On this day in 1934, Adolf Hitler, already chancellor, is also elected president of Germany in an unprecedented consolidation of power in the short history of the republic
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August 19, 1934 – Hitler is elected president of Germany
August 19, 1886 – Joseph Conrad becomes a British citizen
On this day in 1886, Joseph Conrad, born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Poland, becomes a British citizen.