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What happened in history on this day: July 19?
On July 19 in ...
- 1776 - New York adopts the declaration of independence from Great Britain.
- 1848 - First Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
- 1875 - Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, New York City.
- 1912 - In Holbrook, Arizona, USA 14,000 meteorite stones fall; no injuries reported.
- 1918 - 60 miles east of New York City, USA, the USS San Diego ship has an explosion of unknown cause, sinking the ship in under 30 minutes. 1176 sailors abandon ship, 6 die.
- 1939 - First use of fiberglass sutures, by R.P. Scholz, Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1941 - First US Army flying school for black cadets is dedicted (Tuskegee, Alabama).
- 1941 - President Franklin Roosevelt appoints FEP Committee.
- 1950 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's first entirely live-action feature film, Treasure Island, to theaters in the USA. The film is based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- 1957 - First rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada, USA.
- 1961 - First in-flight movie shown (TWA).
- 1963 - NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km altitude.
- 1966 - Governor James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, Ohio due to race riot.
- 1967 - Race riots in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
- 1967 - US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km).
- 1969 - Mary Jo Kopechne dies at age 28, in Senator Ted Kennedy's car.
- 1975 - Apollo and Soyuz, linked in orbit for two days, separate.
- 1979 - The Sandinista National Liberation Front concludes a successful revolutionary campaign against the U.S. backed Somoza dictatorship and assumes power in Nicaragua.
- 1982 - David S Dodge becomes the first American hostage in Lebanon.
- 1985 - U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush announces that New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe will become the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- 1989 - United Airlines Flight 232 (Douglas DC-10) crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 112; 184 on board survive.
- 1990 - Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California.
- 1993 - U.S. President Bill Clinton announces his 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy regarding gays in the American military.
- 1996 - (to August 4) Games of the XXVI Olympiad are held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- 2000 - Apple Computer begins shipping the first personal computers with standard dual processors, the Power Mac G4 with dual 450 or 500 MHz processors.
- 2005 - President George W. Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Junior to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.
- 2007 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 14,000 for the first time in history.
Births on July 19
- 1801 - Birth of John Walker in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; attorney (1826-35, 1849-57, 1864-69), US senator from Mississippi (1835-45), US Treasury secretary (1845-49), Kansas territory governor (1857-58).
- 1920 - Birth of Robert Mann in Portland, Oregon, USA; violinist (String Quartet 1952).
- 1922 - Birth of George McGovern; American politician (Senator-Democrat-South Dakota), presidential candidate (Democrat-1972).
- 1923 - Birth of Pat Hingle in Denver, Colorado, USA; actor (Baby Boom, Norma Rae, Bloody Mama).
- 1926 - Birth of Helen Gallagher in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet, All My Children).
- 1937 - Birth of George Hamilton IV in North Carolina, USA; country singer, actor (Evel Knievel, Love at first Bite).
- 1938 - Birth of Richard Jordan in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors).
- 1938 - Birth of Vikki Carr in El Paso, Texas, USA; singer ("Let it Please Be Him").
- 1940 - Birth of Dennis Cole in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Felony Squad, Brackens's World, Bearcats).
- 1943 - Birth of Roy D Bridges Junior in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (STS 51F, STS 61F).
- 1947 - Birth of Gerard Schwarz in Weehawken, New Jersey, USA; trumpeter/conductor (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra).
- 1948 - Birth of Beverly Archer in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; actress (Iola - Mama's Family, Major Dad).
- 1952 - Birth of Howard Donald Saunders in Danbury, Connecticut, USA; murderer (FBI Most Wanted List).
- 1956 - Birth of Peter Barton in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA; actor (Powers of Matthew Star, Sunset Beach, Burke's Law).
- 1959 - Birth of Terri Treas in Kansas City, Kansas, USA; actress (Hannah - 7 Brides for 7 Brothers).
- 1968 - Birth of Carolie DeVonne Howe in Chugwater, Wyoming, USA; Miss Wyoming-America (1991).
- 1982 - Birth of Jared Padalecki; American actor (Supernatural, Gilmore Girls).
Deaths on July 19
- 1940 - Samuel H Chang, American newspaper magnate, is murdered in Shanghai, China.
- 1969 - Mary Jo Kopechne dies at age 28, in Senator Ted Kennedy's car.
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