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July 19
1553 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days
1692 Five Salem witches are hanged for the crime of witchcraft, based primarily on the accusations of little girls who were bewitched. Eventually, 20 witches are executed in the small town.
1937 - The Nazis open Entartete Kunst, their Degenerate Art Exhibition, in Munich. Modern art was put up to ridicule, carefully arranged by the concepts with which the works were deemed offensive. Youth was not admitted, lest they be tainted.
1941 - Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign.
1957 - Michael Landon stars in his first film, "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".
1966 - Fifty year-old singer Frank Sinatra married 21-year-old actress Mia Farrow. Ava Gardner's comment: "Hah! I always knew Frank would end up in bed with a little boy!"
1984
Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman nominated for the vice-presidency by a major political party.
(It's also the anniversary of America's First Woman's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.)
1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt.
1865 - Charles Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic, was born.
1900 - The main line of the Paris subway opened. (Underground!)
1946 - Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test.
1954 - Elvis Presley's first record (That's All Right, Mama) was released by Sun Records.
1957 - The first rocket with an atomic warhead was tested over the Nevada desert.
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee recommended that U.S. President Richard Nixon should stand trial in the Senate for any of the five impeachment charges against him.
On the very same day, General Francisco Franco delegated his powers as leader of Spain to his successor, Prince Juan Carlos (who's a really interesting guy).
1976 Rock group Deep Purple disbands
1979 - The Sandanistas took over Nicaragua.
1980 - David Bowie makes his theatrical debut, in "The Elephant Man."
1993 - The US Army institutes the famous "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.
1996 - the modern Olympics celebrated their 100th birthday
It's also George McGovern's 80th birthday, Atom Egoyan's 42nd birthday, Kevin Haskins' (Love and Rockets; Bauhaus) 42nd birthday, and Anthony "Ganesh" Edwards' 40th birthday. |
