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This day in history: 19 July

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411 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 19 July.
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2018: The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Aurea of Córdoba

Christian feast day: Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht

Christian feast day: John Plessington

Christian feast day: July 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Justa and Rufina

Christian feast day: Kirdjun (or Abakerazum)

Christian feast day: Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great

Christian feast day: Symmachus

Martyrs' Day (Myanmar)

Palace Day

Sandinista Day or Liberation Day (Nicaragua)

Events

2018The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

2014Gunmen 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.

2012Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.

2011Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry.

1997The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.

1994Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 is destroyed by a bomb after takeoff from Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport in Colón, Panama, killing 21.

1992A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.

1989United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111.

1985The Val di Stava dam collapses, killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.

1983The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.

1982In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.

1981In 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

1980Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.

1979The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.

1979The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.

1977The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal is 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).

1976Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.

1972Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.

1969Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.

1967Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22, and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collide over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft are destroyed and all passengers and crew are killed, including John T. McNaughton,

1964Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.

1963Joe 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.

1961Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.

1957The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh is published.

1952Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

1947Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.

1947Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.

1943World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.

1942World 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.

1940Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.

1940World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.

1940World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.

1936Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces. People's Olympiad of Barcelona cancelled.

1934The rigid airship USS Macon surprises the USS Houston near Clipperton Island with a mail delivery for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, demonstrating its potential for tracking ships at sea.

1916World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.

1903Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

1900The first line of the Paris Metro opens for operation.

1870Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.

1864Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

1863American 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.

Born on this day

2006Dani Muñoz, Spanish footballer

2003Tyler Downs, American diver

1999Kim So-hye, South Korean actress and singer

1998Erin Cuthbert, Scottish footballer

1998Karl Jacobs, American YouTuber and streamer

1998Ronaldo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean footballer

1997Zach Werenski, American ice hockey player

1996Paul Momirovski, Australian rugby league player

1995Romee Strijd, Dutch model

1994Christian Welch, Australian rugby league player

1992Jake Nicholson, English footballer

1991Eray İşcan, Turkish footballer

1989James Austin Johnson, American actor and comedian

1989Patrick Corbin, American baseball player

1989Sam McKendry, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player

1988Cherami Leigh, American actress

1988Jakub Kovář, Czech ice hockey player

1988Kevin Großkreutz, German footballer

1988Shane Dawson, American comedian and actor

1988Trent Williams, American football player

1987Jon Jones, American mixed martial artist

1987Marc Murphy, Australian footballer

1987Yan Gomes, Brazilian-American baseball player

1986Jinder Mahal, Canadian wrestler

1986Leandro Greco, Italian footballer

1985Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (died 2015)

1985LaMarcus Aldridge, American basketball player

1985Marina Kuzina, Russian basketball player

1985Zhou Haibin, Chinese footballer

1984Adam Morrison, American basketball player

1984Andrea Libman, Canadian voice actress

1984Lewis Price, Welsh footballer

1984Ryan O'Byrne, Canadian ice hockey player

1983Fedor Tyutin, Russian ice hockey player

1983Helen Skelton, English television host and actress

1982Christopher Bear, American drummer

1982Jared Padalecki, American actor

1982Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer

1982Phil Coke, American baseball player

1981David Bernard, Jamaican cricketer

Died on this day

2024Esta TerBlanche, South African actress (born 1973)

2024Iryna Farion, Ukrainian linguist and politician (born 1964)

2024James C. Scott, American political scientist and anthropologist (born 1936)

2024Kevan Gosper, Australian athlete and administrator (born 1933)

2024Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (born 1944)

2024Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer (born 1932)

2024Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)

2024Toumani Diabaté, Malian musician (born 1965)

2019Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer (born 1944)

2018Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (born 1993)

2018Jon Schnepp, American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer (born 1967)

2016Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (born 1934)

2015Carmino Ravosa, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1930)

2015Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (born 1948)

2015Gennadiy Seleznyov, Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma (born 1947)

2015Van Alexander, American composer and conductor (born 1915)

2014David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (born 1917)

2014Harry Pougher, English cricketer (born 1941)

2014Ingemar Odlander, Swedish journalist (born 1936)

2014James Garner, American actor (born 1928)

2014Jerzy Jurka, Polish biologist (born 1950)

2014John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (born 1919)

2014Leen Vleggeert, Dutch politician (born 1931)

2014Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author (born 1933)

2014Ray King, English footballer and manager (born 1924)

2014Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian (born 1933)

2014Skye McCole Bartusiak, American child actress and child model (born 1992)

2013Bert Trautmann, German footballer and manager (born 1923)

2013Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1931)

2013Leyla Erbil, Turkish author (born 1931)

Quote of the day

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”

Alan Watts

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