What are the important events that happened on July 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 19 is the 200^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 165 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 6, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,214,720 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 213 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,593 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 19 Historical Events

• 1544 –
  Italian War of 1542: the first Siege of Boulogne begins.
• 1863 –
  American Civil War: Morgan’s Raid – At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• 1900 –
  The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
• 1940 –
  World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
• 1940 –
  World War II: Battle of Cape Spada – The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Battle of the Atlantic – German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast positions in response to the effective American convoy system.
• 1961 –
  Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• 1979 –
  The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
• 1989 –
  United Airlines flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 112 of the 296 passengers.
• 1997 –
  The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.

Who were born on July 19?

• 1834 –
  Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917)
• 1894 –
  Khawaja Nazimuddin, Bengali politician (d. 1965)
• 1924 –
  Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
• 1948 –
  Beverly Archer, American actress
• 1951 –
  Jayson Stark, American sportswriter
• 1954 –
  Srđa Trifković, Serbian-born American journalist
• 1960 –
  Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
• 1969 –
  Matthew Libatique, American cinematographer
• 1977 –
  Haitham Mustafa, Sudanese footballer
• 1977 –
  Tony Mamaluke, American professional wrestler

Who died on July 19?

• 931 –
  Uda of Japan (b. 867)
• 1543 –
  Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn (b. c. 1499)
• 1631 –
  Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (b. 1550)
• 1692 –
  Sarah Good, American Salem witch trials figure (b. 1653)
• 1896 –
  Abraham H. Cannon, American religious figure (b. 1859)
• 1943 –
  Yekaterina Budanova, Soviet female pilot (b. 1916)
• 1947 –
  Yuh Woon-Hyung, Korean politician (b. 1886)
• 1974 –
  Joe Flynn, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1975 –
  Lefty Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
• 2010 –
  Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (b. 1975)