July 19 in History

Historical Events on July 19

1701 Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.

1848 Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.

1863 American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.

1916 World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.

1940 World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.

1947 Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.

1964 Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.

1977 The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).[1]

1979 The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.

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Famous Birthdays on July 19

1922 George McGovern

1947 Brian May

1971 Vitali Klitschko

1987 Jon Jones

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Famous Deaths on July 19

1814 Matthew Flinders

1824 Agustín de Iturbide

2002 Alan Lomax

2014 James Garner

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