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Aug. 19

1826 Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)

1871 Orville Wright, aviator, is born

1906 Philo T. Farnsworth, Beaver, Utah, inventor (electronic TV) is born

1921 Gene Roddenberry, executive producer (Star Trek), is born

1934 Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler

1942 1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France

1960 Sputnik 5 carries two dogs, three mice into orbit (later recovered alive)

1977 Julius (Groucho) Marx NYC, comedian (Marx Bros), dies in Los Angeles at 86