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• Today is Monday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2013. There are 134 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On August 19, 1848, the New York Herald reported the discovery of gold in California.
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• On this date:
• 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 1918, "Yip! Yip! Yaphank," a musical revue by Irving Berlin featuring Army recruits from Camp Upton in Yaphank, N.Y., opened on Broadway.
• In 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler.
• In 1936, the first of a series of show trials orchestrated by Soviet leader Josef Stalin began in Moscow as 16 defendants faced charges of conspiring against the government. All were convicted and executed.
• In 1942, during World War II, about 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a disastrous raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France, suffering more than 50 percent casualties.
• In 1951, the owner of the St. Louis Browns, Bill Veeck (vehk), sent in 3-foot-7 Eddie Gaedel to pinch-hit in a game against Detroit. In his only major league at-bat, Gaedel walked on four pitches and was replaced at first base by a pinch-runner.
• In 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.
• In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Kansas City.
• In 1980, 301 people aboard a Saudi Arabian L-1011 died as the jetliner made a

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