July 19
Today is the 200th day of 2021, there are 165 days left in the year.
1553 - King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen of England after pretender Lady Jane Grey was deposed.
1848 - The first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York.
1870 - The Franco-Prussian War, which led to the unification of the German states, began.
1922 - George McGovern, a U.S. senator and the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972, was born in Avon, South Dakota.
1941 - Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign.
1943 - Allied air forces raided Rome during World War II, the same day Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Feltre in northern Italy.
1961 - TWA became the first airline to begin showing regularly scheduled in-flight movies as it presented “By Love Possessed” to first-class passengers on a flight from New York to Los Angeles.
1966 - Fifty-year-old singer Frank Sinatra married 21-year-old actress Mia Farrow.
1969 - Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins on board, went into orbit around the moon.
1979 - The Nicaraguan capital of Managua fell to Sandinista guerrillas.
1984 - Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York won the Democratic nomination for vice president at the party's convention in San Francisco.
1989 - United Air Lines Flight 232, a DC-10 which sustained the uncontained failure of its tail engine and the loss of hydraulic systems, crashed while making an emergency landing in Sioux City, Cockeye, killing 112 people; 184 survived.
1993 - President Bill Clinton announced the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gay service members in the U.S. military.
2005 - President George W. Bush announced his choice of federal appeals court judge John Roberts to replace Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor. (Roberts ended up succeeding Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died in September 2005; Samuel Alito was then nominated to replace O'Connor.)
2011 - Summoned by British lawmakers to answer for a phone hacking and bribery scandal at one of his tabloids, media mogul Rupert Murdoch said he was humbled and ashamed, but accepted no responsibility for wrongdoing.
2014 - Actor James Garner, 86, died in Los Angeles.
2016 - Republicans meeting in Cleveland nominated Donald Trump as their presidential standard-bearer; in brief videotaped remarks, Trump thanked the delegates, saying: “This is a movement, but we have to go all the way.”
2020 - President Donald Trump refused to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming election, telling Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” that it was too early to make any such guarantee.
Birthdays
26 - Romee Strijd (model)
31 - Steven Anthony Lawrence (actor)
35 - Dustin Ybarra (actor/comedian)
35 - Jinder Mahal (professional wrestler)
37 - Kaitlin Doubleday (actress)
39 - Jared Padalecki (actor)
41 - Chris Sullivan (actor)
44 - Erin Cummings (actress)
45 - Benedict Cumberbatch (actor)
50 - Andrew Kavovit (actor)
55 - Nancy Carell (actress)
56 - Clea Lewis (actress)
59 - Anthony Edwards (actor)
60 - Campbell Scott (actor)
65 - Peter Barton (actor)
73 - Beverly Archer (actress)
74 - Brian May (musician)
76 - George Dzundza (actor)
81 - Vikki Carr (singer)
95 - Sue Thompson (country singer)
95 - Helen Gallagher (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 19
1903 - French rider Maurice Garin wins the inaugural Tour de France.
1909 - The first unassisted triple play in major league baseball was made by Cleveland Indians shortstop Neal Ball in a game against Boston.
1909 - Cy Young earned his 500th career victory.
1920 - Babe Ruth breaks his own single season home run record with his 30th of the year. (He would finish the season with 54, before breaking that record again the following year.)
1960 - Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants became the first pitcher to get a one-hitter in his major league debut.
1966 - At the Astrodome, the first major league game to be played totally on artficial turf took place. Prior to this game, the outfield had consisted of painted dirt and the infield was covered with artificial turf.
1980 - The Summer Olympics began in Moscow with dozens of nations boycotting because of Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.
1989 - NFL owners vote unanimously to create the World League of American Football, which would operate from 1991 through 2007.
1990 - Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose was sentenced in Cincinnati to five months in prison for tax evasion.
1996 - The 26th Summer Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia.
Today is the 200th day of 2021, there are 165 days left in the year.
1553 - King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen of England after pretender Lady Jane Grey was deposed.
1848 - The first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York.
1870 - The Franco-Prussian War, which led to the unification of the German states, began.
1922 - George McGovern, a U.S. senator and the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972, was born in Avon, South Dakota.
1941 - Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign.
1943 - Allied air forces raided Rome during World War II, the same day Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Feltre in northern Italy.
1961 - TWA became the first airline to begin showing regularly scheduled in-flight movies as it presented “By Love Possessed” to first-class passengers on a flight from New York to Los Angeles.
1966 - Fifty-year-old singer Frank Sinatra married 21-year-old actress Mia Farrow.
1969 - Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins on board, went into orbit around the moon.
1979 - The Nicaraguan capital of Managua fell to Sandinista guerrillas.
1984 - Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York won the Democratic nomination for vice president at the party's convention in San Francisco.
1989 - United Air Lines Flight 232, a DC-10 which sustained the uncontained failure of its tail engine and the loss of hydraulic systems, crashed while making an emergency landing in Sioux City, Cockeye, killing 112 people; 184 survived.
1993 - President Bill Clinton announced the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gay service members in the U.S. military.
2005 - President George W. Bush announced his choice of federal appeals court judge John Roberts to replace Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor. (Roberts ended up succeeding Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died in September 2005; Samuel Alito was then nominated to replace O'Connor.)
2011 - Summoned by British lawmakers to answer for a phone hacking and bribery scandal at one of his tabloids, media mogul Rupert Murdoch said he was humbled and ashamed, but accepted no responsibility for wrongdoing.
2014 - Actor James Garner, 86, died in Los Angeles.
2016 - Republicans meeting in Cleveland nominated Donald Trump as their presidential standard-bearer; in brief videotaped remarks, Trump thanked the delegates, saying: “This is a movement, but we have to go all the way.”
2020 - President Donald Trump refused to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming election, telling Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” that it was too early to make any such guarantee.
Birthdays
26 - Romee Strijd (model)
31 - Steven Anthony Lawrence (actor)
35 - Dustin Ybarra (actor/comedian)
35 - Jinder Mahal (professional wrestler)
37 - Kaitlin Doubleday (actress)
39 - Jared Padalecki (actor)
41 - Chris Sullivan (actor)
44 - Erin Cummings (actress)
45 - Benedict Cumberbatch (actor)
50 - Andrew Kavovit (actor)
55 - Nancy Carell (actress)
56 - Clea Lewis (actress)
59 - Anthony Edwards (actor)
60 - Campbell Scott (actor)
65 - Peter Barton (actor)
73 - Beverly Archer (actress)
74 - Brian May (musician)
76 - George Dzundza (actor)
81 - Vikki Carr (singer)
95 - Sue Thompson (country singer)
95 - Helen Gallagher (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 19
1903 - French rider Maurice Garin wins the inaugural Tour de France.
1909 - The first unassisted triple play in major league baseball was made by Cleveland Indians shortstop Neal Ball in a game against Boston.
1909 - Cy Young earned his 500th career victory.
1920 - Babe Ruth breaks his own single season home run record with his 30th of the year. (He would finish the season with 54, before breaking that record again the following year.)
1960 - Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants became the first pitcher to get a one-hitter in his major league debut.
1966 - At the Astrodome, the first major league game to be played totally on artficial turf took place. Prior to this game, the outfield had consisted of painted dirt and the infield was covered with artificial turf.
1980 - The Summer Olympics began in Moscow with dozens of nations boycotting because of Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.
1989 - NFL owners vote unanimously to create the World League of American Football, which would operate from 1991 through 2007.
1990 - Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose was sentenced in Cincinnati to five months in prison for tax evasion.
1996 - The 26th Summer Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia.
