Historical Events In July - 19

1990  On this day in history richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, Calif  

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

1991  Miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape on this day in history.  

1991  The South African government admits funding the Zulus to undermine the ANC on this day in history.  

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  On July - 19 christian-Jaque, [Christian Maudet], French director (Nana), dies  

1995  On July - 19 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 this day in history.  

2007  Ol Doinyo Lengai mountain erupts, bringing a stop to the daily week long tremors experienced in Nairobi and Northern Tanzania on July - 19.  

2007  On July - 19 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  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 14,000 for the first time in history on July - 19.  

2013  20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq on July - 19.  

2017  On July - 19 uS scientists calculate total amount plastic ever produced - 8.3 million tonnes, equal to weight of 1 billion elephants  

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

2017  On July - 19 "Depacito" by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee becomes the most streamed song ever, played 4.6 billion times  

2017  On July - 19 archaeological dig in Kakadu National Park extends Aboriginal peoples time in Australia to 65,000 to 80,000 years ago  

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 July - 19.  

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

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

2018  On July - 19 airbus Beluga XL, painted to look like the whale, makes its first flight, landing in Toulouse-Blagnac, France More >>  

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 July - 19.  

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

2018  Duck boot sinks in Table Rock Lake, Missouri, drowning 17 people on July - 19.  

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

2020  On this day in history flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal.  

2021  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) on July - 19.  

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 July - 19.  

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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  Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.  

1735  Garret Wesley Mornington, composer was born on this day in history.  

1742  Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer was born on July - 19.  

1744  Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

1750  On July - 19 birth of alessio Prati, composer  

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

0514  Symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies on July - 19.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1543  On July - 19 death of lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England