1841年8月19日
The first set of standard bankruptcy laws hit the books throughout the nation. And, while the laws were repealed a few years later, they proved popular during their brief tenure, with 33,737 people utilizing the newfound right to voluntarily declare for bankruptcy.
1848年8月19日
Though gold was discovered in California in January of 1848, the news didn't make it to the East Coast until August 19, when the New York Herald let the East Coast know the rush was on. Until this date, there had been rumors, but people remained skeptical without an official report. However, the Herald's story, coupled with an official confirmation by President James Polk, erased any doubts. And with that, people went to find their fortune in America's Wild West. Those who made it to California a long, arduous, and sometimes deadly journey found boomtowns filled with everyone from entrepreneurs to unscrupulous shysters, all practicing their own brand of unfettered capitalism. People earned money by providing various services to miners. Demand for domestic skills, such as washing clothes, meant that for the first time women could charge healthy rates for their work. A shortage of women in the West created even easier ways of making money: One man charged $5.00 for the privilege of gawking at his fiancee during their wedding. If only gold had been so easy to come by. While some miners found their fortunes, the gold rush ruined many other people who had picked up their lives and made a mad dash for money that they never found.
1998年8月19日 证券投资基金配售新股规定出台
证监会发出通知， 就证券投资基金配售新股的有关问题做出具体规定,证券投资基金可以配售新股将有规可循。
2003年8月19日 上证所8月20日启用大宗交易系统
上证所会员和拥有上证所专用席位的机构,如要参与大宗交易,应通过上证所网站提出申请,经审核通过,并取得上证所信息网络有限公司颁发的有效数字证书,方能成为上证所大宗交易用户。大宗交易的交易时间为上证所交易日的15:00至15:30,上证所在上述时间内受理大宗交易申报；大宗交易用户可在交易日14:30至15:00登录上证所大宗交易系统,进行开始前的准备工作,在15:30至16:00通过上证所大宗交易系统操作界面获取当日成交的交易记录。大宗交易当日成交的交易记录将通过上证所宽带广播系统发送。正式使用大宗交易系统办理大宗交易业务后,原人工办理方式停止。新修订的《上海证券交易所大宗交易实施细则》自8月20日起施行。
