1708 – Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC
1868 – US Secretary of State William H. Seward announces 14th Amendment ratified by states, grants citizenship to ex-slaves
1930 – 114°F (46°C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)
1945 – US Senate ratifies United Nations charter 89-2
1951 – Walt Disney’s animated musical film “Alice In Wonderland” released
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance (Steve Allen Show)
1962 – Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean
1994 – Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2002 – 89th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
2017 – General John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff by US President Donald Trump
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 27th July 2019
1586 – Walter Raleigh brings the 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1944 – Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp
1956 – Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia’s 1st innings at Manchester
1970 – Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game
1973 – Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1986 – Iraqi jets attack central Iranian city of Arak; Iran threatens missile attack of gulf states supporting Iraq
1990 – White-Russia declares independence
1996 – David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants v Worcs
2003 – 90th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
2012 – Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympics in London, United Kingdom (with some help from 007)
Historical Events for 26th July 2019
1579 – Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean
1790 – US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts
1945 – After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes British Prime Minister
1987 – Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame
1990 – General Hospital records its 7,000th episode
1992 – Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain defends his title by 4′ 35″ from Italian Claudio Chiappucci; Laurent Jalabert points winner
1998 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Riviera CC: Hale Irwin wins by 1 stroke ahead of Vicente Fernández of Argentina
1999 – Fighting ceases between India and Pakistan in the Kargil War, Kashmir, after two months of fighting
2013 – 57 people are killed in a market bombing in Parachinar, Pakistan
2014 – While Israel reject long-term ceasefire that does not include destroying the Hamas tunnels, they agree to 12 hour ceasefire; Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip now exceeds 1000
Historical Events for 25th July 2019
1792 – The Brunswick Manifesto issued to population of Paris promising vengeance if French Royal Family harmed
1814 – English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway named Blücher
1901 – Emily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps during the South African War
1902 – James J. Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1913 – A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now African National Congress, is attended by a large number of people from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
1964 – Race riot in Rochester, NY
1980 – Train crash at Winsum, 9 die
1981 – Anti-apartheid protesters in Hamilton, New Zealand, force the cancellation of a rugby test between New Zealand’s All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks by invading the pitch during the game
1990 – Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres game
2000 – Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 4 on the ground.
Historical Events for 24th July 2019
1847 – Rotary-type printing press patents received by Richard March Hoe, NYC
1866 – Tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union
1956 – Brendan Behan’s “Quare Fellow” premieres in London
1961 – Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show
1967 – PGA Championship, Columbine CC: Don January wins his only major title in 18-hole playoff with Don Messengale (69-71)
1983 – “Mame” opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 41 performances
1992 – Shankar Dayal Sharma is elected ninth Indian President
1994 – 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
2002 – James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1
2017 – Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoes 2 laws to put Polish courts under political control
Historical Events for 23rd July 2019
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
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