Page 8: 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 this day in history.   

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  Bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies on July - 19.   

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

1994  On July - 19 christian-Jaque, [Christian Maudet], French director (Nana), dies   

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

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 July - 19.   

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

2013  On July - 19 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 July - 19.   

2017  On July - 19 uS Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer   

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

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

2018  On this day in history 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  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 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 July - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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  Erhard Buttner, composer was born on July - 19.   

1670  Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758) was born on July - 19.   

1688  On July - 19 birth of giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1415  On July - 19 death of philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)   

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.