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July 19, 2005 John G. Roberts, Jr. is nominated to the United States Supreme Court July 19, 1998 127th British Golf Open: at Royal Birkdale July 19, 1998 JAL Big Apple Golf Classic July 19, 1996 Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final July 19, 1996 Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 mins for Lancashire vs. Derbyshire July 19, 1996 XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta, Georgia July 19, 1994 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles) July 19, 1994 Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon, Panama, 21 killed July 19, 1994 Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president July 19, 1993 Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes July 19, 1993 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham July 19, 1993 President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions July 19, 1992 "Price" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 47 performances July 19, 1992 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1) July 19, 1992 Ballet dancer Peter Martins charged with beating his wife July 19, 1992 Ebony P. Warren, crowned 24th Miss Black America July 19, 1992 Juli Inkster wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic July 19, 1992 New York City Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife July 19, 1991 Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game July 19, 1991 With New York Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better July 19, 1990 BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 person dies July 19, 1990 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion July 19, 1990 Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California July 19, 1990 Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a New York Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a New York Yankee July 19, 1989 Cleveland Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game July 19, 1989 United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City Iowa, kills 112 July 19, 1987 116th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 279 at Muirfield Gullane July 19, 1987 Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games July 19, 1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic July 19, 1986 Caroline Kennedy (28) marries Edwin Schlossberg (41) July 19, 1986 Indian pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game tying him with July 19, 1986 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title July 19, 1985 Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle July 19, 1985 Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die July 19, 1984 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer) July 19, 1984 Geraldine A. Ferraro, Rep-D-NY, wins Democratic VP nomination July 19, 1982 1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Washington D.C. July 19, 1982 Bolivian government resigns July 19, 1982 David S. Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon July 19, 1982 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2 July 19, 1981 110th British Golf Open: Bill Rogers shoots a 276 at Royal St. George July 19, 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic July 19, 1980 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott July 19, 1980 David Bowie appears in role of "Elephant Man" in Denver July 19, 1979 2 supertankers collide off Tobago - 260,000 TONS of oil spill July 19, 1979 Maritza Sayalero, 18, of Venezuela, crowned 28th Miss Universe July 19, 1979 Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza July 19, 1978 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island July 19, 1978 Yanks start 14 game comeback with 2-0 win July 19, 1977 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York July 19, 1977 All star MVP: Don Sutton (Los Angeles Dodgers) July 19, 1977 Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 76 July 19, 1976 Rock group Deep Purple disbands July 19, 1976 Allman Brother's roadie Scooter Herring sentenced to 75 years for providing drugs for the group, based on Gregg Allman's testimony July 19, 1975 Apollo and Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate July 19, 1975 New York Yank catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single and RBI are July 19, 1974 Cleveland Indian Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0 July 19, 1974 David Bowie's "Diamond Dog" tour ends in New York City July 19, 1974 Soyuz 14 lands July 19, 1973 Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial) July 19, 1971 Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees July 19, 1970 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Springfield Jaycee Golf Open July 19, 1969 Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit July 19, 1967 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line) July 19, 1967 Race riots in Durham, North Carolina July 19, 1967 U.S. launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km) July 19, 1966 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas July 19, 1966 France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island July 19, 1966 Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, race riot July 19, 1965 Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" July 19, 1964 46th PGA Championship: Bobby Nichols shoots a 271 at Columbus CC Ohio July 19, 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open July 19, 1964 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 19, 1963 NASA civilian Test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km July 19, 1963 Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300 July 19, 1962 Hungarian Communist Party expels Rakosi and Gero July 19, 1961 1st in-flight movie shown, TWA July 19, 1960 Italian Government Tambroni, resigns July 19, 1960 San Francisco Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies July 19, 1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Machine International Golf Open Alliance July 19, 1958 "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 192 performances July 19, 1958 Charly Gaul wins Tour de France July 19, 1957 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada July 19, 1957 Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7) July 19, 1957 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site July 19, 1956 U.S. refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam July 19, 1955 Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 and becomes a floating museum July 19, 1955 Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel July 19, 1953 KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting July 19, 1953 WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting July 19, 1952 "Paint Your Wagon" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 289 performances July 19, 1952 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland July 19, 1952 Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford July 19, 1952 India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day July 19, 1951 "2 in the Aisle" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 276 performances July 19, 1950 French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh July 19, 1950 New York Yankees obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard and Frank Barnes July 19, 1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris July 19, 1949 Laos becomes associated state within French Union July 19, 1948 French government of Schuman, resigns July 19, 1945 Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy July 19, 1945 USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue July 19, 1944 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany July 19, 1944 500 15th Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity July 19, 1944 Allied troops occupy Faubourg de Vaucelles, at Caen July 19, 1944 Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen July 19, 1944 Democratic convention opens in Chicago July 19, 1944 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg visits RC church in Berlin-Dahlem July 19, 1944 General Bradley flies to England July 19, 1944 Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho/Shokaku sinks in Marianas July 19, 1944 New York archbishop Spellman flies to Europe July 19, 1944 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Eichmann July 19, 1943 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II July 19, 1942 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in US July 19, 1942 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and Hague July 19, 1941 1st U.S. Army flying school for black cadets dedicated July 19, 1941 BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) (...-) 5th of Beethoven July 19, 1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign July 19, 1941 President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee July 19, 1940 Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders July 19, 1940 Nazi occupiers imprison 231 prominent Dutch citizens in Buchenwald July 19, 1940 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid anti-nazi films July 19, 1939 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R P Scholz, St. Louis, Missouri July 19, 1939 Dr. Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures July 19, 1937 Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich July 19, 1937 Joris Ivens' "Spanish Earth" premieres in Hollywood July 19, 1936 Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief July 19, 1936 Spanish premier Casares Quiroga succeeded by Jose Giral July 19, 1933 1st time, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox July 19, 1928 King Fuad of Egypt grabs power/disbands parliament July 19, 1926 2nd French government of Herriot, forms July 19, 1923 WRC-AM in Washington D.C. begins radio transmissions July 19, 1918 German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I) July 19, 1918 Washington catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft Sec of War Newton D. Baker rules baseball players are not draft exempt July 19, 1915 Dutch accidents at sea law enforced July 19, 1915 Washington Nationals steal record 8 bases vs. Cleveland Indians in the 1st inning July 19, 1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL July 19, 1913 Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1 July 19, 1910 Cy Young registers his 500th career victory July 19, 1909 Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball executes an unassisted triple play July 19, 1908 Feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam July 19, 1904 Dutch Premier Kuypers disbands 1st Chamber July 19, 1902 New York Giants lose their 1st game under new manager John McGraw July 19, 1900 Michel Theato wins 2nd olympics marathon (2:59:45.0-40,260k) July 19, 1899 National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, forms July 19, 1880 SF Public Library starts lending books July 19, 1877 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64) July 19, 1875 Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, New York City July 19, 1870 France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins July 19, 1867 Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto July 19, 1867 Dutch Red Cross forms July 19, 1867 Reconstruction enacted July 19, 1866 Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights July 19, 1863 Battle of Buffington's Island (St. George Creek), Ohio July 19, 1862 Forrest's 1st raid July 19, 1860 1st railroad reaches Kansas July 19, 1850 Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die) July 19, 1848 1st U.S. women's rights convention (Seneca Falls New York) July 19, 1848 German Parliament demands Dutch province of Limburg July 19, 1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension July 19, 1816 Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days July 19, 1702 Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow July 19, 1688 Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo July 19, 1674 Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer July 19, 1639 French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan July 19, 1599 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java July 19, 1590 King Philip Ii's secretary Antonio Perez escapes jail July 19, 1575 Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater July 19, 1572 Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries July 19, 1553 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days July 19, 1551 Treaty of Karlsburg: arch duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as king of Hungary/Transsylvania July 19, 1545 King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die July 19, 1525 Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau July 19, 1524 Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest July 19, 1510 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin Prussia July 19, 1425 Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good July 19, 1380 Thomas of Buckingham's invasion army lands on Calais July 19, 1195 Battle at Alarcos: Almohaden beats Alfons VIII of Castilia July 19, 532 Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle July 19, 64 Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire |