August 19 2022

Click to toggle navigation menu. • • Click to expand menu. • Click to expand menu. • • • • • • • Click to expand menu. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Click to expand menu. • • • • Click to expand menu. • • • • Click to expand menu. • • • • • Click to expand menu. • • • • • • • • Click to expand menu. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Click to collapse navigation menu. Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2022. There are 134 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 19, 1960, a tribunal in Moscow convicted American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage. (Although sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, Powers was returned to the United States in 1962 as part of a prisoner exchange.) On this date: In A.D. 14, Caesar Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, died at age 76 after a reign lasting four decades; he was succeeded by his stepson Tiberius. In 1807, Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat arrived in Albany, two days after leaving New York. In 1812, the USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off Nova Scotia during the War of 1812, earning the nickname “Old Ironsides.” In 1814, during the War of 1812, British forces landed at Benedict, Maryland, with the objective of capturing Washington D.C. In 1848, the New York Herald reported the discovery of gold in California. In 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler. In 1942, during World War II, about 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers ...

High & Low Weather Summary for August 2022 Temperature Humidity Pressure High 36°C (28 Aug, 17:56) 100% (5 Aug, 04:56) 1024 mbar (5 Aug, 04:56) Low 12°C (21 Aug, 06:56) 29% (26 Aug, 16:56) 1002 mbar (28 Aug, 17:56) Average 23°C 71% 1015 mbar * Reported 1 Aug 00:56 — 31 Aug 23:56, United States. Weather by CustomWeather, © 2023 Note: Actual official high and low records may vary slightly from our data, if they occured in-between our weather recording intervals... Scroll right to see more Conditions Comfort Time Temp Weather Wind Humidity Barometer Visibility 00:56 Mon, 1 Aug 23°C Clear. 6 km/h ↑ 85% 1014 mbar 16km 01:56 22°C Clear. 6 km/h ↑ 93% 1014 mbar 16km 02:56 22°C Clear. 15 km/h ↑ 90% 1014 mbar 16km 03:56 21°C Clear. No wind ↑ 93% 1014 mbar 16km 04:56 21°C Clear. 7 km/h ↑ 93% 1014 mbar 16km 05:56 19°C Clear. No wind ↑ 96% 1014 mbar 11km 06:56 19°C Sunny. No wind ↑ 93% 1014 mbar 11km 07:56 21°C Sunny. 15 km/h ↑ 93% 1014 mbar 11km 08:56 25°C Sunny. 13 km/h ↑ 82% 1014 mbar 14km 09:56 27°C Sunny. 13 km/h ↑ 74% 1014 mbar 16km 10:56 30°C Sunny. 11 km/h ↑ 63% 1013 mbar 16km 12:56 32°C Sunny. 13 km/h ↑ 57% 1013 mbar 16km 13:56 33°C Sunny. 19 km/h ↑ 56% 1013 mbar 16km 14:56 33°C Sunny. 20 km/h ↑ 60% 1012 mbar 16km 15:56 33°C Sunny. 20 km/h ↑ 58% 1012 mbar 16km 16:56 33°C Sunny. 22 km/h ↑ 58% 1011 mbar 16km 17:56 33°C Sunny. 19 km/h ↑ 56% 1011 mbar 16km 19:56 29°C Sunny. 11 km/h ↑ 70% 1010 mbar 16km 20:56 27°C Clear. 13 km/h ↑ 81% 1010 mbar 16km 21:56 26°C Clear. 9 km/h ↑ 87% 1...

New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 19 : All Songs Considered NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include new ones from Hot Chip, the R&B singer Tink, Shemekia Copeland, singer-songwriter Anna Tivel and more. Featured Albums: 1. Hot Chip — Freakout/Release Featured Songs: "Down," "Freakout/Release," "Miss the Bliss," "The Evil That Men Do" 2. Terence Etc. — Vortex Featured Songs: "In Contemplation of Clair's Scent," "Infinence or Infinity," "The Merchant of Flatbush" 3. Anna Tivel — Outsiders Featured Songs: "Outsiders, "Black Umbrella," "The Basement" 4. Tink — Pillow Talk Featured Songs: "Mine," "Drunk Text'n" 5. Shemekia Copeland — Done Come Too Far Featured Songs: "Too Far To Be Gone," "The Talk," "Fell in Love with a Honky," "Gullah Geechee," "The Dolls are Sleeping" Lightning Round: Andrew Combs — Sundays Internet Money — We All We Got Muna Ileiwat — Twenty-Seven THICK — Happy Now Other notable releases for Aug. 19: AITCH — Close to Home Cass McCombs — Heartmind Demi Lovato — HOLY FVCK Eli Winter — Eli Winter Kim Myhr — Sympathetic Magic Loudon Wainwright III — Lifetime Achievement Madonna — Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones Marketa Irglova — Lila The Mountain Goats — Bleed Out Panic! At The Disco — Viva Las Vengeance Röyksopp — Profound Mysteries II Silversun Pickups — Physical Thrills The Soft Pink Truth — Was It Ever Real? Terence Etc.'s Vortex is one of our picks for the best new albums out on Aug. 19. Alima Lee hide caption toggle c...