The Bersey Electric Cab also known as the London Electrical Cab was an early electric-powered vehicle and the first electric taxi cab in London.
Afghan Independence Day is celebrated as a national holiday in Afghanistan on 19 August to commemorate the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 and relinquishment from protected state status.
A referendum on merging the posts of Chancellor and President was held in Germany on 19 August 1934, seventeen days after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
The two dogs were the first mammals successfully recovered from spaceflight.
The Soviet Union sent two more dogs Belka and Strelka into space on August 19, 1960.