July 19
is the 200th day (201st in
leap years) of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining.
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711 -
Muslim forces under
Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the
Visigoths led by their king
Roderic.
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1333 -
Wars of Scottish Independence:
Battle of Halidon Hill - The final battle of the war.
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1544 -
Italian War of 1542:
The Siege of Boulogne began.
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1553 -
Lady Jane Grey is replaced by
Mary I of England as
Queen of England after having that title for just nine days.
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1588 -
Anglo-Spanish War:
Battle of Gravelines - The
Spanish Armada sighted in the
English Channel.
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1692 -
Salem Witch Trials: Five women are hanged for witchcraft in
Salem, Massachusetts.
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1760 - The formal request to found the later city of
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its founders.
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1848 -
Women's rights: The two day
Women's Rights Convention opens in
Seneca Falls, New York and the "
Bloomers" are introduced at the
feminist convention.
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1863 -
American Civil War:
Morgan's Raid - At
Buffington Island in
Ohio,
Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the
Ohio River.
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1870 -
Franco-Prussian War:
France declares war on
Prussia.
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1873 -
William Gosse becomes the first
European to discover
Ayers Rock (
Uluru) and names it in honour of
South Australian Premier Sir Henry Ayers.
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1879 -
Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up
Holliday's
New Mexico saloon.
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1908 Feyenoord Rotterdam was founded
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1912 - A
meteorite with an estimated mass of 190
kg explodes over the town of
Holbrook in
Navajo County, Arizona causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the town.
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1940 -
World War II:
Battle of Cape Spada - The
Royal Navy and the
Regia Marina clash; the
Italian light cruiser
Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualities.
*1940 -
World War II: Army order 112 forms the
Intelligence Corps of the
British Army.
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1942 -
World War II:
Battle of the Atlantic -
German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last
U-boats to withdraw from their
United States Atlantic coast positions in response to the effective
American convoy system.
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1945 -
Montgomery Ward is seized by
United States Army troops at the direction of
Attorney General Francis Biddle because of its refusal to obey
National War Labor Board orders.
Montgomery Ward chairman Seward Avery is carried out of his office by troops.
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1947 -
Burmese nationalist Aung San and 6 of his
cabinet members were
assassinated.
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1963 -
Joe Walker flies a
North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 metres (347,800 feet) on
X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a
human spaceflight under international convention.
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1964 -
Vietnam War: At a rally in
Saigon,
South Vietnamese
Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into
North Vietnam.
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1967 - A
Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 and a
Cessna 310 collided in mid-air over
Hendersonville,
North Carolina killing 82.
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1971 - The South Tower of the
World Trade Center is topped out at 1,362 feet, making it the second tallest building in the world.
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1976 -
Sagarmatha National Park in
Nepal is created.
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1979 - The
Sandinista rebels overthrow the
U.S.-backed
government of the
Somoza family in
Nicaragua.
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1985 -
US Vice President George H. W. Bush announces that
New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe will become the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the
Space Shuttle (see
Space Shuttle Challenger).
*1985 - 268 people are killed after a
dam collapse in
Val di Stava,
Italy.
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1989 - A
Douglas DC-10 carrying 296 aboard crashes in
Sioux City, Iowa killing 112 but due to extraordinary efforts by the pilot and his crew, 184 on board survive. (See
United Airlines flight 232).
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2001 -
UK politician and
novelist Jeffrey Archer,
Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare, is sentenced to four years in prison for
perjury and perverting the course of justice.
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2005 -
Death Valley,
California registers a temperature of 53.9°C (129°F). A total of 12 days of 50°C (122°F) or higher was reported. Overnight temperatures of 37.8°C (100°F) or higher were also observed.
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1670 -
Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d.
1758)
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1688 -
Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d.
1766)
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1789 -
John Martin, English painter (d.
1854)
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1814 -
Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d.
1862)
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1819 -
Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d.
1890)
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1834 -
Edgar Degas, French painter (d.
1917)
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1860 -
Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d.
1927)
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1865 -
Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d.
1939)
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1876 -
Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th president of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d.
1972)
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1877 -
Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d.
1949)
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1883 -
Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d.
1972)
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1893 -
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (d.
1930)
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1894 -
Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd
Prime Minister of Pakistan (d.
1965)
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1896 -
A.J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d.
1981)
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1898 -
Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d.
1979)
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1914 -
Marius Russo, baseball player (d.
2005)
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1917 -
William Scranton, American politician
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1921 -
Rosalyn Yalow, American physicist,
Nobel laureate*
1922 -
George McGovern, American
politican*
1924 -
Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d.
2005)
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1926 -
Helen Gallagher, American actress,
Ryan's Hope*
1934 -
Francisco Sá Carneiro,
Prime Minister of Portugal (d.
1980)
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1938 -
Jayant Narlikar, Indian Astrophysicist
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1941 -
Vikki Carr, American singer
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1946 -
Alan Gorrie, Scottish musician (
Average White Band)
* 1946 -
Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player
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1947 -
Bernie Leadon, American musician (
The Eagles)
* 1947 -
Brian May, English guitarist (
Queen)
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1948 -
Keith Godchaux, American musician (
Grateful Dead) (d.
1980)
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1950 -
Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance
* 1950 -
Freddy Moore, American songwriter
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1952 -
Allen Collins, American musician (
Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d.
1990)
* 1952 -
Robert A. Ficano, County Executive for
Wayne County,
Michigan (
Detroit and environs)
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1954 -
Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist
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1956 -
Nikki Sudden, musician (d.
2006)
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1960 -
Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
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1961 -
Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
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1962 -
Anthony Edwards, American actor
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1965 -
Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
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1968 -
Robert Flynn, American musician (
Machine Head)
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1973 -
Martin Powell, English musician (
Cradle of Filth)
* 1973 -
Scott Walker, Canadian hockey player
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1974 -
Preston Wilson, Baseball player
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1976 -
Vinessa Shaw, American Actress
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1977 -
Charles John Spencer, American professional wrestler
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1979 -
Luke Young, English footballer
* 1979 -
Rick Ankiel, Baseball pitcher
*
1982 -
Stuart Parnaby, English footballer
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1984 -
Adam Morrison, American basketball player
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514 -
Pope Symmachus, Italian clergy (b.
498)
*
931 -
Uda,
Emperor of Japan (b.
867)
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1374 -
Petrarch, Italian poet (b.
1304)
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1415 -
Philippa of Lancaster, wife of
John I of Portugal (plague) (b.
1359)
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1543 -
Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King
Henry VIII of England*
1742 -
William Somervile, English poet (b.
1675)
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1810 -
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia (b.
1776)
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1814 - Captain
Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b.
1774)
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1838 -
Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (b.
1785)
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1850 -
Margaret Fuller, American writer (b.
1810)
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1857 -
Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (b.
1796)
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1868 -
Soji Okita, Japanese samurai (b.
1842 or
1844)
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1910 -
Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (b.
1812)
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1947 -
Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b.
1915)
* 1947 -
U Razak, Burmese politician (b.
1898)
*
1965 -
Syngman Rhee, first
President of South Korea (b.
1875)
*
1972 -
Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (b.
1884)
*
1980 -
Nihat Erim,
Prime Minister of Turkey (assassinated) (b.
1912)
*
1985 -
Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer (b.
1938)
*
1998 -
Elmer Valo, baseball player (b.
1921)
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2002 -
Alan Lomax, American folksong collector (b.
1915)
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2003 -
Bill Bright, American evangelist (b.
1921)
* 2003 -
Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b.
1908)
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2004 -
Reverend Francis Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b.
1924)
* 2004 -
Zenko Suzuki,
Prime Minister of Japan (b.
1911)
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2005 -
John Tyndall, British politician (b.
1934)
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2006 -
Jack Warden, American actor (b.
1920)
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Roman festivals -
Lucaria.
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Malaysia - Birthday of
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Ng Sembilan.
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Myanmar -
Martyr's Day.
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Nicaragua -
National Liberation Day.
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Catholic - Feasts of
St. Vincent de Paul::*St.
Arsenius::*St.
Machrina::*St.
Symmachus*
World Fenerbahce Supporters Day.
*According to sitcom
Father Ted, previous events that occurred on July 19 included
Galway being liberated by the
Indians,
Marathon was renamed
Snickers and the
Ice Age ended.
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BBC: On This Day*
The New York Times: On This Day*
On This Day in Canada*
Epic Idiot: On This DayJuly 18 -
July 20 -
June 19 -
August 19 --
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