July 19 Historical Events

The following events took place on July 19. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 43 events. Showing 31 - 43.

• 1963
  Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
• 1964
  Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
• 1972
  Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
• 1976
  Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
• 1979
  The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
• 1980
  The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were opened in Moscow, Russia.
• 1981
  In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French Prime Minister François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and development.
• 1983
  The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
• 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 111.
• 1992
  A car bomb placed by mafia with collaboration of Italian intelligence kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort
• 1997
  The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
• 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.