July 19
July 19 is the 201st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 165 days remain until the year's end. It falls in summer (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Cancer.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On July 19 the Sun's declination is approximately +20.6°. At this latitude the Sun is north of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere longer days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a July 19.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Palace Day
- Christian feast day: Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht
- Christian feast day: Justa and Rufina
- Christian feast day: Kirdjun (or Abakerazum)
- Christian feast day: Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
2018 — The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. ↗(8 years ago)
2014 — Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan. ↗(12 years ago)more
New Valley is a governorate of Egypt. It is in the southwestern part of the country, in the south of Egypt Western Desert, between the Nile, northern Sudan, and southeastern Libya.
2012 — Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria. ↗(14 years ago)more
The Syrian Civil War was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring.
2011 — Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry. ↗(15 years ago)more
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Ivory Coast to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south.
1997 — The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland. ↗(29 years ago)more
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
1992 — A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort. ↗(34 years ago)more
The via D'Amelio bombing was a terrorist attack by the Sicilian Mafia, which took place in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on 19 July 1992. It killed Paolo Borsellino, the anti-Mafia Italian magistrate, and five members of his police escort: Agostino Catalano, Emanuela Loi, Vincenzo Li Muli, Walter Eddie Cosina, and Claudio Traina.
1989 — United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111. ↗(37 years ago)more
United Airlines Flight 232 was a regularly scheduled United Airlines flight from Stapleton International Airport in Denver to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, continuing to Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, United States.
- 1985 — The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy. ↗(41 years ago)
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The Val di Stava Dam collapse occurred on 19 July 1985, when two tailings dams above the village of Stava, near Tesero, Italy, collapsed. It resulted in one of Italy's worst disasters, killing 268 people, destroying 63 buildings and demolishing eight bridges.
- 1983 — The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published. ↗(43 years ago)
1982 — In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped. ↗(44 years ago)more
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party with an active paramilitary wing that has been banned by the Lebanese government since March 2026, amid Israel's war on Lebanon. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament.
1981 — In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development. ↗(45 years ago)more
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement. The period encompassing his presidency is known as the Reagan era.
1980 — Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow. ↗(46 years ago)more
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially branded as Moscow 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin before he was succeeded by Juan Antonio Samaranch shortly afterward.
Notable births
- 2006 — Dani Muñoz, Spanish footballer ↗(20 years ago)
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Daniel Muñoz Navas is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left-back for Atlético Madrid C.
1999 — Kim So-hye, South Korean actress and singer ↗(27 years ago)more
Kim So-hye, known mononymously as Sohye, is a South Korean actress and singer under S&P Entertainment. She is a former member of the girl musical group I.O.I, finishing fifth on Mnet's survival show Produce 101. She is best known on her acting roles in Poetry Story (2017), Kang Deok-soon's Love History (2017), Best Chicken (2019), and My Lovely Boxer (2023).
1998 — Erin Cuthbert, footballer ↗(28 years ago)more
Erin Jacqueline Cuthbert is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Women's Super League and is a member of the Scotland national team. She studied at University of the West of Scotland, combining graduation from the Open University with being a professional football player.
1998 — Karl Jacobs, American YouTuber and streamer ↗(28 years ago)more
Karl Thomas Jacobs, formerly known as his prior pseudonym GamerBoyKarl, is an American YouTuber, author, writer, and producer. He rose to prominence as a member of MrBeast's on-screen cast and then developed his own videos, primarily Minecraft content.
- 1998 — Ronaldo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean footballer ↗(28 years ago)
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Ronaldo Augusto Vieira Nan is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Notable deaths
2024 — Toumani Diabaté, Malian musician (born 1965) ↗(2 years ago)more
Toumani Diabaté was a Malian kora player. In addition to performing the traditional music of Mali, he was involved in cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles of music. In 2006, a panel commissioned by The Independent named him one of the fifty best African artists across media.
2024 — Iryna Farion, Ukrainian linguist and politician (born 1964) ↗(2 years ago)more
Iryna Dmytrivna Farion was a Ukrainian linguist and nationalist politician who served as a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014. She served as a political member of Svoboda in 2005 until her assassination in 2024. She was a professor at the Department of Ukrainian Language at Lviv Polytechnic's Institute of Humanitarian and Social Sciences.
2024 — Kevan Gosper, Australian athlete and administrator (born 1933) ↗(2 years ago)more
Richard Kevan Gosper, AO was an Australian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was a Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, and combined chairman and CEO of Shell Australia. Gosper died on 19 July 2024, at the age of 90.
2024 — Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer and politician (born 1950) ↗(2 years ago)more
Sheila Jackson Lee was an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, from 1995 until she died in 2024. The district includes most of central Houston. She was a member of the Democratic Party and served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the House.
2024 — Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (born 1944) ↗(2 years ago)more
Nguyễn Phú Trọng was a Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024. As the head of the party's Secretariat, Politburo and Central Military Commission, Trọng was Vietnam's paramount leader.
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (201) | 3 × 67 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (165) | 3 × 5 × 11 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 19072026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | +20.63° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 29 days |