Updated July 18, 2012, 2:28 pm
On July 19, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his “V for Victory” campaign in Europe.
On July 19, 1834, Edgar Degas, the French Impressionist painter and sculptor, was born. Following his death on September 27, 1917, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1553 King Henry VIII’s daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen of England after pretender Lady Jane Grey was deposed. 1848 A pioneer women’s rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N.Y. 1870 The Franco-Prussian war, which led to the unification of the German states, began. 1969 Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins on board, went into orbit around the moon. 1979 The Nicaraguan capital of Managua fell to Sandinista guerrillas. 1980 The Summer Olympics began in Moscow with dozens of nations boycotting because of Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan. 1984 Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York won the Democratic nomination for vice president at the party’s convention in San Francisco. 1986 Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, married Edwin A. Schlossberg. 1989 A United Air Lines DC-10 crashed while making an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa, killing 112 people; 184 survived. 2005 President George W. Bush announced his choice of federal appeals court judge John Roberts to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. 2011 Summoned by British lawmakers to answer for a phone hacking and bribery scandal at one of his tabloids, media mogul Rupert Murdoch said he was humbled and ashamed, but accepted no responsibility for wrongdoing. Current Birthdays
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Former U.S senator and presidential candidate George McGovern turns 90 years old today.
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Actor Anthony Edwards (“ER”) turns 50 years old today.
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1940 Vikki Carr, Singer, turns 72 1944 Commander Cody, Country singer, musician, turns 68 1945 George Dzundza, Actor, turns 67 1946 Ilie Nastase, Tennis hall of famer, turns 66 1947 Brian May, Rock musician (Queen), turns 65 1960 Atom Egoyan, Director, turns 52 1961 Campbell Scott, Actor, turns 51 1976 Benedict Cumberbatch, Actor, turns 36
Historic Birthdays
Edgar Degas 7/19/1834 – 9/27/1917 French painter and sculptor.Go to obituary »
47 Samuel Colt 7/19/1814 – 1/10/1862
American firearms manufacturer84 Mary Ann Bickerdyke 7/19/1817 – 11/8/1901
American Civil War nurse72 Edward Charles Pickering 7/19/1846 – 2/3/1919
American physicist and astronomer66 Lizzie Borden 7/19/1860 – 6/1/1927
American alleged murderer of her father and stepmother73 Charles Horace Mayo 7/19/1865 – 5/26/1939
American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic60 Alice Nelson Dunbar 7/19/1875 – 9/18/1935
American novelist, poet and essayist84 A. J. Cronin 7/19/1896 – 1/6/1981
Scottish novelist and physician81 Herbert Marcuse 7/19/1898 – 7/29/1979
German-born American political philosopher66 Edgar Snow 7/19/1905 – 2/15/1972
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