July 19
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July 19 is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days remaining after July 19 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 1670 – Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758)
- 1688 – Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)
- 1759 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)
- 1789 – John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
- 1800 – Juan Jose Flores, first President of Ecuador (d. 1864)
- 1814 – Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)
- 1819 – Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d. 1890)
- 1834 – Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917)
- 1840 – Jose Manuel Balmaceda, President of Chile (d. 1891)
- 1860 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d. 1927)
- 1863 – Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer and dramatist (d. 1934)
- 1865 – Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
- 1876 – Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)
- 1877 – Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949)
- 1883 – Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d. 1972)
- 1890 – George II of Greece (d. 1947)
- 1893 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1930)
- 1894 – Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)
- 1894 – Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician (d. 1959)
- 1896 – A.J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981)
- 1898 – Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
- 1914 – Marius Russo, baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1917 – William Scranton, American politician
- 1921 – Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Harold Camping, American evangelist and religious broadcaster, predicted the rapture
- 1922 – George McGovern, American politician
- 1924 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Pat Hingle, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1926 – Helen Gallagher, American actress, Ryan's Hope
- 1932 – Erro, Icelandic artist
- 1934 – Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
- 1938 – Jayant Narlikar, Indian Astrophysicist
- 1941 – Vikki Carr, American singer
- 1945 – George Dzundza, American actor
- 1946 – Alan Gorrie, Scottish musician (Average White Band)
- 1946 – Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player
- 1947 – Bernie Leadon, American musician (The Eagles)
- 1947 – Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
- 1947 – Hans-Juergen Kreische, East German footballer
- 1948 – Keith Godchaux, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1980)
- 1950 – Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance
- 1950 – Freddy Moore, American songwriter
- 1952 – Allen Collins, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1990)
- 1952 – Robert A. Ficano, County Executive for Wayne County, Michigan (Detroit and environs)
- 1954 – Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist
- 1956 – Nikki Sudden, musician (d. 2006)
- 1958 – Reuben Kane, American professional wrestler
- 1960 – Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
- 1961 – Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
- 1961 – Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director
- 1961 – Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director
- 1962 – Anthony Edwards, American actor
- 1965 – Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
- 1968 – Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head)
- 1970 – Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish politician
- 1971 – Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
- 1972 – Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer
- 1973 – Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth)
- 1973 – Scott Walker, Canadian hockey player
- 1974 – Preston Wilson, American baseball player
- 1976 – Vinessa Shaw, American actress
- 1976 – Gonzalo de los Santos, Uruguayan footballer
- 1977 – Charles John Spencer, American professional wrestler
- 1978 – Chiara Zanni, Canadian actress
- 1979 – Luke Young, English footballer
- 1979 – Rick Ankiel, American baseball pitcher
- 1980 – Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
- 1981 – Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause)
- 1981 – Nikki Osborne, Australian actress
- 1981 – Chris Spicuzza, American musician (Chimaira)
- 1982 – Jared Padalecki, American actor
- 1982 – Stuart Parnaby, English footballer
- 1983 – Helen Skelton, British TV presenter
- 1984 – Diana Mocanu, Romanian swimmer
- 1984 – Adam Morrison, American basketball player
[change] Deaths
- 1374 – Francesco Petrarca, Italian poet (b. 1304)
- 1810 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia (b. 1776)
- 1814 – Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b. 1774)
- 1850 – Margaret Fuller, American writer (b. 1810)
- 1857 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1796)
- 1943 – Yekaterina Budanova, Soviet flying ace (b. 1916)
- 1947 – Aung San, Burmese revolutionary, nationalist, general, and politician (b. 1915)
- 1947 – U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898)
- 1965 – Rhee Syng-man, President of South Korea (b. 1875)
- 1974 – Erno Schwarz, Hungarian footballer (b. 1904)
- 1980 – Nihat Erim, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1912)
- 1980 – Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (b. 1904)
- 1989 – Kazimierz Sabbat, President of Poland (b. 1913)
- 1992 – Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate (b. 1940)
- 2003 – Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1908)
- 2004 – Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
- 2009 – Frank McCourt, Irish-American writer (b. 1930)
- 2009 – Henry Surtees, British racing driver (b. 1991)
- 2010 – David Warren, Australian inventor (b. 1925)
[change] Events
- 64 – The Great Fire of Rome starts.
- 1545 – The Tudor battleship Mary Rose sinks.
- 1553 – In England, Lady Jane Grey is replaced as queen by Mary I of England, having been queen only for a matter of days.
- 1692 – In the Salem Witch Trials, five women are hanged for witchcraft.
- 1821 – George IV of the United Kingdom is crowned king.
- 1843 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship, the SS Great Britain is launched.
- 1848 – A Women's rights convention begins in Seneca Falls, New York.
- 1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
- 1912 – A meteorite estimated to weigh 190 kilograms explodes over Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona, causing around 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the village.
- 1941 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launches the V for Victory campaign.
- 1947 – Several leading Burmese politicians, including Bogyoko Aung San, are executed by Galon U Saw.
- 1952 – The Summer Olympics in Helsinki begin.
- 1976 – The Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
- 1979 – The Sandinistas take official control of the government in Nicaragua.
- 1980 – The Summer Olympics in Moscow begin.
- 1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses in Italy, killing 268 people.
- 1989 – A United Airlines airplane crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, and bursts into flames, killing 112 out of the 296 people on board.
- 1992 – Anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino and two police officers are killed by a car-bomb attack in Palermo, Sicily.
- 1996 – The Summer Olympics in Atlanta begin.
- 2003 – The first successful tongue transplant is carried out in Vienna.
[change] Observances
- Sandinista Day (Nicaragua)
