Today is Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Everything happening on August 19, 2026 — our fun national days, public holidays, religious observances, sports, and notable events in history.
About August 19
August 19, 2026 falls on a Wednesday, week 34 of 2026. It is day 231 of the year, with 134 days remaining. Calendar.cx lists 7 national days and fun holidays on August 19, plus public holidays, religious observances, sports events, and notable historical moments. Scroll down to explore everything happening on this date.
National Days & Fun Holidays on August 19
August 13, 2024
National Soft Ice Cream Day
August 13, 2024
World Humanitarian Day
August 13, 2024
International Orangutan Day
August 13, 2024
National Aviation Day
August 13, 2024
National Potato Day
August 13, 2024
World Photography Day
August 12, 2024
International Bow Day
Religious Observances on August 19
- Islamic: Birth of Mawlāna Jalāluddīn Rūmi ق
- Hindu: Raksha Bandhan
- Chinese: Qixi Festival
On This Day in History — August 19
- 2013 — The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.
- 2010 — Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
- 2009 — A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
- 2005 — The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
- 2003 — A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
- 2003 — A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing.
Notable Births on August 19
- 1996 — Hsu Ching-wen, Taiwanese tennis player
- 1995 — Dylan Phythian, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 — Guadalupe Pérez Rojas, Argentinian tennis player
- 1994 — Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete
- 1990 — Danny Galbraith, Scottish footballer
- 1989 — Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper, actor
Notable Deaths on August 19
- 2016 — Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (b. 1935)
- 2015 — George Houser, American minister and activist (b. 1916)
- 2015 — Sanat Mehta, Indian activist and politician (b. 1935)
- 2014 — Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (b. 1939)
- 2014 — Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (b. 1927)
- 2014 — James Foley, American photographer and journalist (b. 1973)