History for July 19

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Samuel Colt 1814, Lizzie Borden 1860, Charles Horace Mayo 1865


George McGovern 1922, Philip Agee 1935, George Hamilton IV 1937


1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt.


1939 - Dr. Roy P. Scholz became the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures.


1942 - German U-boats were withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to effective American anti-submarine countermeasures.


1943 - During World War II, more than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attacked Rome for the first time.


1946 - Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test.


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.


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.


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.