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What happened in history on this day: July 19?
On July 19 in ...
- 1913 - Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers".
- 1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign. The BBC World Service begins frequent playing of the first notes of Beethoven's 5th Symphony as part of the campaign.
Births on July 19
- 1905 - Birth of Boyd Neel in Blackheath, Kent, England, conductor (Story of an Orchestra).
- 1920 - Birth of Robert Mann in Portland, Oregon, USA; violinist (String Quartet 1952).
- 1937 - Birth of George Hamilton IV in North Carolina, USA; country singer, actor (Evel Knievel, Love at first Bite).
- 1938 - Birth of Vikki Carr in El Paso, Texas, USA; singer ("Let it Please Be Him").
- 1946 - Birth of Alan Gorrie; singer-bassist (Average White Band - "Pick Up the Pieces").
- 1947 - Birth of Bernie Leadon; guitarist/vocalist (Eagles - "Take it Easy", Nitty Gritty Dirt Band).
- 1947 - Birth of Brian May; guitarist (Queen - "We are the Champions").
- 1947 - Birth of Gerard Schwarz in Weehawken, New Jersey, USA; trumpeter/conductor (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra).
- 1948 - Birth of Keith Godchaux; keyboardist (Grateful Dead).
- 1952 - Birth of Alan Collins; guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd).
- 1960 - Birth of Kevin Haskins; drummer (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets - "So Alive").
- 1963 - Birth of Kelly Shiver; country singer (Thrasher Shiver).
- 1971 - Birth of Urs Buhler; singer (Il Divo).
- 1974 - Birth of Jason McGerr; drummer (Death Cab For Cutie).
- 1981 - Birth of Didz Hammond; bassist/backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause).
Deaths on July 19
- 1970 - Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at age 61.
- 1975 - Death of Lefty Frizzell in Nashville after suffering a stroke at age 47; country singer ("If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" (1950), "Always Late" (1951), "Saginaw, Michigan" (1964)).
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