WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023

1510 ― 38 Jews burned at the stake in Berlin, Prussia

1553 ― 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days

1816 ― Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days

1848 ― First women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY

1870 ― France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian War begins

1918 ― German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WWI)

1941 ― First U.S. Army flying school for black cadets dedicated in Tuskegee, AL

1969 ― Apollo 11 goes into moon orbit

1980 ― Moscow Summer Olympics begin, U.S. & others boycott

1984 ― Lynn Rippelmeyer becomes first female 747 captain to fly across the Atlantic

1991 ― Miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape