๐ July 19 ยท Great New York City Fire of 1845, 1903 Tour de France, Luton Town Hall,โฆ
July 19 in history: โข 1845 โ A fire in Manhattan, New York City, destroyed 345 buildings, killed 30 people, and caused at least $5 million in damage. โ go there โข 1903 โ French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first edition of the Tour de France. โ go there โข 1919 โ 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. โ go there โข 1976 โ Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the woodchipping industry. โ go there โข 2013 โ 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". โ go there Born 1871: Marie Goldsmith Wiki link Born 1937: Chetana Nagavajara Wiki link Born 1998: Karl Jacobs Wiki link Died 2018: Denis Ten Wiki link Pictured: Detail from ''The Day the Earth Smiled'', with Earth as a pale dot between Saturn's rings.