Page 6: Historical Events In July - 19

1941  President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee on July - 19.   

1941  The first US Army flying school for black cadets dedicted (Tuskegee Ala) on this day in history.   

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  Dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in US on July - 19.   

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

1943  On this day in history 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 July - 19 carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated   

1945  On July - 19 edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy   

1945  George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80 on July - 19.   

1947  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 on this day in history.   

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  15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki on July - 19.   

1954  Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81 on July - 19.   

1955  Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64 on July - 19.   

1957  Don Bowden becomes first American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7) on this day in history.   

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

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

1958  On July - 19 robert Earl Hughes, weighed 1,041 lbs (473 kg), dies at 32   

1961  The first in-flight movie shown (TWA) on July - 19.   

1963  On July - 19 nASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km   

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 July - 19.   

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

1966  On this day in history gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)   

1967  Race riots in Durham NC on July - 19.   

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

1969  Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit on this day in history.   

1969  On July - 19 mary Jo Kopechne dies at 28, in Ted Kennedy's car   

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1592  On this day in history birth of erhard Buttner, composer   

1670  On this day in history birth of richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758)   

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

1735  Garret Wesley Mornington, composer was born on July - 19.   

1742  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer   

1744  On July - 19 birth of heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806)   

1750  On July - 19 birth of alessio Prati, composer   

1759  Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833) was born on July - 19.   

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

1054  On this day in history bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies   

1234  Death of Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament on July - 19.   

1346  Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1374  On July - 19 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 July - 19.