Public Holidays on July 19

• 🌍 Children's Day (Venezuela)

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Religious Observances on July 19

• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Yaʿqub al-Charkhi (ق)

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On This Day in History — July 19

• 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.
• 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.
• 1992 — A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort
• 1989 — United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
• 1985 — The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
• 1983 — The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.

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Notable Births on July 19

• 1994 — Christian Welch, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Jake Nicholson, English footballer
• 1991 — Eray İşcan, Turkish footballer
• 1989 — Sam McKendry, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1988 — Shane Dawson, American comedian and actor
• 1988 — Jakub Kovář, Czech ice hockey player

Notable Deaths on July 19

• 2016 — Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1934)
• 2015 — Van Alexander, American composer and conductor (b. 1915)
• 2015 — Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (b. 1948)
• 2015 — Carmino Ravosa, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1930)
• 2015 — Gennadiy Seleznyov, Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma (b. 1947)
• 2014 — David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (b. 1917)

Public Holidays on July 20

• 🌍 Declaration of Independence (Colombia)
• 🌍 Día de la Independencia (Colombia)
• 🌍 Marine Day (Japan)
• 🌍 海の日 (Japan)

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On This Day in History — July 20

• 2017 — O.J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.
• 2015 — A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
• 2015 — The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.
• 2013 — Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
• 2012 — James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
• 2005 — Canada legalized same-sex marriage, being the fourth country in the world to do so.

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Notable Births on July 20

• 1996 — Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player
• 1995 — Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1993 — Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player
• 1991 — Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1991 — Ryan James, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 — Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner

Notable Deaths on July 20

• 2017 — Chester Bennington, American singer (b. 1976)
• 2016 — Radu Beligan, Romanian actor, director, and essayist (b. 1918)
• 2015 — Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American actor and musician (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Wayne Carson, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1943)
• 2015 — Fred Else, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
• 2015 — Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (b. 1944)