^B{^#!16!19 August^N! Feast day of St Mocha, Saints Agapius and Timothy, St Sebald, St Thecla, St Andrew the Tribune, St Sixtus III, St Berulf of Bobbio, St Louis of Anjou, St John Eudes, and St Credan of Evesham.
^B{1274^B} The coronation of Edward I took place. ^B{1796^B} France and Spain formed an alliance against Britain. ^B{1897^B} Electric-powered cabs appeared in London, UK; they proved to be uneconomical and were withdrawn in 1900. ^B{1934^B} A plebiscite was held in Germany giving sole power to Adolf Hitler, the Fⁿhrer. ^B{1942^B} British and Canadian troops raided the port of Dieppe, resulting in heavy casualties for the attacking force. ^B{1989^B} Poland became the first eastern European country to end one-party rule, when a coalition government was formed with Tadeuz Mazowiecki as prime minister. ^B{1991^B} President Gorbachev was deposed in a dawn coup.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Dryden, English poet, ^B{1631^B}; John Flamsteed, first Astronomer Royal, ^B{1646^B}; James Nasmyth, Scottish inventor, ^B{1808^B}; Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel, French couturier, ^B{1883^B}; Ogden Nash, US humorist, ^B{1902^B}; Bill Clinton, 42nd US president, ^B{1945^B}.^B}
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Augustus, 1st Roman emperor, ^B{14^B}; Blaise Pascal, French philosopher and mathematician, ^B{1662^B}; Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russian chorographer, ^B{1929^B}; Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet and playwright, ^B{1936^B}; 'Groucho' Marx, US comedian, ^B{1977^B}; Frederick Ashton, British choreographer, ^B{1988^B}.
