WHAT HAPPENED ON 19. JULY
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World War II: Battle of Cape Spada – The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties. (19. July 1940)

World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. (19. July 1940)

World War II: Battle of the Atlantic – German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast positions in response to the effective American convoy system. (19. July 1942)

World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties. (19. July 1943)

The Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassinated by Galon U Saw. (19. July 1947)

Korean politician Yuh Woon-Hyung is assassinated. (19. July 1947)

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were opened in Helsinki, Finland. (19. July 1952)

Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later. (19. July 1961)

Joe Walker flies 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. (19. July 1963)

Vietnam War: at a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam. (19. July 1964)

Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat. (19. July 1972)

Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created. (19. July 1976)

The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua. (19. July 1979)

In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French Prime Minister François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and development. (19. July 1981)

The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published. (19. July 1983)

The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy. (19. July 1985)

A car bomb placed by mafia with collaboration of Italian intelligence kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort (19. July 1992)

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland. (19. July 1997)