July 19
July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1789 - John Martin, English painter
- 1814 - Samuel Colt, inventor (d. 1862)
- 1819 - Gottfried Keller, writer (d. 1890)
- 1834 - Edgar Degas, impressionist painter (d. 1917)
- 1860 - Lizzie Borden, accused murderess (d. 1927)
- 1875 - Alice Dunbar Nelson, author, poet (d. 1935)
- 1883 - Max Fleischer, animator, film producer (d. 1992)
- 1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, poet (d. 1930)
- 1894 - Khawaja Nazimuddin, second Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)
- 1896 - A.J. Cronin, writer (d. 1981)
- 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, communist philosopher (d. 1979)
- 1921 - Rosalyn Yalow, medical physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977
- 1922 - George McGovern, former US presidential candidate
- 1934 - Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (1980; died in office).
- 1947 - Brian May, guitarist in rock band Queen
- 1965 - Stuart Scott, sportscaster
- 1973 - Scott Walker, NHL hockey player
- 1978 - Topher Grace, actor
Deaths
- 1061 - Pope Nicholas II (or July 27)
- 1415 - Philippa of Lancaster, consort queen of Portugal (from the plague)
- 1857 - Stefano Franscini, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1796)
- 1810 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia
- 1900 - King Umberto I of Italy assassinated
- 1910 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (b. 1812)
- 1947 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist, assassinated
- 1965 - Clyde Beatty, circus performer, big game hunter
- 1965 - Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea
- 1980 - Nihat Erim, former Turkish Prime Minister assassinated
- 1985 - Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish science fiction writer
- 2003 - Pierre Graber, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1908)
Holidays and observances
July 18 - July 20 - June 19 - August 19 -- listing of all days
