July 19 - This Day in History

July 19 : General Interest
1799: Rosetta Stone found

On this day in 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovers a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles north of Alexandria... read more


American Revolution
1779 : Massachusetts begins ill-fated Penobscot expedition
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/massachusetts-begins-ill-fated-penobscot-expedition


Automotive
1942 : George Washington Carver begins experimental project with Henry Ford
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-washington-carver-begins-experimental-project-with-henry-ford


Civil War
1863 : Morgan's raiders defeated at Buffington Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/morgans-raiders-defeated-at-buffington-island


Cold War
1956 : United States withdraws offer of aid for Aswan Dam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-withdraws-offer-of-aid-for-aswan-dam


Crime
1991 : Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mike-tyson-rapes-a-miss-black-america-contestant


Disaster
1979 : Oil tankers collide in Caribbean Sea
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oil-tankers-collide-in-caribbean-sea


General Interest
1553 : Lady Jane Grey deposed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lady-jane-grey-deposed

1848 : Seneca Falls Convention begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/seneca-falls-convention-begins


Hollywood
1989 : Sitcom actress murdered; death prompts anti-stalking legislation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sitcom-actress-murdered-death-prompts-anti-stalking-legislation


Literary
1898 : Emile Zola flees France
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/emile-zola-flees-france

2009 : "Angela's Ashes" author Frank McCourt dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/angelas-ashes-author-frank-mccourt-dies


Music
2003 : Thousands of fans join the Miami funeral procession of Celia Cruz
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thousands-of-fans-join-the-miami-funeral-procession-of-celia-cruz


Presidential
1884 : President Arthur proclaims power to impose quarantine on immigrants
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-arthur-proclaims-power-to-impose-quarantine-on-immigrants


Sports
1992 : Nick Faldo wins third British Open
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nick-faldo-wins-third-british-open


Vietnam War
1964 : President Khanh calls for expanding the war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-khanh-calls-for-expanding-the-war

1972 : Peace talks resume
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peace-talks-resume


World War I
1919 : Cenotaph is unveiled in London
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cenotaph-is-unveiled-in-london


World War II
1943 : America bombs Rome
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/america-bombs-rome