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, 1,752,883,200 seconds 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

• 1545 –
  The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
• 1588 –
  Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
• 1832 –
  The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1947 –
  The Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassinated by Galon U Saw.
• 1961 –
  Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• 1985 –
  The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
• 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?

• 1895 –
  Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (d. 1953)
• 1916 –
  Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1920 –
  Robert Mann, composer/violinist with Juilliard String Quartet
• 1938 –
  Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist
• 1946 –
  Alan Gorrie, Scottish musician (Average White Band)
• 1961 –
  Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
• 1964 –
  André A. Jackson, French-born American diamond executive
• 1965 –
  Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
• 1966 –
  Nancy Walls, American actress
• 1983 –
  Helen Skelton, British TV presenter

Who died on July 19?

• 1687 –
  Laura Martinozzi, Duchess of Modena (b. 1637)
• 1838 –
  Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (b. 1785)
• 1896 –
  Abraham H. Cannon, American religious figure (b. 1859)
• 1939 –
  Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1974 –
  Erno Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player (b. 1904)
• 1975 –
  Lefty Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
• 1980 –
  Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (b. 1904)
• 1982 –
  Hugh Everett, American physicist (b. 1930)
• 1992 –
  Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate (b. 1940)
• 2005 –
  Edward Bunker, American writer (b. 1933)