General Information for August 19th 2016 |
There are 2 public holidays today. |
Day 232 of 2016 |
134 days left in 2016 |
Week 33 of the year |
On this Day in History |
1991 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine. |
1914 - The Ottoman-Bulgarian alliance is signed in Sofia. |
1839 - The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world". |
1153 - Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. |