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Today July 19th 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
711 – Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
1333 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill – The final battle of the war.
1544 – Italian War of 1542: The Siege of Boulogne began.
1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth.
1553 – Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after having that title for just nine days.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – The Spanish Armada sighted in the English Channel.
1692 – Salem Witch Trials: Five women are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
1760 – The formal request to found the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its founders.
1799 – A group of Napoleon Bonaparte s soldiers discover what is now known as The Rosetta Stone, enabling the translation of hieroglyphics for the first time.
1843 – Brunel s steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
1848 – Women s rights: The two day Women s Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York and the Bloomers are introduced at the feminist convention.
1863 – American Civil War: Morgan s Raid – At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan s raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
1864 – Third Battle of Nanking, determined battle at last.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
1879 – Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.
1912 – A meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 kg explodes over the town of Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the town.
1919 – Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen rioted and burnt down Luton Town Hall.
1940 – World War II: Twelve men were promoted Generalfeldmarschall by Adolf Hitler, see List of German Field Marshals.
1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada – The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
1942 – World War II: Battle of the Atlantic – German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast positions in response to the effective American convoy system.
1947 – Prime minister of shadow Burma government ,Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members were assassinated by British , which resulted in the political chaos in the country lasting until now.
1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 metres (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
1964 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the U.S.-backed government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
1985 – The Val di Stava Dam collapse killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
1989 – United Airlines flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 112 of the 296 passengers.
Births
1670 – Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758)
1688 – Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)
1744 – Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806)
1759 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)
1789 – John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
1800 – Juan José Flores, military and first president of Ecuador (d. 1864)
1814 – Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)
1819 – Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d. 1890)
1822 – Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1916)
1827 – Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857)
1834 – Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917)
1849 – Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic (d. 1906)
1860 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (d. 1927)
1865 – Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
1876 – Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)
1876 – John Gunn, Former England cricketer (d. 1963)
1877 – Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949)
1883 – Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d. 1972)
1892 – Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1957)
1893 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1930)
1894 – Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)
1894 – Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician (d. 1959)
1895 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (d. 1953)
1896 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981)
1896 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1977)
1898 – Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
1904 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, Last Lincoln descendant (d. 1985)
1907 – Isabel Jewell, American actress (d. 1972)
1912 – Norman Carr, British conservationist (b. 1997)
1914 – Marius Russo, baseball player (d. 2005)
1917 – William Scranton, American politician
1919 – Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet (d. 2005)
1921 – Rosalyn Yalow, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1922 – Harold Camping, American evangelist, founder of Family Radio
1922 – George McGovern, American politician
1923 – William A. Rusher, American columnist
1924 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
1924 – Pat Hingle, American actor
1925 – Sue Thompson, American pop and country music singer
1926 – Helen Gallagher, American actress
1934 – Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
1935 – Vasily Livanov, Russian and Soviet film actor
1937 – George Hamilton IV, American country singer
1938 – Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist
1938 – Nicholas Bethell, British historian (d. 2007)
1938 – Richard Jordan, American actor (d. 1993)
1940 – Dennis Cole, American actor
1941 – Vikki Carr, American singer
1941 – Neelie Kroes, Dutch EU Commissioner for Competition
1946 – Alan Gorrie, Scottish musician (Average White Band)
1946 – Ilie Nastase, Romanian tennis player
1947 – Hans-Jürgen Kreische, East German footballer
1947 – Bernie Leadon, American musician (The Eagles)
1947 – Brian May, English musician (Queen)
1948 – Beverly Archer, American actress
1948 – Keith Godchaux, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1980)
1949 – Ivar Kants, Australian actor
1950 – Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance
1950 – Freddy Moore, American songwriter
1951 – Abel Ferrara, American filmmake
1951 – Jayson Stark, American sportswriter
1952 – Allen Collins, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1990)
1952 – Robert A. Ficano, American politician
1952 – John Griesheimer, American politician
1954 – Srda Trifkovic, Serbian-American journalist
1955 – Roger Binny, Former Indian cricketer
1956 – Nikki Sudden, English musician (d. 2006)
1956 – Yoshiaki Yatsu, Japanese professional wrestler
1958 – Robert Gibson, American professional wrestler
1958 – David Robertson, American symphony orchestra conductor
1960 – Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
1961 – Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
1961 – Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director
1961 – Campbell Scott, American actor
1961 – Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director
1962 – Anthony Edwards, American actor
1963 – Garth Nix, Australian author
1964 – André Action Diakité Jackson, founder African Diamond Producers Association
1964 – Masahiko Kondo, Japanese singer, actor and racing driver
1965 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist
1965 – Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
1966 – Nancy Walls, American actress
1966 – David Segui, American baseball player
1967 – Yael Abecassis, Israeli actress and model
1968 – Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head)
1968 – Jim Norton, American comedian and radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
1969 – Matthew Libatique, American cinematographer
1971 – Russell Allen, American musician (Symphony X)
1971 – Urs Bühler, Swiss tenor (Il Divo)
1971 – Michael Modest, American professional wrestler
1971 – Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
1972 – Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
1972 – Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer
1973 – Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth)
1973 – Saïd Taghmaoui, French actor
1973 – Scott Walker, Canadian hockey player
1974 – Rey Bucanero, Mexican professional wrestler
1974 – Preston Wilson, baseball player
1976 – Vinessa Shaw, American actress
1976 – Gonzalo de los Santos, Uruguayan footballer
1977 – Ed Smith, English cricketer
1977 – Tony Mamaluke, American professional wrestler
1977 – Haitham Mustafa, Sudanese footballer
1977 – Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1978 – Nené, Brazilian footballer
1979 – Luke Young, English footballer
1979 – Rick Ankiel, Baseball pitcher/ outfielder
1979 – Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
1980 – Giorgio Mondini, Italian racing driver
1980 – Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
1980 – Mark Webber, American actor
1981 – Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause)
1981 – Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player
1981 – Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Nikki Osborne, Australian actress
1981 – David Bernard, West Indian cricketer
1982 – Jared Padalecki, American actor
1982 – Stuart Parnaby, English footballer
1982 – Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer
1984 – Lasse Gjertsen, Norwegian animator
1984 – Alessandra De Rossi, Filipino actress
1984 – Adam Morrison, American basketball player
1984 – Lewis Price, Welsh footballer
1990 – Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor
Deaths
514 – Pope Symmachus, Italian clergy
931 – Uda, Emperor of Japan (b. 867)
1374 – Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304)
1415 – Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)
1543 – Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
1631 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (b. 1550)
1687 – Laura Martinozzi, Duchess of Modena (b. 1637)
1692 – Sarah Good, Puritan accused of being witch during Salem Witch Trials (b. 1653)
1742 – William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
1810 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia (b. 1776)
1814 – Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b. 1774)
1838 – Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (b. 1785)
1850 – Margaret Fuller, American writer (b. 1810)
1857 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1796)
1868 – Soji Okita, Japanese samurai
1896 – Abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)
1906 – Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic (b. 1849)
1913 – Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia (b. 1852)
1939 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (b. 1850)
1947 – Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
1947 – U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898)
1965 – Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (b. 1875)
1972 – Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (b. 1884)
1974 – Joe Flynn, American actor (b. 1924)
1974 – Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (b. 1904)
1975 – Lefty Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1980 – Nihat Erim, Prime Minister of Turkey (assassinated) (b. 1912)
1981 – Roger Doucet, French Canadian tenor (b. 1919)
1982 – John Harvey, stage and film actor (b. 1911)
1984 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
1985 – Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer (b. 1938)
1989 – Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (b. 1913)
1990 – Eddie Quillan, American actor (b. 1907)
1992 – Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate, martyr of mafia (b. 1940)
1998 – Elmer Valo, baseball player (b. 1921)
2002 – Alan Lomax, American folksong collector (b. 1915)
2003 – Bill Bright, American evangelist (b. 1921)
2003 – Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1908)
2004 – Reverend Francis Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b. 1924)
2004 – Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
2005 – John Tyndall, British politician (b. 1934)
2005 – Edward Bunker, American writer (b. 1933)
2006 – Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920)
2007 – Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1944)
2007 – A. K. Faezul Huq, Lawyer, politician, and freelance journalist (b. 1945)
2008 – Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (b. 1907)
2008 – Anastasia Blue, American porn actress (b. 1980)
Holidays and observances
Burma – Burmese Martyrs Day.
Saint Arsenius in the Roman Catholic Church
Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht
Saint Symmachus, pope
Saint Kirdjun, converted thief and martyr
Saint Macrina, Sister of St. Basil the Great
Justa and Rufina
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