Schwaben's sister ship, Wittelsbach

SMS Schwaben was the fourth of five ships of the Wittelsbach class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Built at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven, she was laid down in 1900 and completed in April 1904. Possessing a main battery of four 24-centimeter (9.4 in) guns, the ship had a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). Schwaben spent her early career as a gunnery training ship or participating in large-scale fleet exercises. At the start of World War I in August 1914, the sister ships were mobilized as IV Battle Squadron. Schwaben served in the North Sea and then the Baltic Sea until the threat from British submarines forced her to withdraw in 1916. For the remainder of the war, she was an engineering training ship for navy cadets. After the war, she was retained as a depot ship for F-type minesweepers in the Baltic from 1919 until June 1920, but was stricken from the navy list in March 1921 and sold for scrap. (This article is part of a featured topic: Battleships of Germany.)

Tian'e Longtan Bridge

• ... that the 600-metre (2,000 ft) arch span of the Tian'e Longtan Bridge (pictured) is the longest of any reinforced concrete bridge?
• ... that the original creator of Whisper Me a Love Song recalled listening to around 60 audition tapes to recommend a voice actress for a role?
• ... that a Korean immigrant to the U.S. contributed to numerous notable buildings in San Diego's skyline?
• ... that some Portuguese Americans in California practice bloodless bullfighting during religious festivals?
• ... that the sculpture Broadgate Venus has been described as a "large and threatening personification of voluptuous, ripe womanhood"?
• ... that Dora Brilliant built bombs to assassinate Russian officials, despite being personally uncomfortable with violence?
• ... that James Buchanan wrote his own presidential memoir despite paying a friend $7,000 to write a biography of him?
• ... that the "father of modern ice climbing" died on Nanga Parbat in 1934 after days of starvation and cold exposure?
• ... that Jackson Mac Low used A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates to write poetry?

Hotaka Yamakawa

• In baseball, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeat the Hanshin Tigers to win the Japan Series (MVP Hotaka Yamakawa pictured).
• Hurricane Melissa leaves more than 40 people dead across the Caribbean.
• More than 120 people are killed in a police operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• In the Sudanese civil war, at least 2,500 people are killed in massacres after Al-Fashir is captured by the Rapid Support Forces.

August 19: Afghan Independence Day; Qixi Festival in China (2026)

The Luck of Cumberland

• 1759 – Seven Years' War: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to Lagos, Portugal, and continued the battle there in violation of Portuguese neutrality.
• 1905 – In a ceremony officiated by Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, The Luck of Cumberland (pictured) was presented to HMS Cumberland.
• 1950 – The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War.
• 2002 – Second Chechen War: A Russian Mil Mi-26 was brought down by Chechen separatists with a man-portable air-defense system near Khankala, killing 127 people in the deadliest helicopter crash in history.
• 2017 – Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.