1215 – Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen
1540 – Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal king of Hungary
1803 – Robert Emmett leads rebellion in Dublin
1947 – 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
1960 – US Open Women’s Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her 4th Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joyce Ziske
1967 – 54th Tour de France won by Roger Pingeon of France
1976 – Wings release “Let ’em In”
1982 – FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo
2008 – Cape Verde joins the World Trade Organization, becoming its 153rd member.
2018 – First graphic novel to be nominated for a major literary prize is “Sabrina” by Nick Drnaso for Booker long list
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 22nd July 2019
1627 – English fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rhe [OS=June 12]
1793 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada
1905 – Philadelphia Athletic’s Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0
1935 – Lester Walton appointed US minister to Liberia
1939 – Jane Bolin becomes the 1st African American female judge in New York
1954 – WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1983 – Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games
1994 – William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53)
1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario
2015 – ‘Oldest’ Qur’an fragments discovered in collection of Birmingham University, radiocarbon testing dates to AD568 – AD645
Historical Events for 21st July 2019
1730 – States of Holland put death penalty on “sodomy”
1877 – -27] US army breaks railroad strike
1919 – Anthony Fokker’s establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam
1921 – Indians (9) and Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles
1940 – VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes the world’s 1st female head of state elected in modern times, as Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
1962 – Battles on Chinese and Indies boundary
1973 – USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet
1995 – KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
2018 – Re-boot of TV show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” announced with creator Joss Whedon as executive producer
Historical Events for 20th July 2019
514 – St Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus
1858 – Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18)
1930 – 106°F (41°C), Washington, D.C. (district record)
1944 – Canadian Cameron Highlanders conquer St Andre
1944 – US 9th Air Force bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sable-sur-Sarthe/Dreux
1949 – Vasil Kolarov elected Premier of Bulgaria
1969 – Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins lands on the surface of the Moon; Aldrin and Armstrong walk on the moon seven hours later
1977 – 10th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
1997 – British Open Golf, Royal Troon: American Justin Leonard recovers from 5 strokes back after 3 rounds; wins by 3 from Darren Clarke and Jesper Parnevik
2008 – British Open Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Irishman Pádraig Harrington successfully defends his Open title; shoots 4-under par over the final 9 to be 4 strokes clear of runner-up Ian Poulter
Historical Events for 19th July 2019
711 – Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic
1525 – Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau
1907 – Under pressure from the Japanese, the Emperor of Korea abdicates in favor of his son, a figurehead
1915 – The Washington Senators set a MLB record 8 stolen bases in an innings (1st) in 11-4 win v Cleveland
1941 – BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) (“…-” in Morse code) (opening of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5th symphony)
1944 – 500 15th US Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity
1992 – “Price” closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances
2001 – Michael Brunet discovers the skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis in the Djurab Desert, Chad. One of the oldest known species in the human family tree, 6-7 million years ago years old
2017 – “Depacito” by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee becomes the most streamed song ever, played 4.6 billion times
2017 – Archaeological dig in Kakadu National Park extends Aboriginal peoples time in Australia to 65,000 to 80,000 years ago
Historical Events for 18th July 2019
1334 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone
1864 – US President Abraham Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for military service
1896 – Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford
1948 – Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in an 11 inning game
1986 – British Open Golf, Turnberry: Australian Greg Norman wins his first major championship at even-par, 5 strokes clear of runner-up Gordon J. Brand
1988 – Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on cruise ship City of Poros
1988 – British Open Golf, Royal Lytham and St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins his 3rd Open title by 2 shots from Nick Price of Zimbabwe
1993 – Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K)
1994 – Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
1999 – British Open Golf, Carnoustie: Scotsman Paul Lawrie wins his only major title by 3 strokes in 4-hole aggregate playoff with Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard; recovers from 10 shots behind after 3rd round for biggest comeback in major championship history; van de Velde famously triple-bogies last hole
Historical Events for 17th July 2019
1882 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Defending champion William Renshaw beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 6-1, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
1885 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Defending champion Maud Watson defeats Blanche Bingley 6–1, 7–5
1911 – Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army
1924 – St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1942 – Transport #6 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1983 – 1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22)
1988 – Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103°F (39°C)
2001 – Craig David releases “Born to Do It” in the United States
2007 – TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. Brazil’s deadliest aviation accident to date with estimated 199 deaths.
2017 – The Muppets Studio in firing the voice of Kermit the Frog, Steve Whitmire, blame his “unacceptable business conduct”
Historical Events for 16th July 2019
1465 – Battle at Montlhéry between Louis XI and the League of the Public Weal
1926 – National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos
1941 – 100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle, Washington
1942 – Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp
1977 – Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad and Tobago crowned 26th Miss Universe
1981 – India performs nuclear Test
1988 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women’s heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
1993 – S van Ruysdael’s “Winter Landscape” sold for £705,500 in London
1994 – Shreveport Pirates lose first CFL home game, 35-34 to the Toronto Argonauts at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana
2018 – Historic cemetery (1878-1911) announced discovered near Houston, Texas, containing 95 remains though to be African Americans forced into labour
Historical Events for 15th July 2019
1787 – Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
1879 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: John Hartley beats Vere St. Leger Goold 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1895 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Helen Jackson 7-5, 8-6 for her first of 5 Wimbledon singles titles
1942 – 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz
1954 – 1st commercial jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)
1958 – President Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1986 – 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
1994 – Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary
2014 – 20 people are killed and 100 are injured after a train derails in Moscow
2018 – 8-year-old girl finds pre-Viking-era sword in Vidostern lake, Sweden, internet proclaims her Queen of Sweden
Historical Events for 14th July 2019
1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II
1823 – Switzerland signs boundaries for fugitives
1933 – Germany begins mandatory sterilization of people with hereditary illnesses
1940 – Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR
1951 – George Washington Carver monument unveiled
1967 – Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal
1979 – USSR performs nuclear Test
1986 – Shalamar’s Howard Hewett acquitted in Miami of drug charges
1997 – Bomb in Algiers kills 21 and wounds 40
2018 – Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigns after violent protests against fuel price rises