July 19th, 1903

Born on July 19th, 1903

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 44,000 days old!

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What happened on July 19th, 1903?

July 19th, 1903

Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

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July 19th, 1903

French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first edition of the Tour de France.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Garin

What else happened on July 19th?

July 19th, 2013

The NASA spacecraft Cassini took a photograph of Saturn with Earth in the distance (detail pictured), for which people were invited to "wave at Saturn".

July 19th, 1997

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced that it would resume its ceasefire, ending its 28-year campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.

July 19th, 1992

A car bomb killed the anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino and five policemen in Palermo, Italy, less than two months after the murder of Borsellino's friend and colleague Giovanni Falcone.

July 19th, 1919

Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen unhappy with unemployment and other grievances rioted and burned down Luton Town Hall (pictured).

July 19th, 1916

First World War: The "worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces unsuccessfully attacked German defences at Fromelles, France.

July 19th, 1848

The two-day Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's-rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York.

July 19th, 1845

A fire in Manhattan, New York, destroyed 345 buildings, killed 30 people, and caused at least $5 million in damage.

July 19th, 1843

SS Great Britain, the first ocean-going ship with both an iron hull and a screw propeller, was launched (pictured) in Bristol, England.

July 19th, 1817

Georg Anton Schäffer was forced to depart for China after his unsuccessful attempt to seize the Hawaiian Kingdom for the Russian Empire.

July 19th, 1702

Great Northern War: Polish–Saxon forces were defeated by a Swedish army half their size at the Battle of Kliszów.

July 19th, 1553

Mary I was proclaimed Queen of England, deposing Lady Jane Grey after nine days of de facto rule.

July 19th, 1545

The English warship Mary Rose sank outside Portsmouth during the Battle of the Solent; it was raised from the seabed in 1982 (remains pictured).

July 19th, 0998

Arab–Byzantine wars: After initial Byzantine gains at the Battle of Apamea, a lone Kurdish rider killed Byzantine commander Damian Dalassenos, allowing Fatimid troops to turn the tide of the battle.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 19th

Born on July 19th, 1903

53

Maximilian Rott

German writer (1903-1957)

*July 19th, 1903, Heilbronn †April 15th, 1957, Munich

79

Willi Multhaup

German football manager (1903-1982)

*July 19th, 1903, Essen †December 18th, 1982, Essen

83

Robert Dalban

French actor

*July 19th, 1903, Celles-sur-Belle †April 3rd, 1987, Paris

75

Billy Nelson

American actor

*July 19th, 1903, New York City †June 13th, 1979, Santa Monica

78

Barbara Bedford

American actress (1903-1981)

*July 19th, 1903, Eastman †October 25th, 1981, Jacksonville

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 19th?

35

Reika Kakiiwa

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1989, Kamiamakusa

77

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

45

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

84

A. J. Cronin

Scottish novelist

*July 19th, 1896, Cardross †January 6th, 1981, Montreux

85

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

81

Herbert Marcuse

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

*July 19th, 1898, Berlin †July 29th, 1979, Starnberg

48

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

84

Pat Hingle

American actor (1924–2009)

*July 19th, 1924, Denver †January 3rd, 2009, Carolina Beach

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

90

Arno Breker

German sculptor and architect

*July 19th, 1900, Wuppertal †February 13th, 1991, Düsseldorf

60

Eddy Hartono

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1964, Indonesia

94

Gaston Glock

Austrian engineer and CEO of firearms manufacturer Glock

*July 19th, 1929, Vienna †December 27th, 2023, Klagenfurt

54

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

44

Yeoh Kay Bin

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1980, Perak

42

Xiao Luxi

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1982, Fujian

83

Bernd Maydell

German jurist (1934-2018)

*July 19th, 1934, Tallinn †May 3rd, 2018, Sankt Augustin

28

Kittinupong Kedren

Thai badminton player

*July 19th, 1996, Songkhla

31

Barbara Bellenberg

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1993, Prien am Chiemsee

23

Dana Danilenko

Badminton player

*July 19th, 2001, Lod

31

Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1993, Malaysia

Same year
Born in 1903

53

Preston Tucker

American businessman (1903-1956)

*September 21st, 1903, Michigan †December 26th, 1956, Ypsilanti

87

Tunku Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

74

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas

91

Heinrich Drake

German sculptor and illustrator (1903-1994)

*February 15th, 1903, Lügde †July 26th, 1994, Berlin

91

Jan Tinbergen

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

*April 12th, 1903, The Hague †June 9th, 1994, The Hague

84

Marguerite Yourcenar

French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)

*June 8th, 1903, City of Brussels †December 17th, 1987, Bar Harbor

121

Alfred Krohn

German rower

*May 2nd, 1903, Szczecin

46

George Orwell

British writer and journalist

*June 25th, 1903, Motihari †January 21st, 1950, London

87

Anne Revere

American actress (1903-1990)

*June 25th, 1903, New York City †December 18th, 1990, Locust Valley

85

Alan Paton

South African writer and activist (1903-1988)

*January 11th, 1903, Pietermaritzburg †April 12th, 1988, Durban

65

Theodor W. Adorno

German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)

*September 11th, 1903, Frankfurt †August 6th, 1969, Visp

40

Galeazzo Ciano

Italian noble, diplomat and politician (1903-1944)

*March 18th, 1903, Livorno †January 11th, 1944, Verona

53

Francis L. Sullivan

British actor (1903-1956)

*January 6th, 1903, London †November 19th, 1956, New York City

65

Vernon Duke

American composer (1903-1969)

*October 10th, 1903, Parafjanava †January 16th, 1969, Santa Monica

77

Reginald Gardiner

Actor (1903-1980)

*February 27th, 1903, London †July 7th, 1980, Westwood

35

Colette Peignot

French writer (1903-1938)

*October 8th, 1903, Meudon †November 7th, 1938, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

74

Aram Khachaturian

Soviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)

*May 24th, 1903, Tbilisi †May 1st, 1978, Moscow

85

Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973

*November 7th, 1903, Vienna †February 27th, 1989, Vienna

91

Ernest Walton

Irish physicist and Nobel laureate (1903-1995)

*October 6th, 1903, Abbeyside †June 25th, 1995, Belfast

76

Giulio Natta

Italian chemist

*February 26th, 1903, Porto Maurizio †May 2nd, 1979, Bergamo

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 19th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 19th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1903 is a normal year and no leap year.

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