Today In History [19th July, 2015]

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.


Today in History
July 19

1525		The Catholic princes of Germany form the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation.
1545		King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it leaves to battle the French.
1788		Prices plunge on the Paris stock market.
1799		The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, is found in Egypt.
1848		The first Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Seneca Falls, N.Y, organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
1870		France declares war on Prussia.
1942		German U-boats are withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to American anti-submarine countermeasures.
1943		More than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attack Rome for the first time.
1975		Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts dock in orbit.
Born on July 19
1814		Samuel Colt, gunmaker, inventor of the first practical revolver.
1834		Edgar Degas, French impressionist painter.
1860		Lizzie Borden, teacher, famous murder suspect.
1865		Charles Mayo, American surgeon, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic.
1893		Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet.
1896		A.J. Cronin, Scottish novelist (The Citadel, The Keys of the Kingdom).
1905		Edgar Snow, journalist.
1922		George McGovern, U.S. senator and presidential candidate.