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August 19

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1838: Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson, a Swedish meteorologist who compiled the first International Cloud Atlas, was born in Stockholm.

1848: More than 100 ships were lost and 100 fishermen were killed in a severe gale on the east coast of Scotland.

1991: Hurricane Bob made landfall in eastern New England, causing more than $2 billion (2006 USD) in damage.