- Today is Monday, July 19, the 200th day of 1999. There are 165 days
                left in the year.

              - On July 19, 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong,
                Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the
                moon.
              - In 1553 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England
                after claiming the crown for nine days. King Henry VIII's daughter
                Mary was proclaimed queen.
              - In 1848 a pioneer women's rights convention convened in Seneca
                Falls, N.Y.
              - In 1870 the Franco-Prussian War began.
              - In 1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for
                Victory" campaign in Europe.
              - In 1943 allied air forces raided Rome during World War II.
              - In 1975 the Apollo and Soyuz space capsules that were linked in
                orbit for two days separated.
              - In 1979 the Nicaraguan capital of Managua fell to Sandinista
                guerrillas, two days after President Anastasio Somoza fled the
                country.
              - In 1984 U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.Y.) won the Democratic
                nomination for vice president by acclamation at the party's
                convention in San Francisco.
              - In 1985 Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen as the first
                schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. (McAuliffe and six
                other crew members died when the Challenger exploded shortly after
                liftoff.)
              - In 1993 President Clinton announced a compromise allowing
                homosexuals to serve in the military, but only if they refrained
                from homosexual activity.

              - Ten years ago 112 people died when a United Airlines DC-10 crashed
                while making an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa; 184 others
                survived.
              - Five years ago a bomb ripped apart a Panama commuter plane, killing
                21, including 12 Jews, a day after a car bomb destroyed a Jewish
                community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 95 people.
                Funeral services were held for North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung,
                who had died July 8 at age 82.
              - One year ago, seeking to break a 16-month deadlock, Israel and the
                Palestinians held their first high-level talks in months. Hundreds
                of Serb police battled secessionist guerrillas for control of the
                central Kosovo town of Orahovac.
 

              *Happy Birthday*
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              - Former U.S. Sen. George McGovern is 77.
              - Actor Pat Hingle is 75.
              - Actress Helen Gallagher is 73.
              - Country singer Sue Thompson is 73.
              - Country singer George Hamilton IV is 62.
              - Actor Dennis Cole is 59.
              - Singer Vikki Carr is 58.
              - Actor George Dzundza is 54.
              - Rock singer-musician Alan Gorrie (Average White Band) is 53.
              - Rock musician Brian May is 52.
              - Rock musician Bernie Leadon is 52.
              - Actress Beverly Archer is 51.
              - Actor Peter Barton is 43.
              - Rock musician Kevin Haskins (Love and Rockets; Bauhaus) is 39.
              - Movie director Atom Egoyan is 39.
              - Actor Anthony Edwards is 37.
              - Actor Campbell Scott is 37.
              - Country singer Kelly Shiver is 36.