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What happened in history on this day: July 19?
On July 19 in ...
- 1877 - The final match of the first tennis tournament at Wimbledon is held. W. Spencer Gore defeats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in 48 minutes.
- 1909 - First baseman Neil Ball turns unassisted triple-play.
- 1927 - Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th Major League Baseball hit.
- 1952 - (to August 3) The Games of the XV Olympiad are held in Helsinki, Finland.
- 1957 - Don Bowden becomes first American to break 4 minute mile (3:58.7).
- 1960 - San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal debuts, with a one hitter against Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1963 - Philadelphia Phillies' Roy Siever hits home run number 300.
- 1973 - Willie Mays named to National League all star team for 24th time (ties Stan Musial).
- 1974 - Cleveland Indians' Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland Athletics, 4-0.
- 1977 - National League beats American League 7-5 in 48th All Star Game (Yankee Stadium, New York).
- 1980 - (to August 3) The Games of the XXII Olympiad are held in Moscow, USSR. USA and other countries boycott the games due to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
- 1986 - Cleveland Indians' pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game.
- 1990 - Cincinnati Reds' player Pete Rose is sentence to five months for tax evasion.
- 1991 - With New York Yankees victory, 10 of 14 American League teams are at .500 or better.
- 1994 - Four 26-pound ceiling tiles fall from the roof of the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington, just hours before a scheduled Seattle Mariners game.
- 1996 - (to August 4) Games of the XXVI Olympiad are held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- 2009 - In Sachsenring, Germany, round 9 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Valentino Rossi.
- 2009 - In Brands Hatch, Great Britain, round 8 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Alain Menu; race 2 is won by Augusto Farfus.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball 92nd All-Star Game: American League beats National League by score 3-2.
Births of sports figures on July 19
- 1916 - Birth of Phillip Cavaretta; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1945).
- 1929 - Birth of Sofia Muratova in USSR; gymnist (Olympic-6 gold/3 silver/4 bronze-1952-60).
- 1946 - Birth of Ilie Nastase in Bucharest, Romania; tennis player (US Open 1972).
- 1963 - Birth of Sandor Wladar in Hungary; 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980).
Deaths of sports figures on July 19
- 2015 - Death of Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet swimmer (born 1948).
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