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On This Day In History for July 19, 2023
This is the 200th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 165 days remaining in 2023.
- It was on this date in 1843, that Brunel’s steamship the SS Great Britain was launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world
- Also today in 1934, The rigid airship USS Macon surprised the USS Houston near Clipperton Island with a mail delivery for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, demonstrating its potential for tracking ships at sea.
- It was also this date in 1952 that saw the opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
- Also today in 1963, Joe Walker flew a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention
- On July 19, 1977, The world’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).
- July 19, 1983, The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT was published
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- American businessman, founded the Colt’s Manufacturing Company, Samuel Colt, born on this date in 1814.
- American astronomer and physicist, Edward Charles Pickering was born 177 years ago today.
- English astronomer, Fiammetta Wilson, born on this date in 1864.
- Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic was born on that same date in 1865.
- American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven, Percy Spencer was born 129 years ago today.
- Also turning 94 today is Austrian engineer and businessman, co-founded Glock Ges.m.b.H Gaston Glock.
- Indian astrophysicist and astronomer, Jayant Narlikar is 85 today.
- English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist, Brian May, born on this date in 1947.
- Mark Crispin, American computer scientist, designed the IMAP was born on that same date in 1956.
- Also turning 41 today is American actor Jared Padalecki.
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And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 19, 2023
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News
- Groundbreaking experiment proves light travels through both space and time
- Age of Universe Nearly Twice As Old As Previously Believed – Slashdot
- The sun’s activity is peaking sooner than expected | CNN
- Star-Spangled Spectacle: James Webb Telescope’s Stunning Year of Cosmic Revelations
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