19 July
Notable Births
Kim So-hye
b. 1999
South Korean actress (born 1999)
Erin Cuthbert
b. 1998
Scottish footballer (born 1998)
Karl Jacobs
b. 1998
American YouTuber (born 1998)
Paul Momirovski
b. 1996
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1996)
Christian Welch
b. 1994
Australian rugby league footballer
Jake Nicholson
b. 1992
English footballer
Eray İşcan
b. 1991
Turkish footballer (born 1991)
Patrick Corbin
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Sam McKendry
b. 1989
NZ international rugby league footballer
Shane Dawson
b. 1988
American YouTuber (born 1988)
Kevin Großkreutz
b. 1988
German footballer (born 1988)
Jakub Kovář
b. 1988
Czech ice hockey goaltender
Trent Williams
b. 1988
American football player (born 1988)
Yan Gomes
b. 1987
Brazilian-American baseball player (born 1987)
Jon Jones
b. 1987
American mixed martial artist (born 1987)
Marc Murphy (footballer)
b. 1987
Australian rules footballer (born 1987)
Leandro Greco
b. 1986
Italian footballer
Jinder Mahal
b. 1986
Canadian professional wrestler (born 1986)
LaMarcus Aldridge
b. 1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Dick Irvin
b. 1892
Canadian ice hockey player, coach (1892–1957)
Notable Deaths
Toumani Diabaté
d. 2024
Malian musician (1965–2024)
Iryna Farion
d. 2024
Ukrainian linguist and politician (1964–2024)
Kevan Gosper
d. 2024
Australian athlete and administrator (1933–2024)
Sheila Jackson Lee
d. 2024
American lawyer and politician (1950–2024)
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
d. 2024
Leader of Vietnam from 2011 to 2024
Ray Reardon
d. 2024
Welsh professional snooker player (1932–2024)
James C. Scott
d. 2024
American political scientist and anthropologist (1936–2024)
Esta TerBlanche
d. 2024
South African actress (1973–2024)
Rutger Hauer
d. 2019
Dutch actor (1944–2019)
Jon Schnepp
d. 2018
American filmmaker
Denis Ten
d. 2018
Kazakh figure skater (1993–2018)
Garry Marshall
d. 2016
American filmmaker (1934–2016)
Van Alexander
d. 2015
American musician (1915–2015)
Galina Prozumenshchikova
d. 2015
Soviet swimmer (1948–2015)
Carmino Ravosa
d. 2015
American composer and lyricist, singer, pianist
Gennadiy Seleznyov
d. 2015
Russian politician (1947–2015)
Skye McCole Bartusiak
d. 2014
American actress (1992–2014)
David Easton
d. 2014
Canadian academic (1917–2014)
Alan Lomax
d. 2002
American musicologist (1915–2002)
Hans Morgenthau
d. 1980
American political scientist (1904–1980)
On This Day in History
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2018
The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Knesset
2014
Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.
New Valley Governorate
2012
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.
Syrian civil war
2011
Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry.
Guinea
1997
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
The Troubles
1992
A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
Via D'Amelio bombing
1989
United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111.
United Airlines Flight 232
1985
The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
Val di Stava dam collapse
1983
The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
Michael W. Vannier
1982
In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
Hezbollah
1981
In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
Ronald Reagan
1980
Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
1980 Summer Olympics
1979
The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
Sandinista National Liberation Front
1979
The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
SS Atlantic Empress
1977
The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).
Global Positioning System
1976
Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
Sagarmatha National Park
1972
Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
Dhofar rebellion
1969
Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
Chappaquiddick incident
1967
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara.
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
1964
Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
Vietnam War