Also on This Day in History July 19
Discover what happened on July 19 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries,
famous births and notable deaths.
Births on This Day, July 19
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1814
Samuel Colt
American inventor and businessman who founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (Colt 6 shot revolver)
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1865
Charles Horace Mayo
American surgeon who started the Mayo Clinic
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1846
Edward Charles Pickering
American astronomer and pioneered American spectroscopist
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1894
Percy Spencer
American physicist and inventor of the microwave
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1953
Howard Schultz
American businessman, CEO of Starbucks
Deaths on This Day, July 19
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1814
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814)
English explorer, navigator and cartographer who was 1st to circumnavigate Australia
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1999
Ludwig Gross
Austrian-born American physician who showed that leukemia could be caused by a virus
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1895
Henri Ernest Baillon
French botanist (History of Plants)
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1965
Syngman Rhee
1st President of South Korea (1948-60)
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1992
Allen Newell
American computer scientist (Logic Theory Machine, General Problem Solver, Turing Award)
1976
Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal, India is created
Sagarmatha National Park, located in Nepal, was established on July 19, 1976. It is home to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, and is renowned for its stunning mountain landscapes, rich biodiversity, and unique cultural heritage.
1843
Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched as the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
Brunel's steamship, the SS Great Britain, was indeed launched on July 19, 1843. It was the first ocean-going vessel with an iron hull and was also the largest ship in the world at the time of its launch.
1595
Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz
Kepler's Epiphany refers to a significant moment in the scientific career of Johannes Kepler, a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. On July 19, 1595, while he was teaching in Graz, Austria, Kepler experienced a sudden insight that led him to discover the correct arrangement of the six known planets' orbits around the Sun.
1848
The 1st US women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York
The first US women's rights convention was indeed held in Seneca Falls, New York. It took place over two days, on July 19-20, 1848. This historic event, known as the Seneca Falls Convention, was organized by women's rights activists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, along with several other prominent figures.