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What Happened on July 19th This Day in History

Year	Name
2018	The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
2014	Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.
2012	Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.
2011	Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry.
1997	The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
1992	A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
1989	United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
1985	The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
1983	The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
1982	In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
1981	In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
1980	Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
1979	The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
1979	The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
1977	The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).
1976	Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
1972	Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
1969	Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
1967	Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara.
1964	Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
1963	Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
1961	Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
1957	The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published.
1952	Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
1947	Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
1947	Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
1943	World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
1942	World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
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 casualties.
1940	Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
1940	World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
1936	Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
1916	World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
1903	Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
1900	The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
1870	Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
1864	Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
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.
1848	Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
1845	Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
1843	Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
1832	The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
1821	Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom.
1817	Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
1702	Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
1701	Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
1588	Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
1553	The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England collapses after only nine days.
1545	The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
1544	Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins.
1333	Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots.
998	Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.
939	Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.
711	Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic.
484	Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
64	The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.

Famous People Born on July 19

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Year	Name
1894	Percy Spencer, American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven (d. 1969)
1961	Campbell Scott, American actor, director, and producer
1980	Giorgio Mondini, Italian race car driver
1923	Alex Hannum, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002)
1950	Freddy Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944	Andres Vooremaa, Estonian chess player
1967	Yael Abecassis, Israeli model and actress
1917	William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013)
1963	Garth Nix, Australian author
1970	Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland

Famous People Deaths On July 19

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Date	Name
1913	Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1852)
1967	John T. McNaughton, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and an advisor to Robert McNamara (b. 1921)
2010	Cécile Aubry, French actress, author, television screenwriter and director (b. 1928)
2018	Jon Schnepp, American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer (b. 1967)[30]
1850	Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (b. 1810)
2005	Edward Bunker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
1896	Abraham H. Cannon, American publisher and religious leader (b. 1859)
2009	Frank McCourt, American author and educator (b. 1930)
1992	Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1940)
1374	Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1304)