Soren MTV reporter 49
Fat Joe Rapper 46
Tracie Thoms Actress (“Cold Case”) 41
Erika Christensen Actress 34
Romeo Rapper 27
Actress Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”) turns 51 years old today.
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