Wednesday, July 19, 2017

History for July 19


History for July 19 - On-This-Day.com
Samuel Colt 1814, Edgar Degas 1834, Lizzie Borden 1860
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 Philip Agee 1935, George Hamilton IV 1937, Vikki Carr 1941 
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 1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt.
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 1939 - Dr. Roy P. Scholz became the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures.
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 1942 - German U-boats were withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to effective American anti-submarine countermeasures.
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 1943 - During World War II, more than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attacked Rome for the first time.
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 1946 - Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test.
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 1971 - In New York, the topping out ceremony for Two World Trade Center (South Tower) took place. The ceremony for One World Trade Center had taken place on December 23, 1970.
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 1984 - Geraldine Ferraro was nominated by the Democratic Party to become the first woman from a major political party to run for the office of U.S. Vice-President.
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 1985 - Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. She died with six others when the Challenger exploded the following year.
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