August 19 in history: • 1759 – Seven Years' War: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to Lagos, Portugal, and continued the battle there in violation of Portuguese neutrality. → go there • 1905 – In a ceremony officiated by Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, The Luck of Cumberland (pictured) was presented to. → go there • 1950 – The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War. → go there • 2002 – Second Chechen War: A Russian Mil Mi-26 was brought down by Chechen separatists with a man-portable air-defense system near Khankala, killing 127 people in the deadliest helicopter crash in history. → go there • 2017 – Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington. → go there Born 1883: Coco Chanel Wiki link Born 1946: Bill Clinton Wiki link Died 1980: Otto Frank Wiki link Died 2008: Levy Mwanawasa Wiki link Pictured: ''The Luck of Cumberland''.