July 19

Events

• AD 64 - The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
• 484 - Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus. He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
• 711 - Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic.
• 939 - Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.
• 998 - Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.
• 1333 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots.
• 1544 - Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins.
• 1545 - The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
• 1553 - Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne.
• 1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
• 1701 - Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
• 1702 - Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
• 1817 - Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
• 1821 - Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom.
• 1832 - The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
• 1843 - Brunel's steamship the is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
• 1845 - Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
• 1848 - Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
• 1863 - American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• 1864 - Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• 1900 - The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
• 1903 - Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
• 1916 - World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• 1936 - Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
• 1940 - World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
• 1940 - Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
• 1940 - World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
• 1942 - World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
• 1943 - World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
• 1947 - Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
• 1947 - Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• 1952 - Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
• 1961 - Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• 1963 - Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters 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.
• 1969 - Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• 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.
• 1977 - The world's first Global Positioning System signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time.
• 1979 - The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
• 1979 - The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
• 1980 - Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
• 1981 - In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• 1982 - In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
• 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 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 paramilitary 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.

  Births

• 810 - Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar
• 1223 - Baibars, sultan of Egypt
• 1420 - William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat
• 1569 - Conrad Vorstius, Dutch theologian
• 1670 - Richard Leveridge, English singer-songwriter
• 1688 - Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary and painter
• 1744 - Heinrich Christian Boie, German author and poet
• 1759 - Marianna Auenbrugger, Austrian pianist and composer
• 1759 - Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint
• 1771 - Thomas Talbot, Irish-Canadian colonel and politician
• 1794 - José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president
• 1789 - John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator
• 1800 - Juan José Flores, Venezuelan general and politician, 1st President of Ecuador
• 1814 - Samuel Colt, American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company
• 1819 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright
• 1822 - Princess Augusta of Cambridge
• 1827 - Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier
• 1834 - Edgar Degas, French painter, sculptor, and illustrator
• 1835 - Justo Rufino Barrios, Guatemalan president
• 1842 - Frederic T. Greenhalge, English-American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1846 - Edward Charles Pickering, American astronomer and physicist
• 1849 - Ferdinand Brunetière, French scholar and critic
• 1864 - Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer
• 1865 - Georges Friedel, French mineralogist and crystallographer
• 1865 - Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon, founded the Mayo Clinic
• 1860 - Lizzie Borden, American woman, tried and acquitted for the murders of her parents in 1892
• 1868 - Florence Foster Jenkins, American soprano and educator
• 1869 - Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport
• 1875 - Alice Dunbar Nelson, American poet and activist
• 1876 - Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• 1877 - Arthur Fielder, English cricketer
• 1881 - Friedrich Dessauer, German physicist and philosopher
• 1883 - Max Fleischer, Austrian-American animator and producer
• 1886 - Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic
• 1888 - Enno Lolling, German physician
• 1890 - George II of Greece
• 1892 - Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian actor, playwright, and poet
• 1894 - Aleksandr Khinchin, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1894 - Khawaja Nazimuddin, Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1894 - Percy Spencer, American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven
• 1895 - Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and academic
• 1896 - Reginald Baker, English film producer
• 1896 - A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and novelist
• 1896 - Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor
• 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, German-American sociologist and philosopher
• 1899 - Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay, Indian physician, author, poet, and playwright
• 1902 - Samudrala Raghavacharya, Indian singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1904 - Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer and farmer
• 1907 - Isabel Jewell, American actress
• 1908 - Daniel Fry, American contactee
• 1909 - Balamani Amma, Indian poet and author
• 1912 - Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate
• 1913 - Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter
• 1914 - Marius Russo, American baseball player
• 1915 - Åke Hellman, Finnish painter
• 1916 - Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager
• 1917 - William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1919 - Patricia Medina, English-American actress
• 1919 - Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author
• 1919 - Ron Searle, English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga
• 1920 - Robert Mann, American violinist, composer, and conductor
• 1920 - Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer
• 1921 - Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host
• 1921 - André Moynet, French soldier, race car driver, and politician
• 1921 - Elizabeth Spencer, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright
• 1921 - Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1922 - George McGovern, American lieutenant, historian, and politician
• 1922 - Rachel Robinson, American professor, registered nurse, and the widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson
• 1923 - Theo Barker, English historian
• 1923 - Alex Hannum, American basketball player and coach
• 1923 - Joseph Hansen, American author and poet
• 1923 - William A. Rusher, American lawyer and journalist
• 1923 - Lon Simmons, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1924 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1924 - Pat Hingle, American actor and producer
• 1924 - Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1925 - Sue Thompson, American singer
• 1926 - Helen Gallagher, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1928 - Samuel John Hazo, American author
• 1928 - Choi Yun-chil, South Korean long-distance runner and a two-time national champion in the marathon.
• 1929 - Gaston Glock, Austrian engineer and businessman, co-founded Glock Ges.m.b.H.
• 1929 - Orville Turnquest, Bahamian politician
• 1932 - Buster Benton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1932 - Jan Lindblad, Swedish biologist and photographer
• 1934 - Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1935 - Nick Koback, American baseball player and golfer
• 1936 - David Colquhoun, English pharmacologist and academic
• 1937 - George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 - Richard Jordan, American actor
• 1938 - Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist and astronomer
• 1938 - Tom Raworth, English poet and academic
• 1941 - Vikki Carr, American singer and actress
• 1941 - Neelie Kroes, Dutch politician and diplomat, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
• 1943 - Han Sai Por, Singaporean sculptor and academic
• 1943 - Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini, Italian journalist and politician
• 1944 - Tim McIntire, American actor and singer
• 1944 - Andres Vooremaa, Estonian chess player
• 1945 - Paule Baillargeon, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1946 - Alan Gorrie, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician
• 1946 - Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player and politician
• 1947 - André Forcier, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1947 - Hans-Jürgen Kreische, German footballer and manager
• 1947 - Bernie Leadon, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 - Brian May, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist
• 1948 - Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1949 - Kgalema Motlanthe, South African politician, 3rd President of South Africa
• 1950 - Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
• 1950 - Freddy Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 - Adrian Noble, English director and screenwriter
• 1951 - Abel Ferrara, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 - Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 - Jayne Anne Phillips American novelist and short story writer
• 1954 - Mark O'Donnell, American playwright
• 1954 - Steve O'Donnell, American screenwriter and producer
• 1954 - Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist and historian
• 1955 - Roger Binny, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1955 - Dalton McGuinty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Ontario
• 1956 - Mark Crispin, American computer scientist, designed the IMAP
• 1958 - Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1958 - Robert Gibson, American wrestler
• 1958 - David Robertson, American conductor
• 1959 - Juan J. Campanella, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 - Atom Egoyan, Egyptian-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 - Kevin Haskins, English drummer and songwriter
• 1961 - Harsha Bhogle, Indian journalist and author
• 1961 - Maria Filatova, Russian gymnast
• 1961 - Lisa Lampanelli, American comedian, actress, and author
• 1961 - Benoît Mariage, Belgian director and screenwriter
• 1961 - Hideo Nakata, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 - Campbell Scott, American actor, director, and producer
• 1962 - Anthony Edwards, American actor and director
• 1963 - Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Swiss musician
• 1963 - Garth Nix, Australian author
• 1964 - Teresa Edwards, American basketball player
• 1964 - Masahiko Kondō, Japanese singer-songwriter and race car driver
• 1965 - Evelyn Glennie, Scottish musician
• 1965 - Claus-Dieter Wollitz, German footballer and manager
• 1967 - Yael Abecassis, Israeli model and actress
• 1967 - Jean-François Mercier, Canadian comedian, screenwriter, and television host
• 1968 - Robb Flynn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1968 - Pavel Kuka, Czech footballer and manager
• 1968 - Jim Norton, American comedian, actor, and author
• 1969 - Matthew Libatique, American cinematographer
• 1970 - Bill Chen, American poker player and software designer
• 1970 - Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
• 1971 - Rene Busch, Estonian tennis player and coach
• 1971 - Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kiev
• 1971 - Michael Modest, American wrestler
• 1971 - Catriona Rowntree, Australian television host
• 1971 - Lesroy Weekes, Montserratian cricketer
• 1972 - Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer and manager
• 1973 - Martin Powell, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1973 - Scott Walker, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 - Rey Bucanero, Mexican wrestler
• 1974 - Francisco Copado, German footballer and manager
• 1974 - Josée Piché, Canadian ice dancer
• 1974 - Vince Spadea, American tennis player
• 1974 - Preston Wilson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1975 - Luca Castellazzi, Italian footballer
• 1976 - Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor
• 1976 - Gonzalo de los Santos, Uruguayan footballer and manager
• 1977 - Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 - Tony Mamaluke, American wrestler and manager
• 1977 - Ed Smith, English cricketer and journalist
• 1979 - Rick Ankiel, American baseball player
• 1979 - Josué Anunciado de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1979 - Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1979 - Luke Young, English footballer
• 1980 - Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
• 1980 - Giorgio Mondini, Italian race car driver
• 1981 - Nenê, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 - David Bernard, Jamaican cricketer
• 1981 - Mark Gasnier, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 1981 - Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player
• 1981 - Grégory Vignal, French footballer
• 1982 - Christopher Bear, American drummer
• 1982 - Phil Coke, American baseball player
• 1982 - Jared Padalecki, American actor
• 1982 - Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer
• 1983 - Helen Skelton, English television host and actress
• 1983 - Fedor Tyutin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1984 - Andrea Libman, Canadian voice actress
• 1984 - Adam Morrison, American basketball player
• 1984 - Ryan O'Byrne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 - Lewis Price, Welsh footballer
• 1985 - LaMarcus Aldridge, American basketball player
• 1985 - Zhou Haibin, Chinese footballer
• 1985 - Marina Kuzina, Russian basketball player
• 1985 - Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer
• 1986 - Leandro Greco, Italian footballer
• 1987 - Jon Jones, American mixed martial artist
• 1987 - Marc Murphy, Australian footballer
• 1988 - Shane Dawson, American comedian and actor
• 1988 - Kevin Großkreutz, German footballer
• 1988 - Jakub Kovář, Czech ice hockey player
• 1989 - Sam McKendry, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1991 - Eray İşcan, Turkish footballer
• 1992 - Jake Nicholson, English footballer
• 1994 - Christian Welch, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 - Paul Momirovski, Australian rugby league player
• 1998 - Erin Cuthbert, footballer
• 1998 - Ronaldo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean footballer

  Deaths

• 514 - Symmachus, pope of the Catholic Church
• 806 - Li Shigu, Chinese general
• 973 - Kyunyeo, Korean monk and poet
• 998 - Damian Dalassenos, Byzantine general
• 1030 - Adalberon, French bishop
• 1234 - Floris IV, Dutch nobleman
• 1249 - Jacopo Tiepolo, doge of Venice
• 1333 - John Campbell, Scottish nobleman
• 1333 - Alexander Bruce, Scottish nobleman
• 1333 - Sir Archibald Douglas, Scottish nobleman
• 1333 - Maol Choluim II, Scottish nobleman
• 1333 - Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland
• 1374 - Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar
• 1415 - Philippa of Lancaster, Portuguese queen
• 1543 - Mary Boleyn, English daughter of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire
• 1631 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and academic
• 1742 - William Somervile, English poet and author
• 1810 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prussian queen
• 1814 - Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer
• 1824 - Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican general and emperor
• 1838 - Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist
• 1850 - Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic
• 1855 - Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet and translator
• 1857 - Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician
• 1878 - Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1896 - Abraham H. Cannon, American publisher and religious leader
• 1913 - Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia
• 1925 - John Indermaur, British lawyer
• 1930 - Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1933 - Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic
• 1939 - Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet and author
• 1943 - Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot
• 1947 - U Razak, Burmese educator and politician
• 1947 - Aung San, Burmese general and politician
• 1947 - Lyuh Woon-hyung, South Korean politician
• 1963 - William Andrew, English priest
• 1965 - Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea
• 1967 - Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
• 1969 - Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author
• 1974 - Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach
• 1975 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 - Karl Ristikivi, Estonian geographer, author, and poet
• 1980 - Margaret Craven, American journalist and author
• 1980 - Nihat Erim, Turkish jurist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1980 - Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic
• 1981 - Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor
• 1982 - Hugh Everett III, American physicist and mathematician
• 1984 - Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress
• 1984 - Aziz Sami, Iraqi writer and translator
• 1985 - Janusz Zajdel, Polish author
• 1989 - Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish businessman and politician, President of the Republic of Poland
• 1990 - Eddie Quillan, American actor
• 1992 - Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge
• 1994 - Victor Barbeau, Canadian author and academic
• 1998 - Elmer Valo, Polish-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 2002 - Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2002 - Alan Lomax, American historian, scholar, and activist
• 2003 - Bill Bright, American evangelist and author, founded the Campus Crusade for Christ
• 2003 - Pierre Graber, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council
• 2004 - Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor
• 2004 - J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate
• 2004 - Francis A. Marzen, American priest and journalist
• 2004 - Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan
• 2005 - Edward Bunker, American author and screenwriter
• 2006 - Jack Warden, American actor
• 2007 - A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi journalist, lawyer, and politician
• 2007 - Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentinian cartoonist
• 2008 - Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedian and actress
• 2009 - Frank McCourt, American author and educator
• 2009 - Henry Surtees, English race car driver
• 2010 - Cécile Aubry, French actress, author, television screenwriter and director
• 2010 - Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright
• 2012 - Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi director and playwright
• 2012 - Tom Davis, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 2012 - Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic
• 2012 - Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt
• 2012 - Sylvia Woods, American businesswoman, co-founded Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem
• 2012 - Valiulla Yakupov, Islamic cleric
• 2013 - Mikhail Gorsheniov, Russian singer-songwriter
• 2013 - Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer
• 2013 - Mel Smith, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 2013 - Bert Trautmann, German footballer and manager
• 2013 - Phil Woosnam, Welsh-American soccer player and manager
• 2013 - Peter Ziegler, Swiss geologist and academic
• 2013 - Leyla Erbil, Turkish author
• 2014 - Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian
• 2014 - David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic
• 2014 - Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author
• 2014 - James Garner, American actor
• 2014 - Jerzy Jurka, Polish biologist
• 2014 - Ray King, English footballer and manager
• 2014 - Ingemar Odlander, Swedish journalist
• 2014 - Harry Pougher, English cricketer
• 2014 - Leen Vleggeert, Dutch politician
• 2014 - John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist
• 2015 - Van Alexander, American composer and conductor
• 2015 - Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist
• 2015 - Carmino Ravosa, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 2015 - Gennadiy Seleznyov, Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma
• 2016 - Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer
• 2018 - Jon Schnepp, American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer
• 2018 - Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater
• 2019 - Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
• * Arsenius
• * Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht
• * Justa and Rufina
• * Kirdjun
• * Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great
• * Symmachus
• * July 19
• Martyrs' Day
• Sandinista Day or Liberation Day