Holidays Calendar for July 19, 2015
Martyrs' Day is a public holiday and remembrance day in Myanmar that commemorates eight leaders of the pre-independence interim Burmese government that were assassinated on July 19, 1947.
Sandinista Revolution Day, also known as FSLN Revolution Day or Liberation Day, is one of the public holidays in Nicaragua. It commemorates the defeat of the Somoza dictatorship in the Nicaraguan Revolution. The holiday is celebrated on July 19.
Galla Bayramy is a public holiday in Turkmenistan that celebrates the annual wheat harvest. It is observed on the third Sunday in July. Galla Bayramy is often regarded as the professional holiday of the country's agricultural workers.
International Retainer Day is celebrated annually on July 19. It was created to highlight the importance of orthodontic treatment and encourage people to make a commitment to a beautiful smile.
Palace Day is celebrated annually on July 19. It was launched by the Network of European Royal Residences to raise awareness of palace museums on social media and highlight the importance of preserving their rich cultural heritage.
Every year the Nepal Engineer's Association holds special festive events dedicated to Engineer's Day. They annually fall on Shrawan 3 (according to Bikran Samvat), corresponding to the mid-July of the Gregorian calendar.
Coach Day is a Ukrainian professional holiday established in 2021. It is celebrated on July 19 to commemorate the opening of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where Ukraine made its Summer Olympic debut and won 23 medals (nine gold, two silver and twelve bronze).
Day of Metallurgist is a professional holiday celebrated in some former Soviet republics, namely Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia and Kazakhstan, on the third Sunday in July. It originated in the Soviet Union in 1957.
Female Cabinet Ministers Day is observed in Japan on July 19. It was created to commemorate the day when Masa Nakayama became the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of Japan.
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals’ Day is celebrated annually on July 19. It was created to highlight the fact that flight attendants aren’t just glorified waitstaff; their primary task as members of the flight crew is to ensure the safety of the passengers.
A lot of people associate beekeeping with countryside, but urban beekeeping has been a growing trend since the 2000s. National Urban Beekeeping Day is celebrated annually on July 19 to raise awareness of the practice of urban beekeeping and its benefits.
National Flitch Day is an informal holiday dedicated to an ancient English custom that dates back to at least the 14th century. A flitch is a measurement of bacon, now known as a slab. In England, married couples were awarded a flitch of bacon if they did not repent on their marriage for a year and a day.
National Daiquiri Day is celebrated on July 19. Daiquiri is a popular rum-based cocktail, which is believed to have been one of the favorite drinks of Ernest Hemingway and John Kennedy.
National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in July across the United States. Unlike most “national” food days, this holiday was indeed proclaimed by President.
Children's Day in Panama is celebrated on the third Sunday in July. It was originally held on November 1, but First Lady Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos decided to change the date because there were too many holidays in November.
Every year Children of Cuba and Venezuela celebrate their own holiday on the third Sunday in July. Children's Day is known to be one of the jolliest and happiest holidays of the year.
Festivals on July 19, 2015
- Art Gene in Tbilisi, Georgia
- Zagreb International Folklore Festival in Zagreb, Croatia
- Rwanda Film Festival in Kigali, Rwanda
- Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE) in Columbus, USA
- Pula Film Festival in Pula, Croatia
- Salzburg Festival in Salzburg, Austria
- Verbier Festival in Verbier, Switzerland
- BVI Emancipation Festival in Road Town, British Virgin Islands
- Positivus Festival in Salacgriva, Latvia
- Home County Music & Art Festival in London (ON), Canada
- London Film & Comic Con in London, United Kingdom
- Great Wellsville Balloon Rally in Wellsville, USA
- Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Gentse Feesten in Ghent, Belgium
- Royal International Air Tattoo in Swindon, United Kingdom
This Day in History
- 2019 Died: Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist. He is best known for his roles in the films Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, The Hitcher, Escape from Sobibor, and many others.
- 2018 Died: Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater, the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist. He was stabbed in the thigh by two men who were attempting to steal his car mirrors and died in the hospital.
- 2016 Died: Garry Marshall, American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for directing Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, Mother's Day, The Princess Diaries, and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
- 2010 Died: Jon Cleary, Australian author, best known for his novels The Sundowners and The High Commissioner. Many of his books were adapted to television.
- 1989 Died: Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish politician, the President of the Republic of Poland in Exile from April 8, 1986 until his death. Prior to his, presidency Sabbat held the post of Prime Minister of Polish Government in Exile.
- 1989 United Airlines Flight 232 crashed in Sioux City, Iowa after the failure of its tail-mounted engine and loss of all flight controls. 111 of 296 people on board died.
- 1985 The Val di Stava Dam near Tesero, Italy, collapsed. About 180,000 cubic meters of water, sand, and mud crashed through the village of Stava, killing 268 people.
- 1982 Born: Derek Wilson, American actor best known for his television roles as Donnie Schenck on Preacher and as Robert Vernon / The Tek-Knight on Gen V and The Boys.
- 1982 Born: Jared Padalecki, American actor, best known for roles as Dean Forester on Gilmore Girls, Sam Winchester on Supernatural, and Cordell Walker on Walker.
- 1981 In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand revealed the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
- 1976 Born: Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award.
- 1974 Died: Joe Flynn, American actor, best known for role in the ABC television sitcom McHale's Navy. In his late career Flynn worked as a voice actor for Disney animated features.
- 1971 Born: Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. As of 2024, he serves as mayor of Kyiv, and is also head of the Kyiv City State Administration, having held both offices since June 2014.
- 1965 Died: Syngman Rhee, South Korean politician, the 1st President of South Korea. His presidency lasted from 1948 to 1960; it was severely affected by Cold War tensions on the Korean peninsula.
- 1952 The Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were opened in Helsinki, Finland.
- 1947 Born: Brian May, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen.
- 1943 Rome was heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, causing thousands of civilian casualties. After the bombing 2 million Italian lires were distributed to the crowds by Pius XII and Msgr. Montini (future Pope Paul VI).
- 1921 Born: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate for the development of the radioimmunoassay technique.
- 1913 Died: Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, the 15th President of Colombia. His presidency lasted only for one day, from December 21, 1882 to December 22, 1882.
- 1903 Italian-born French road bicycle racer Maurice Garin became the winner of the first Tour de France.
- 1900 The first line of the Paris Métro opened for operation between Porte Maillot and Porte de Vincennes, connecting various sites of the World Fair. At the time of its opening only 8 stations were finalized.
- 1895 Born: Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, primarily known for his ink paintings of horses and birds. He was one of the first Chinese artists to create monumental oil paintings with epic Chinese themes.
- 1848 The first Women's Rights Convention (known as the Seneca Falls Convention) opened in Seneca Falls, New York. Attracting widespread attention, it was soon followed by other women's rights conventions.
- 1842 Died: Pierre Joseph Pelletier, French chemist, notable for his research on vegetable alkaloids and co-discovery of quinine and strychnine.
- 1838 Died: Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist, remembered today for the law of Dulong and Petit. He is credited with discovering dangerously sensitive nitrogen trichloride, which cost him two fingers and an eye in the process.
- 1834 Born: Edgar Degas, French painter, regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. He is known for his ability to depict movement that can be seen in his renditions of dancers, female nudesб and racecourse subjects.
- 1814 Died: Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer, the first person to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent.
- 1814 Born: Samuel Colt, American inventor and industrialist, the founder of Colt's Manufacturing Company that made the mass production of the revolver commercially viable.
- 1800 Born: Juan José Flores, Venezuelan general and politician, the first President of Ecuador. He served in office from 1839 to 1845.
- 1789 Born: John Martin, English painter, illustrator, and engraver. His work influenced the pre-Raphaelites and inspired the French Romantic movement.
- 1692 Died: Sarah Good, one of the first three women to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials, which occurred in 1692 in colonial Massachusetts.
- 1553 After only nine days on the throne of England, Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I. She and her husband, Lord Guildford Dudley, would be executed in February 1554.
- 1374 Died: Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Francis Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar of the early Italian Renaissance and one of the earliest humanists.
- 64 The Great Fire of Rome began in the merchant shops around Rome's chariot stadium, Circus Maximus. It burned for six days and destroyed over 70% of the city.