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2012-07-18 16:52

THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012

Today is Thursday, July 19, the 201st day of 2012. There are 165 days left in the year.

2781 B.C. ― Presumed start of Egyptian calendar

1848 ― First women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, N.Y.)

1877 ― First Wimbledon tennis championships held

1939 ― First use of fiberglass sutures, R.P. Scholz, St. Louis, Mo.

1941 ― British P.M. Winston Churchill launched his ``V for Victory" campaign

1957 ― First rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nev.

1961 ― First in-flight movie shown (TWA)

1975 ― Apollo & Soyuz linked in orbit for two days, separate

1976 ― Rock group Deep Purple disbands

1980 ― 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott
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  • 2. NK launches three short-range guided missiles: defense ministry
  • 3. Tax office to inspect alcohol industry
  • 4. K-pop industry seeks leap forward
  • 5. 'NK has 200 mobile launchers'
  • 6. Woman jailed for stabbing husband to death after quarrel
  • 7. Housing market bouncing back
  • 8. Korea still behind in software power
  • 9. Ahn-Moon rivalry kicks in
  • 10. When healthcare becomes a vacation
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