ON THIS DAY - August 19th:

1976 - President Gerald R Ford wins Republican presidential nomination at KC convention
1984 - Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for President
1993 - Mattel & Fisher Price toy companies merge

BIRTHDAYS / ANNIVERSARIES:

1871 - Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers), (d. 1912)
1919 - Malcolm Forbes, Brooklyn New York, publisher (Forbes Magazine), (d. 1990)
1946 - Bill Clinton [William Jefferson], Hope Arkansas, 42nd United States President (Democrat, 1993-01)
1947 - Gerald McRaney, Collins Miss, actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad)
1965 - Kyra Sedgwick, actress (Phenomenon, Singles, Julia-Another World)
1966 - Lee Ann Womack, singer/ musician

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1969 - Clay Walker, singer

GOODBYE TO:

1977 - Groucho Marx, NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in LA at 86

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