Event:
The U.S. Navy announces that it will allow women to undergo its intensive 6-month SEAL training; female candidates who pass the course will be able to serve on SEAL teams
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.
