Page 6: Historical Events In July - 19

1941  On this day in history president Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee   

1941  On July - 19 the first US Army flying school for black cadets dedicted (Tuskegee Ala)   

1941  On this day in history 1st US Army flying school for black cadets dedicated (Tuskegee Ala)   

1942  Himmler sends a secret directive to SS Lieutenant General F.W. Kinger ordering the "resettlement" of the entire Jewish population of the General Government, to be completed by December 31 on this day in history.   

1942  On July - 19 dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in US   

1943  On this day in history allied air forces raid Rome during WW II   

1943  On July - 19 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II   

1944  1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated   

1945  Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy on July - 19.   

1945  On this day in history george Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80   

1947  On this day in history prime minister of shadow Burma government ,Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members were assassinated by British , which resulted in the political chaos in the country lasting until now.   

1948  On this day in history french govt of Schuman, resigns   

1949  Laos becomes associated state within French Union on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history laos independence   

1950  On July - 19 french/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh   

1951  On this day in history max Ettinger, composer, dies at 77   

1952  On July - 19 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki   

1954  On July - 19 jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81   

1955  Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history don Bowden becomes first American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7)   

1957  The first rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Ital author (Kaputt), dies at 59   

1958  Robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32 on July - 19.   

1961  The first in-flight movie shown (TWA) on this day in history.   

1963  NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km on this day in history.   

1964  Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69 on July - 19.   

1965  Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" on this day in history.   

1965  Syngman Rhee, president of South-Korea (1948-60), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1966  On July - 19 gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)   

1967  On July - 19 race riots in Durham NC   

1967  On this day in history uS launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)   

1969  Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit on July - 19.   

1969  Mary Jo Kopechne dies at 28, in Ted Kennedy's car on this day in history.   

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1592  On July - 19 birth of erhard Buttner, composer   

1670  Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)   

1735  On this day in history birth of garret Wesley Mornington, composer   

1742  On July - 19 birth of jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806)   

1750  On this day in history birth of alessio Prati, composer   

1759  Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.   

0514  On July - 19 symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies   

1054  Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies on July - 19.   

1234  On this day in history death of floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament   

1346  On this day in history dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle   

1374  On this day in history francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69   

1415  Death of Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359) on July - 19.   

1534  Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

1543  Death of Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England on this day in history.