19TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS JUSTA & RUFINA; ST
AMBROSE AUTPERT; ST MACRINA THE YOUNGER; ST ARSENIUS THE GREAT; ST JAMES OF NISIBIA; ST
SYMMACHUS, POPE; & ST JOHN PLESINGTON." |
| 19TH |
514 |
"ST SYMMACHUS" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 19TH |
1545 |
THE PRIDE OF "HENRY VII" OF
ENGLAND’S FLEET, ‘THE MARY ROSE’ KEELED OVER AND SANK IN THE SOLENT WITH
THE LOSS OF 700 LIVES. |
| 19TH |
1553 |
15 YEAR OLD "LADY JANE GREY" IS DEPOSED AS
ENGLAND’S QUEEN AFTER 9 DAYS. |
| 19TH |
1692 |
FIVE MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN ARE HANGED FOR
WITCHCRAFT.
FIFTEEN YOUNG GIRLS OF THE SALEM COMMUNITY HAD CHARGED NEARLY 150 CITIZENS WITH WITCHCRAFT
DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. |
| 19TH |
1848 |
FEMALE RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER, ‘AMELIA JENKS BLOOMER’
INTRODUCED BLOOMERS TO THE WORLD AT A CONVENTION IN, SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK. |
| 19TH |
1873 |
EXPLORER "WILLIAM GOSSE" AND
HIS PARTY CAME ACROSS A LARGE ROCK IN THE CENTRE OF AUSTRALIA, WHICH THEY NAMED
"AYRES ROCK." |
| 19TH |
1877 |
THE FIRST WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE HELD. |
| 19TH |
1903 |
THE FIRST ‘TOUR de FRANCE’
CYCLE RACE WAS WON BY "MAURICE GARIN." |
| 19TH |
1940 |
HMAS SYDNEY SINKS THE ITALIAN CRUISER BATHOLOMEO
COLLEONI OFF CRETE. |
| 19TH |
1943 |
ALLIED AIR FORCES STAGE FIRST AIR RAID
ON ROME. |
| 19TH |
1946 |
ORANGE, NSW, PROCLAIMED A CITY. |
| 19TH |
1952 |
15TH MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN
HELSINKI. |
| 19TH |
1954 |
‘ELVIS PRESLEY’S’ FIRST SINGLE,
‘THAT’S ALRIGHT (MAMMA),’ ‘BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY,’ WAS
RELEASED. |
| 19TH |
1957 |
BRITISH RUNNER, "DEREK
IBBOTSON" LOWERS THE WORLD 1500metre TIME FROM 3:57.9 TO 3:57.2. |
| 19TH |
1957 |
THE FIRST ROCKET WITH A NUCLEAR WARHEAD IS FIRED FROM, YUCCA
FLAT, NEVADA. |
| 19TH |
1958 |
THE LAST TRAM APPEARS ON PERTH STREETS. |
| 19TH |
1961 |
FIRST IN-FLIGHT MOVIE SHOWN, ABOARD A TWA FLIGHT. |
| 19TH |
1962 |
FRENCHMAN "JOSE MEIFRET"
ATTAINED A SPEED OF 204.77 kph ON A BICYCLE TO HOLD THE SPEED RECORD. |
| 19TH |
1966 |
SINGER "FRANK SINATRA," AGED 50, MARRIES 21 YEAR
OLD ACTRESS "MIA FARROW" IN LAS VEGAS. |
| 19TH |
1976 |
ROCK GROUP, "DEEP PURPLE"
SPLITS. |
| 19TH |
1980 |
22ND MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN MOSCOW, BOYCOTTED BY THE
U.S. & OTHERS. |
| 19TH |
1984 |
"LYNN RIPPELMEYER" IS THE
FIRST FEMALE TO CAPTAIN A ‘747,’ FLYING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. |
| 19TH |
1985 |
"CHRISTA McAULIFFE" IS THE FIRST SCHOOL TEACHER
CHOSEN TO FLY IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE. |
| 19TH |
1986 |
"CAROLINE KENNEDY" MARRIES
"EDWIN A. SCHLOSSBERG" IN CENTERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS. |
| 19TH |
1987 |
‘MOLLY MELDRUM’ REMOVED HIS HAT TO REVEAL A BALD
HEAD DURING THE FINAL COUNTDOWN MUSIC PROGRAM ON A.B.C. TELEVISION. |
| 19TH |
1991 |
MISS BLACK AMERICA CONTESTANT ACCUSES
"MIKE TYSON" OF RAPE. |
| 19TH |
1991 |
IN PENNSYLVANIA, "MARC CIENKOWSKI" FATALLY SHOT
"MICHAEL KLUCZNIK" WITH A BOW AND ARROW AS THEY ARGUED OVER A GAME OF MONOPOLY. |
| 19TH |
1996 |
THE OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN ATLANTA
GEORGIA. |
| 19TH |
1996 |
A TAMIL REBEL SUICIDE BOAT STACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES RAMS &
SINKS A SRI LANKA NAVAL SHIP WITH 40 SAILORS ON BOARD. 400 SOLDIERS ARE KILLED IN TWO DAYS
OF FIGHTING. |
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