Event:
Community Health Systems Inc., a private hospital company, reveals that Social Security numbers and other personal data were stolen for 4.5 million patients in April and June; the company believes the attack is the work of Chinese hackers
More Notable Events on August 19:
1993 Actress Kim Basinger weds actor Alec Baldwin
1993 Mattel and Fisher Price toys merge
1984 Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for president
1957 U.S. Major David Simons reaches 30,933m in a balloon
1919 Afghanistan declares independence from U.K.
