What happend on 19th July

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20.07
1943

World War II: Rome is bombed by the Allies for the first time in the war.

1942

World War II: Battle of the Atlantic

1940

World War II: Battle of Cape Spada between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualities.

1912

A meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 kg exploded over the town of Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the town.

1879

Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up Holliday's New Mexico saloon.

1873

William Gosse becomes the first European to discover Ayers Rock (Uluru) and names it in honour of South Australian Premier Sir Henry Ayers.

1870

Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.

1862

American Civil War: Morgan's Raid

1848

Women's rights: The two day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York and the "Bloomers" are introduced at the feminist convention.

1553

Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after having that title for just nine days.