JULY 19TH
- TODAY IS NATIONAL DAIQUIRI DAY
BIRTHDAYS:
- SAMUEL COLT (1814-1862)
- LIZZIE BORDEN (1860-1927)
- CHARLES HORACE MAYO (1865-1915)
- GEORGE MCGOVERN (1922-2012)
- BRIAN MAY (1947, 71)
- CAMPBELL SCOTT (1961, 57)
- ANTHONY EDWARDS (1962, 56)
- STUART SCOTT (1965-2015)
- BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH (1976, 42)
- JARED PADALECKI (1982, 36)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 64, THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS CATCHES FIRE DURING THE GREAT FIRE OF ROME
- IN 1553, LADY JANE GREY, ONLY 15 YEARS OLD, IS DEPOSED AS QUEEN OF ENGLAND AFTER ONLY 9 DAYS
- IN 1595, JOHANNES KEPLER DEVELOPS HIS THEORY OF THE GEOMETRICAL BASIS OF THE UNIVERSE
- IN 1692, FIVE WOMEN ARE HANGED FOR WITCHCRAFT IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
- IN 1845, A FIRE IN NEW YORK CITY DESTROYS 1,000 HOMES
- IN 1848, ELIZABETH CADY STANTON HOLDS THE FIRST U.S. WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION IN SENECA FALLS, NY
- IN 1866, TENNESSEE BECOMES THE FIRST STATE TO RATIFY THE 14TH AMENDMENT
- IN 1867, CONGRESS OVERRIDES A VETO BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO PASS THE 3RD RECONSTRUCTION ACT
- IN 1870, FRANCE DECLARES WAR ON PRUSSIA IN THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
- IN 1879, AFTER A MAN SHOOTS UP HIS NEW MEXICO SALOON, DOC HOLLIDAY KILLS HIM, THE FIRST TIME HE KILLS A MAN
- IN 1880, THE SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY BEGINS SERVICE
- IN 1899, THE NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS FORMS
- IN 1900, THE FIRST LEG OF THE PARIS METROPOLITAN UNDERGROUND SUBWAY OPENS
- IN 1903, MAURICE GARIN WINS THE FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE BICYCLE RACE
- IN 1913, “MALINDA’S WEDDING DAY” IS #1 ON THE FIRST EVER “BILLBOARD LAST WEEK’S BEST SELLERS AMONG POPULAR SONGS”
- IN 1918, AFTER EDDIE AINSMITH APPLIES FOR DEFERMENT FROM THE DRAFT, THE SEC. OF WAR PROCLAIMS BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM THE DRAFT
- IN 1918, GERMAN ARMIES RETREAT ACROSS THE MARNE RIVER IN WORLD WAR I
- IN 1919, A “PEACE DAY” CELEBRATION MEANT TO MARK THE END OF WORLD WAR I ENDS WITH RETURNING SOLDIERS BURNING DOWN LUTON TOWN HALL
- IN 1940, ADOLF HITLER ORDERS GREAT BRITAIN TO SURRENDER IN WORLD WAR II
- IN 1941, THE TUSKEGEE ARMY FLYING SCHOOL FOR BLACK CADETS OPENS IN ALABAMA
- IN 1941, WINSTON CHURCHILL LAUNCHES THE “V FOR VICTORY” CAMPAIGN
- IN 1941, PRES. ROOSEVELT APPOINTS THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE COMMITTEE
- IN 1941, HANNA BARBERA DEBUTS “THE MIDNIGHT SNACK” WHICH FEATURES THE FIRST APPEARANCE BY TOM AND JERRY
- IN 1943, AN ALLIED AIR FORCE OF 500 PLANES ATTACKS ROME IN WORLD WAR II
- IN 1944, OVER 1,700 U.S. AIR FORCE PLANES ATTACK VARIOUS TARGETS IN GERMANY
- IN 1944, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION OPENS IN CHICAGO, EVENTUALLY RE-NOMINATING FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT
- IN 1952, THE 15TH OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN HELSINKI, FINLAND
- IN 1954, ELVIS PRESLEY RELEASES HIS FIRST SINGLE, A COVER OF ARHTUR CRUDUP’S “THAT’S ALL RIGHT MAMA” LOCALLY IN MEMPHIS
- IN 1957, THE FIRST NUCLEAR TEST INCLUDING A ROCKET WITH A NUCLEAR WAR HEAD IS FIRED IN THE YUCCA FLAT IN NEVADA
- IN 1957, BLACK SINGER FRANKIE LYMON BEGINS DANCING WITH A WHITE GIRL WHILE PERFORMING ON THE SHOW “BIG BEAT”. THE SHOW WOULD BE CANCELLED OVER THE ENSUING SCANDAL
- IN 1961, TWA IS THE FIRST AIRLINE TO SHOW AN IN-FLIGHT MOVIE
- IN 1966, 50 YEAR OLD FRANK SINATRA MARRIES 21 YEAR OLD MIA FARROW
- IN 1969, MARY JO KOPECHNE IS DECLARED DEAD AFTER DROWNING
- IN 1971, THE WHO’S ROGER DALTRY MARRIES MODEL HEATHER TAYLOR
- IN 1972, MICK JAGGER AND KEITH RICHARDS ARE ARRESTED IN WARICK, RHODE ISLAND FOR FIGHTING WITH A NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER
- IN 1975, THE BAY CITY ROLLERS HIT #1 WITH “GIVE A LITTLE LOVE”
- IN 1979, TWO OIL TANKERS COLLIDE OFF THE COAST OFF TOBAGO DUMPING 260,000 TONS OF OIL INTO THE CARRIBBEAN SEA
- IN 1979, THE SANDINISTEAS TAKE OVER AND DECLARE NICARAGUA LIBERATION DAY
- IN 1980, THE 22ND OLYMPICS OPEN IN MOSCOW WITH THE U.S. BOYCOTTING
- IN 1980, QUEEN HAS THE #1 ALBUM WITH “THE GAME” FEATURING “ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST”
- IN 1984, GERALDINE FERRARO WINS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT, MAKING HER THE FIRST WOMAN ON A MAJOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL TICKET
- IN 1985, NASA CHOOSES CHRISTA MCAULIFFE TO BE THE FIRST TEACHER IN SPACE
- IN 1986, CAROLINE KENNEDY MARRIES EDWIN SCHLOSSBERG IN CENTERVILLE, MA
- IN 1986, GENESIS HITS #1 WITH “INVISIBLE TOUCH” WHILE THEIR FORMER LEAD SINGER PETER GABRIEL WAS #2 WITH “SLEDGEHAMMER”
- IN 1989, A UNITED AIRLINES DC-10 CRASHES BETWEEN DENVER & CHICAGO KILLING 111
- IN 1990, PETE ROSE IS SENTENCED TO FIVE MONTHS IN JAIL FOR TAX EVASION
- IN 1990, THE RICHARD NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY OPENS IN YORBA LINDA, CA
- IN 1991, MIKE TYSON RAPES MISS BLACK AMERICA CONTESTANT DESIREE WASHINGTON WHILE VISITING THE PAGEANT
- IN 1993, PRESIDENT CLINTON FIRES HIS FBI DIRECTOR WILLIAM SESSIONS
- IN 1994, A GAME BETWEEN THE SEATTLE MARINERS AND BALTIMORE ORIOLES IS CANCELLED WHEN CEILING PANELS FROM THE SEATTLE KINGDOME BEGIN FALLING DURING ON FIELD WARM UPS
- IN 1996, THE 26TH OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN ATLANTA
- IN 1996, THE SPICE GIRLS MAKE THEIR TV DEBUT PLAYING “WANNABE” ON THE UK SHOW “TOP OF THE POPS”
- IN 2003, LEAH REMINI MARRIES SALSA MUSICIAN ANGELO PAGAN
- IN 2005, JAMES BLUNT HITS #1 WITH “YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL”
- IN 2007, AMC PREMIERES “MAD MEN” STARRING JON HAMM
- IN 2011, MARVEL OPENS “CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER”
- IN 2014, JAMES GARNER DIES OF HEART INFECTION AT 86
- IN 2014, ED SHEERAN DEBUTS AT #1 ON THE ALBUM CHART WITH “X”
- IN 2014, MAROON 5 SINGER ADAM LEVINE MARRIES MODEL BEHATI PRINSLOO
- IN 2015, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RELEASES FIGURES STATING THAT THE EBOLA VIRUS HAS KILLED 11,284 PEOPLE ACROSS AFRICA
- IN 2016, GARRY MARSHALL DIES AT 81
- IN 2017, SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN IS DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER
- IN 2017, JUSTIN BIEBER AND LUIS FONSI BREAK THE ALL TIME STREAMING RECORD WITH 4.6 BILLION STREAMS
- IN 2017, DNA EVIDENCE REVEALS THAT 16 YEAR OLD JAMES BYRON HAAKENSON WAS A VICTIM OF SERIAL KILLER JOHN WAYNE GACY, 41 YEARS AFTER HE DISAPPEARED