Historical Events In July - 19

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

1990  On this day in history eddie Quillan, actor (Brigadoon, Summer Magic), dies of cancer at 83  

1991  Miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape on July - 19.  

1991  On July - 19 the South African government admits funding the Zulus to undermine the ANC  

1992  Bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies on this day in history.  

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 July - 19.  

1995  Dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen & I Can't Get Up), dies at 87 on July - 19.  

2005  On this day in history president Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.  

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

2007  Prathiba Patil is elected as the first female President of India on July - 19.  

2007  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 on July - 19.  

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

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

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  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  BBC publishes salaries of its top-earning journalists and presenters, two-thirds male, Chris Evans highest at over £2.2 million on this day in history.  

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

2018  First commercial flight, the "bird of peace" between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 20 years lands in Asmara, Eritrea, reuniting families on this day in history.  

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  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  On July - 19 russian ship Dmitri Donskoii, with possible cargo of gold coins is discovered in waters between South Korea and Japan where it sunk in 1905  

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  On this day in history duck boot sinks in Table Rock Lake, Missouri, drowning 17 people  

2019  On July - 19 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  On July - 19 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)  

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  Flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal on this day in history.  

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

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

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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 July - 19.  

1688  Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766) was born on July - 19.  

1735  On July - 19 birth of garret Wesley Mornington, composer  

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

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

1750  Alessio Prati, composer was born on this day in history.  

1759  On this day in history birth of seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)  

0514  On this day in history symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies  

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

1234  Death of Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament on this day in history.  

1346  On July - 19 dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle  

1374  Francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1415  Death of Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359) on this day in history.  

1534  On this day in history willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70  

1543  Death of Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England on July - 19.