TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2022

1848-First women's rights convention in U.S. (Seneca Falls, New York)

1913-Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs"; “Malinda's Wedding Day” is #1

1928-H. E. Wood discovers asteroid #1305 Pongola

1949-Laos becomes associated state within French Union

1961-First in-flight movie shown (on TWA)

1965-Shooting begins on Star Trek's 2nd pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

1969-Apollo 11 goes into moon orbit

1975-Apollo and Soyuz, linked in orbit for 2 days, separate

1976-Rock group Deep Purple disbands

1979-Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza

1980-22nd Olympic Games opens in Moscow; U.S. & others boycott

1980-David Bowie appears in role of Elephant Man in Denver

1984-First female to captain a 747 flies across the Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer)

1984-Geraldine Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), wins Democratic VP nomination

1985-Christa McAuliffe chosen first schoolteacher to fly in space shuttle

1986-Caroline Kennedy weds Edwin A. Schlossberg in Centerville, Massachusetts

1990-BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 dies

1990-Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentenced to 5 months for tax evasion

1990-Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California

1991-Miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape