Topic: Malcolm Forbes

Rapper Fat Joe turns 50 and actor Kyra Sedgwick turns 55, among the famous birthdays for Aug. 19.

On Aug. 19, 1991, a coup orchestrated by hard-line Communists removed Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the Soviet Union.

On Aug. 19, 1991, a coup orchestrated by hard-line Communists removed Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the Soviet Union.

On Aug. 19, 1991, a coup orchestrated by hard-line Communists removed Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the Soviet Union. The coup would lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014

UPI Almanac for Monday, Aug. 19, 2013.

Deepwater drilling for oil and natural gas reserves has returned to the level before the BP oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, analysis shows.

UPI Almanac for Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012.

A Russian expert on Faberge eggs says one item in the collection of the late publisher Malcolm Forbes was not the work of the Imperial jeweler.

A billionaire Russian who bought the Malcolm Forbes Faberge collection is negotiating for two other major Faberge collections in the United States.