1757 – Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [OS=Aug 19]
1800 – Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia
1862 – Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
1932 – Hermann Goering elected President of the German Reichstag
1939 – General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army
1961 – Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game
1982 – PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut
1984 – 12th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (41D): Discovery 1 launches for a 6-day excursion
1991 – Dan O’Brien sets US decathlon record with 8,812 points
1993 – “Late Show with David Letterman” debuts on CBS, from the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC; Bill Murray is his first guest, Billy Joel performs