Page 8: Historical Events In July - 19
Wednesday, 07 January 2026
1990 On July - 19 richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, Calif 

1990 Eddie Quillan, actor (Brigadoon, Summer Magic), dies of cancer at 83 on July - 19. 

1991 On this day in history miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape 

1991 The South African government admits funding the Zulus to undermine the ANC on July - 19. 

1992 On this day in history bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies 

1993 Elmar Klos, Czech director (Shop on Main Street), dies at 83 on July - 19. 

1994 Christian-Jaque, [Christian Maudet], French director (Nana), dies on this day in history. 

1995 On this day in history dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen & I Can't Get Up), dies at 87 

2005 President Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor on July - 19. 

2007 On this day in history ol Doinyo Lengai mountain erupts, bringing a stop to the daily week long tremors experienced in Nairobi and Northern Tanzania. 

2007 On this day in history prathiba Patil is elected as the first female President of India. 

2007 On July - 19 russia expels four British embassy staff in a tit-for-tat response over Britain's expulsion of four of Russia's diplomats. Russia also refuses to cooperate with Britain over the war on terror. 

2007 On this day in history the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 14,000 for the first time in history. 

2013 On this day in history 20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq 

2017 US scientists calculate total amount plastic ever produced - 8.3 million tonnes, equal to weight of 1 billion elephants on this day in history. 

2017 US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer on this day in history. 

2017 "Depacito" by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee becomes the most streamed song ever, played 4.6 billion times on this day in history. 

2017 Archaeological dig in Kakadu National Park extends Aboriginal peoples time in Australia to 65,000 to 80,000 years ago on this day in history. 

2017 On July - 19 bBC publishes salaries of its top-earning journalists and presenters, two-thirds male, Chris Evans highest at over £2.2 million 

2018 Israel's parliament passes controversial "nation state" law giving only Jews self-determination, relegating Arabic to "special status" on this day in history. 

2018 First commercial flight, the "bird of peace" between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 20 years lands in Asmara, Eritrea, reuniting families on July - 19. 

2018 Largest intact sarcophagus of its kind ever found (2000 years old) opened in Alexandria, contains 3 skeletons, not a curse as feared on July - 19. 

2018 Airbus Beluga XL, painted to look like the whale, makes its first flight, landing in Toulouse-Blagnac, France More >> on this day in history. 

2018 Russian ship Dmitri Donskoii, with possible cargo of gold coins is discovered in waters between South Korea and Japan where it sunk in 1905 on this day in history. 

2018 Brazilian soccer international goalkeeper Alisson transfers from Roma to Liverpool for a world record shot blocker's fee of £66.8m on this day in history. 

2018 Duck boot sinks in Table Rock Lake, Missouri, drowning 17 people on this day in history. 

2019 On this day in history the Iranian Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps captures British tanker Stena Impero and temporarily seizes British-operated and Liberian-flagged tanker Mesdar in the Persian Gulf. The British Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, warns there will be "serious consequences" if Iran does not release the tanker. 

2020 World Formula 1 drivers champion Lewis Hamilton wins a record 8th Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to equal Michael Schumacher's record of wins at a single circuit (French GP) on July - 19. 

2020 Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says 25 million Iranians already infected with COVID-19, 35 million at risk (official figure just 269,440) on July - 19. 

2020 Flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal on July - 19. 

2021 On July - 19 blue Origin successfully conducts its first human test flight, with a reusable New Shepard rocket delivering four crew members into space: its founder Jeff Bezos, Bezos' brother Mark, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen (who becomes the youngest person to go into space), and 82-year-old aviator and Mercury 13 member Wally Funk (who becomes the oldest person to go into space). 

2021 Leftist schoolteacher Pedro Castillo is confirmed as President of Peru over a month after the 2021 Peruvian general election on this day in history. 

2021 On July - 19 day of Hajj: Women are permitted to attend without a male guardian (mehrem) provided they go in a trustworthy group. 

2023 Typhoon Doksuri forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean, going on to kill 137 people in Southeast Asia on this day in history. 

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