++This Tweet in History: August 19, 2009++

WRLD: 43 BC – Octavius bullies his way to Consulship; dies same day, 57 years later

SPRT: Big day for race fans 1909 – first 500 at Indy; 1934 – First Soapbox Derby

OTHR: 1960 – Belka, Strelka, a rabbit, 40 mice, and a pair of rats ride into orbit and back alive, on Sputnik 5

BDAY: John Deacon, Bill Clinton, Ogden Nash, Orville Wright

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