The process consisted of polishing a copper plate, using iodine to sensitize it, and developing it over mercury after exposing it to light in a camera. Daguerreotypes became so popular in the United States that New York City boasted more than 70 daguerreotype studios by 1850. 1848 Aug 19, The New York Herald reported the discovery of gold in California. Aug 19, Bernard Baruch, U.S. representative to the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission, was born. That's any fun at all for humanity.
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1919 Aug 19, Malcolm Forbes, publisher of Forbes magazine, was born. 1934 Aug 19, A plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer. 38 million Germans voted to make Adolf Hitler the official successor to President von Hindenburg. Aug 19, Spanish poet Garcia Lorca was arrested in Granada. He disappeared shortly thereafter.