On August 20, 1619, “20 and odd” Angolans, kidnapped by
the Portuguese, arrived in the British colony of Virginia and
are then bought by English colonists.
The arrival of the enslaved Africans in the New World marked
the beginning of two and a half centuries of slavery in North
America.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Voyager 2 launched by a Titan-Centaur rocket.
On August 19, 1934, Adolf Hitler, already chancellor, is
also elected president of Germany in an unprecedented
consolidation of power in the short history of the republic.
The Beatles took America by storm during their famous first
visit, wowing the millions who watched them during their
historic television appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show in
February 1964. The Beatles finally returned on August 19,
1964, more than six months after taking the East Coast by
storm.The Fab Four traveled to California to take the stage
at the Cow Palace in San Francisco for opening night of their
first-ever concert tour of North America.
