Historical Events In July - 19

1990  On July - 19 richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, Calif   

1990  Eddie Quillan, actor (Brigadoon, Summer Magic), dies of cancer at 83 on July - 19.   

1991  On July - 19 miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape   

1991  The South African government admits funding the Zulus to undermine the ANC on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies   

1993  On July - 19 elmar Klos, Czech director (Shop on Main Street), dies at 83   

1994  On this day in history christian-Jaque, [Christian Maudet], French director (Nana), dies   

1995  On this day in history dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen & I Can't Get Up), dies at 87   

2005  On July - 19 president Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.   

2007  On July - 19 ol Doinyo Lengai mountain erupts, bringing a stop to the daily week long tremors experienced in Nairobi and Northern Tanzania.   

2007  On this day in history prathiba Patil is elected as the first female President of India.   

2007  On this day in history russia expels four British embassy staff in a tit-for-tat response over Britain's expulsion of four of Russia's diplomats. Russia also refuses to cooperate with Britain over the war on terror.   

2007  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 14,000 for the first time in history on July - 19.   

2013  20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq on July - 19.   

2017  US scientists calculate total amount plastic ever produced - 8.3 million tonnes, equal to weight of 1 billion elephants on this day in history.   

2017  US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer on this day in history.   

2017  "Depacito" by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee becomes the most streamed song ever, played 4.6 billion times on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history archaeological dig in Kakadu National Park extends Aboriginal peoples time in Australia to 65,000 to 80,000 years ago   

2017  BBC publishes salaries of its top-earning journalists and presenters, two-thirds male, Chris Evans highest at over £2.2 million on July - 19.   

2018  Israel's parliament passes controversial "nation state" law giving only Jews self-determination, relegating Arabic to "special status" on this day in history.   

2018  First commercial flight, the "bird of peace" between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 20 years lands in Asmara, Eritrea, reuniting families on this day in history.   

2018  On July - 19 largest intact sarcophagus of its kind ever found (2000 years old) opened in Alexandria, contains 3 skeletons, not a curse as feared   

2018  Airbus Beluga XL, painted to look like the whale, makes its first flight, landing in Toulouse-Blagnac, France More >> on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history russian ship Dmitri Donskoii, with possible cargo of gold coins is discovered in waters between South Korea and Japan where it sunk in 1905   

2018  On this day in history brazilian soccer international goalkeeper Alisson transfers from Roma to Liverpool for a world record shot blocker's fee of £66.8m   

2018  Duck boot sinks in Table Rock Lake, Missouri, drowning 17 people on July - 19.   

2019  On this day in history the Iranian Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps captures British tanker Stena Impero and temporarily seizes British-operated and Liberian-flagged tanker Mesdar in the Persian Gulf. The British Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, warns there will be "serious consequences" if Iran does not release the tanker.   

2020  World Formula 1 drivers champion Lewis Hamilton wins a record 8th Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to equal Michael Schumacher's record of wins at a single circuit (French GP) on July - 19.   

2020  On this day in history iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says 25 million Iranians already infected with COVID-19, 35 million at risk (official figure just 269,440)   

2020  Flooding of the Brahmaputra River kills 189 and leaves 4 million homeless in India and Nepal on this day in history.   

2021  Blue Origin successfully conducts its first human test flight, with a reusable New Shepard rocket delivering four crew members into space: its founder Jeff Bezos, Bezos' brother Mark, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen (who becomes the youngest person to go into space), and 82-year-old aviator and Mercury 13 member Wally Funk (who becomes the oldest person to go into space) on July - 19.   

2021  Leftist schoolteacher Pedro Castillo is confirmed as President of Peru over a month after the 2021 Peruvian general election on July - 19.   

2021  Day of Hajj: Women are permitted to attend without a male guardian (mehrem) provided they go in a trustworthy group on July - 19.   

2023  Typhoon Doksuri forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean, going on to kill 137 people in Southeast Asia on July - 19.   

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1592  Erhard Buttner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1670  On July - 19 birth of richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758)   

1688  Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766) was born on July - 19.   

1735  Garret Wesley Mornington, composer was born on July - 19.   

1742  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer   

1744  On July - 19 birth of heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806)   

1750  Alessio Prati, composer was born on July - 19.   

1759  Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833) was born on July - 19.   

0514  On July - 19 symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies   

1054  On July - 19 bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies   

1234  On this day in history death of floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament   

1346  On this day in history dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle   

1374  Francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1415  On this day in history death of philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)   

1534  Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70 on July - 19.   

1543  Death of Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England on this day in history.