Template:On this day/August 19

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

August 19:

• 1791 – Benjamin Banneker sent his Almanac and a letter to Thomas Jefferson, criticizing Jefferson’s pro-slavery stance and invoking the Declaration of Independence to request justice for African Americans.
• 1933 – Issue No. 3 of The Reflector, Charlottesville’s only known historic Black weekly newspaper, was published. Surviving copies are held at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.
• 1969 – Hurricane Camille caused severe flooding in Scottsville, with 10 inches of rain falling overnight, leading to evacuations and widespread damage.