Historical Events
1688 - Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo
1867 - US Congress passes 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto
1923 - WRC-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
1944 - Earl Claus von Stauffenberg visits RC church in Berlin-Dahlem
1958 - "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 192 performances
1971 - Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
More Historical Events »
Famous Birthdays
1851 - Hendrik Jut, Dutch murderer (Head of Jut), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1878)
1873 - Louis Zimmermann, Dutch violinist and 1st concert master of Concert building, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1954)
1907 - Isabel Jewell, American actress (Gone with the Wind), born in Shoshoni, Wyoming (d. 1972)
1926 - Helen Gallagher, American singer, dancer and actress (Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet), born in Brooklyn, New York
1963 - Marla Duncan, Miss Northern California fitness (1990), born in Fairfield, California
1966 - David Segui, infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Kansas City, Kansas
More Famous Birthdays »
Famous Deaths
1688 - Cornelis van Aerssen, Dutch governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50
1947 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
1949 - Frank Murphy, American politician and 56th United States Attorney General, dies at 59
1973 - Vasily Dmitriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 33
1985 - Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish sci-fi author (The Whole Truth about Planet Xi), dies at 47
1995 - Dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen and I Can't Get Up), dies at 87
More Famous Deaths » 
Today in History for 19th July 2019
|
