TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – JULY 19
1525 The Catholic princes of Germany form the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation.
1545 King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it leaves to battle the French.
1553 Fifteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. Mary, the daughter of King Henry VIII, was proclaimed Queen.
1595 Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz
1848 The first Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Seneca Falls, N.Y, organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
1870 France declares war on Prussia; the Franco-Prussian war begins
1919 The Cenotaph, a monument to those killed or wounded during the First World War, is unveiled in Whitehall, London during the first Peace Day celebration.
1939 Dr. Roy P. Scholz became the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures.
1941 British PM Winston Churchill launches his “V for Victory” campaign
1964 In Illinois, Cahokia Mounds was designated as a U.S. National Landmark.
1982 The U.S. Census Bureau reported that 14% of the population had an income below the official poverty level in 1981.
1985 Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st schoolteacher to fly the space shuttle
1990 Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, Calif
1993 President Clinton announced the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding gay service members in the military.
2006 President George W. Bush issued his first presidential veto, rejecting H.R. 810, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, a bill to ease restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
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