Wednesday, July 19, 2023

This Date in History - July 19

 

Happy birthday to Vikki Carr, a woman whose record album was played constantly by my mother.  Just sayin'.

484:  LEONTIUS, ROMAN USURPER, IS CROWNED EASTERN EMPEROR AT TARSUS, WHICH IS MODERN TURKEY.

Not sure just how modern Turkey really is.

1544:  ITALIAN WAR OF 1542-46 - THE FIRST SIEGE OF BOULOGNE BEGINS.

Is this where we get the Bolognese sauce?

1553:  LADY JANE GREY IS REPLACED BY MARY I OF ENGLAND AS QUEEN OF ENGLAND AFTER ONLY NINE DAYS ON THE THRONE.

They got her out so fast that I'm wondering if she's related to Trump.

1817:  UNSUCCESSFUL IN HIS ATTEMPT TO CONQUER THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII FOR THE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN COMPANY, GEORG ANTON SCHAFFER IS FORCED TO ADMIT DEFEAT AND LEAVE KAUAI.

Condo on the beach available.

1845:  GREAT NEW YORK CITY FIRE OF 1845 - 345 BUILDINGS IN MANHATTAN BURN.

In some sections of the city, nobody would notice.

1848:  A TWO-DAY WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION OPENS IN SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK.

It would have been three days but they had to be back home for laundry.

1870:  FRANCE DECLARES WAR ON PRUSSIA.

It's good to know that they're willing to fight somebody.

1883:  ANIMATOR MAX FLEISCHER IS BORN.

Popeye and Betty Boop coming soon.

1900:  THE FIRST LINE OF THE PARIS METRO OPENS FOR OPERATION.

Delayed an hour by signal trouble.

1903:  MAURICE GARIN WINS THE FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE.

Bicyclists are menaces to society.

1922:  POLITICIAN GEORGE MCGOVERN IS BORN.

One of the biggest losers ever to run for President.

1940:  FIELD MARSHAL CEREMONY - FIRST OCCASION IN WORLD WAR II, THAT HITLER APPOINTED FIELD MARSHALS DUE TO THEIR MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS.

Nazi merit badges.

1941:  SINGER VIKKI CARR IS BORN.

Her big hit was "It Must Be Him," played over and over and over in my house.

1943:  WORLD WAR II - ROME IS HEAVILY BOMBED BY MORE THAN 500 ALLIED AIRCRAFT, INFLICTING THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES.

Take that, Benito.

1947:  KOREAN POLITICIAN LYUH WOON-HYUNG IS ASSASSINATED.

That come with rice?

1962:  ACTOR ANTHONY EDWARDS IS BORN.

Wonder if the birth was in an ER?

1964:  VIETNAM WAR - AT A RALLY IN SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN KHANH CALLS FOR EXPANDING THE WAR INTO NORTH VIETNAM.

The Wrath of Khanh.

1980:  THE SUMMER OLYMPICS OPENS IN MOSCOW.

I don't see the USA athletes.

1983:  THE FIRST THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A HUMAN HEAD IN A CT IS PUBLISHED.

X-rays of his head revealed nothing.

1989:  UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 232 CRASHES IN IOWA, KILLING 111.

Boy, I bet you wish you lost your seat on this flight.

2014:  ACTOR JAMES GARNER DIES.

I read his autobiography and came out of it not liking the guy.   That's not easy to do.

2016:  DIRECTOR GARRY MARSHALL DIES.

A classic act I got to meet.

Dinner last night:  Grilled steak salad.

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