July 19
1553 - King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen of England after pretender Lady Jane Grey was deposed.
1812 - During the War of 1812, the First Battle of Sackets Harbor in Lake Ontario resulted in an American victory as U.S. naval forces repelled a British attack.
1848 - The first women's rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, was held in Seneca Falls, New York.
1870 - The Franco-Prussian War began, which led to the unification of the German states.
1941 - Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign.
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 - Sandinista rebels took control of Managua following the flight of President Anastasio Somoza Debayle, completing the defeat of the National Guard and ending the civil war in Nicaragua.
1984 - New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman nominated for the vice presidency by a major political party.
1989 - United Air Lines Flight 232, a DC-10, crashed while attempting an emergency landing in Sioux City, Cockeye after suffering a catastropic failure of its tail engine and the loss of hydraulic systems; 112 people died in the crash while 184 survived.
1993 - President Bill Clinton announced the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gay service members in the 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 Sept. 2005; Samuel Alito then was chosen 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.
2012 - A controversy pitting gay rights against religious freedom began as a cake shop owner in Lakewood, Colorado, refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. (The Supreme Court would rule that Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission displayed anti-religious bias when it sanctioned the shop owner; the court did not rule on the larger issue of whether businesses can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gays and lesbians.)
2014 - A New York City police officer (Daniel Pantaleo) involved in the arrest of Eric Garner, who died in custody two days earlier after being placed in an apparent chokehold, was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk duty. (Pantaleo was fired in August 2019.)
2016 - Republicans meeting in Cleveland nominated Donald Trump as their presidential candidate.
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.
2021 - A Florida man, Paul Allard Hodgkins, who breached the U.S. Senate chamber on Jan. 6 carrying a Trump campaign flag received an eight-month prison term; it was the first resolution for a felony case in the Capitol insurrection.
Birthdays
27 - Romee Strijd (model)
32 - Steven Anthony Lawrence (actor)
35 - Jon Jones (MMA fighter)
36 - Jinder Mahal (professional wrestler)
36 - Dustin Ybarra (actor/comedian)
38 - Kaitlin Doubleday (actor)
39 - Trai Byers (actor)
40 - Jared Padalecki (actor)
42 - Chris Sullivan (actor)
44 - Marcela Valladolid (chef)
45 - Erin Cummings (actress)
46 - Benedict Cumberbatch (actor)
49 - Nathalie Boltt (actress)
51 - Andrew Kavovit (actor)
56 - Nancy Carell (actress)
57 - Clea Lewis (actress)
60 - Anthony Edwards (actor)
61 - Campbell Scott (actor)
66 - Peter Barton (actor)
74 - Beverly Archer (actress)
75 - Brian May (musician)
77 - George Dzundza (actor)
82 - Vikki Carr (singer)
96 - Helen Gallagher (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 19
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 hit his 30th home run of the season, breaking his own single-season record. (He would hit 54 in 1920 before breaking that record again the following season.)
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 unanimously approve to form the World League of American Football.
1990 - Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose was sentenced in Cincinnati to five months in prison for tax evasion.
1996 - The Summer Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia.
1553 - King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen of England after pretender Lady Jane Grey was deposed.
1812 - During the War of 1812, the First Battle of Sackets Harbor in Lake Ontario resulted in an American victory as U.S. naval forces repelled a British attack.
1848 - The first women's rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, was held in Seneca Falls, New York.
1870 - The Franco-Prussian War began, which led to the unification of the German states.
1941 - Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign.
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 - Sandinista rebels took control of Managua following the flight of President Anastasio Somoza Debayle, completing the defeat of the National Guard and ending the civil war in Nicaragua.
1984 - New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman nominated for the vice presidency by a major political party.
1989 - United Air Lines Flight 232, a DC-10, crashed while attempting an emergency landing in Sioux City, Cockeye after suffering a catastropic failure of its tail engine and the loss of hydraulic systems; 112 people died in the crash while 184 survived.
1993 - President Bill Clinton announced the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gay service members in the 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 Sept. 2005; Samuel Alito then was chosen 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.
2012 - A controversy pitting gay rights against religious freedom began as a cake shop owner in Lakewood, Colorado, refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. (The Supreme Court would rule that Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission displayed anti-religious bias when it sanctioned the shop owner; the court did not rule on the larger issue of whether businesses can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gays and lesbians.)
2014 - A New York City police officer (Daniel Pantaleo) involved in the arrest of Eric Garner, who died in custody two days earlier after being placed in an apparent chokehold, was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk duty. (Pantaleo was fired in August 2019.)
2016 - Republicans meeting in Cleveland nominated Donald Trump as their presidential candidate.
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.
2021 - A Florida man, Paul Allard Hodgkins, who breached the U.S. Senate chamber on Jan. 6 carrying a Trump campaign flag received an eight-month prison term; it was the first resolution for a felony case in the Capitol insurrection.
Birthdays
27 - Romee Strijd (model)
32 - Steven Anthony Lawrence (actor)
35 - Jon Jones (MMA fighter)
36 - Jinder Mahal (professional wrestler)
36 - Dustin Ybarra (actor/comedian)
38 - Kaitlin Doubleday (actor)
39 - Trai Byers (actor)
40 - Jared Padalecki (actor)
42 - Chris Sullivan (actor)
44 - Marcela Valladolid (chef)
45 - Erin Cummings (actress)
46 - Benedict Cumberbatch (actor)
49 - Nathalie Boltt (actress)
51 - Andrew Kavovit (actor)
56 - Nancy Carell (actress)
57 - Clea Lewis (actress)
60 - Anthony Edwards (actor)
61 - Campbell Scott (actor)
66 - Peter Barton (actor)
74 - Beverly Archer (actress)
75 - Brian May (musician)
77 - George Dzundza (actor)
82 - Vikki Carr (singer)
96 - Helen Gallagher (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 19
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 hit his 30th home run of the season, breaking his own single-season record. (He would hit 54 in 1920 before breaking that record again the following season.)
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 unanimously approve to form the World League of American Football.
1990 - Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose was sentenced in Cincinnati to five months in prison for tax evasion.
1996 - The Summer Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia.
