July 19 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | July 19 Calendar
July 19th Daily Holidays include:
- Flight Attendant Safety Professionals Day
- Flitch Day
- National Hot Dog Day – July 19, 2023
- National Raspberry Cake Day
- New Friends Day – (Also on January 19 and October 19)
- Stick Out Your Tongue Day
- Take Your Poet to Work Day – July 19, 2023 (Third Wednesday of July)
July 19: Famous Birthdays
- July 19,1814 – Samuel Colt, American inventor and businessman who founded the Colt’s Manufacturing Company (Colt 6 shot revolver) (d. 1862)
- July 19,1860 – Lizzie Borden, American woman who was acquitted of the murder of her parents
- July 19,1876 – Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader who became the 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)
- July 19,1962 – Anthony Edwards, American actor and director (ER, Top Gun)
July 19: Historical Events
- July 19,484 – Leontius is crowned the Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey
- July 19,1545 – King Henry VIII’s warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth and 73 die. The wreck is salvaged in 1982.
- July 19,1553 – After only nine days on the throne, Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary 1 of England as Queen of England
- July 19,1843 – 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.
- July 19,1848 – The 1st US women’s rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York
- July 19,1943 – 500 allied aircraft bomb Rome during World War II
- July 19,1961 – TWA shows the 1st in-flight movie
- July 19,1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal, India is created
- July 19,1894 – Lynn Rippelmeyer becomes the 1st female to captain a 747 across the Atlantic Ocean
- July 19,1985 – The Val di Stava Dam in Italy collapses and kills 268 people
- July 19,1989 – United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 112 of the 296 people on board
- July 19,1990 – The Richard Nixon Library opens in Yorba Linda, CA
- July 19,1993 – U.S. President Bill Clinton fires FBI Director William Sessions
- July 19,2013 – 20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Iraq
July 19: Music Events
- July 19,1966 – The Monkees record the Theme from The Monkees
- July 19,1975 – Listen to What The Man Said from Paul McCartney & Wings hits #1
- July 19,1975 – Dance With Me from Orleans is released
- July 19,1976 – The rock group Deep Purple disbands. They get back together after eight years
- July 19,1976 – Rock N Roll Music from The Beatles is certified gold
- July 19,1977 – Comedian Steve Martin appears on The Muppet Show and performs Dueling Banjos with the Muppets
- July 19,1980 – David Bowie begins his run as The Elephant Man in Denver
- July 19,1980 – It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me from Billy Joel hits #1 and becomes his first gold record
- July 19,1999 – A Little Bit of Mambo by Lou Bega is released
July 19: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for July 19 is Cancer.
July Birthstone:
What is the July Birthstone? Ruby
The July birthstones are Rubies. Ruby birthstone is a sight to behold. Its deep red hue, with a hint of purple, is known as “pigeon’s blood” in the trade. It’s a variety of the mineral corundum, and its color comes from trace amounts of chromium. The more chromium, the deeper the red.
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