FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013
Today is Friday, July 19, the 200th day of 2013. There are 165 days left in the year.
532 ― Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle
1553 ― 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after nine days
1848 ― First women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, N.Y.)
1877 ― First Wimbledon tennis championships held
1927 ― Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit
1941 ― British P.M. Winston Churchill launched his “V for Victory” campaign
1961 ― First in-flight movie shown (TWA)
1976 ― Rock group Deep Purple disbands
1980 ― 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott
1991 ― Miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape