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July 19, 2009 - Today In History

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Today in History: Sunday, July  19, 2009



AP Highlight in History:

On July 19, 1870, the Franco-Prussian war, which led to the unification of the German states, began.
 

 
On this date in:

1553 Fifteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. Mary, the daughter of King Henry VIII, was proclaimed queen.
 
1848 A pioneer women's rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
 
1943 Allied air forces raided Rome during World War II.

1969 Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the moon.

1979 The Nicaraguan capital of Managua fell to Sandinista guerrillas, two days after President Anastasio Somoza fled the country.

1980 The Moscow Summer Olympics began; dozens of nations boycotted the games because of Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.

1984 Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York won the Democratic nomination for vice president at the party's convention in San Francisco.
 
1985 Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. (She died in the Challenger explosion in 1986.)

1986 Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, married Edwin A. Schlossberg.

1989 A United Air Lines DC-10 crashed while making an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa, killing 112 people; 184 survived.

1990 Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose was sentenced in Cincinnati to five months in prison for tax evasion.

1993 President Bill Clinton announced the "don't ask, don't tell" policy which allows homosexuals to serve in the military, but only if they refrain from homosexual activity.

2005 President George W. Bush announced his choice of federal appeals court judge John Roberts to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

2006 President George W. Bush issued his first presidential veto, rejecting a bill that could have multiplied federal money for embryonic stem cell research.
 




Today's Birthdays:


Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate George McGovern turns 87 years old today.
 
Helen Gallagher Actress 83

Sue Thompson Country singer 83

George Hamilton IV Country singer 72

Vikki Carr Singer 69

Dennis Cole Actor 69

Commander Cody Country singer, musician 65

George Dzundza Actor 64

Alan Gorrie Rock singer, musician (Average White Band) 63

Ilie Nastase Tennis hall of famer 63

Bernie Leadon Rock musician 62

Beverly Archer Actress 61

Abel Ferrara Director 58

Peter Barton Actor 53

Atom Egoyan Director 49

Kevin Haskins Rock musician 49

Campbell Scott Actor 48

Anthony Edwards Actor ("ER") 47

Kelly Shiver Country singer 46

Clea Lewis Actress 44

Jeremy Patterson Country musician 39
 
Urs Buhler Classical singer (Il Divo) 38
 
Andrew Kavovit Actor 38

Jason McGerr Rock musician (Death Cab for Cutie) 35

Jared Padalecki Actor ("Gilmore Girls") 27

Steven Anthony Lawrence Actor ("Even Stevens") 19
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