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Today in History: Tuesday, July\u00a0 19, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn July 19, 1993, President Bill Clinton announced the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy which allowed homosexuals to serve in the military, but not openly.
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On this date in:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1553<\/td>\nKing Henry VIII’s daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen of England after pretender Lady Jane Grey was deposed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1848<\/td>\nA pioneer women’s rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/td>\nThe Franco-Prussian war, which led to the unification of the German states, began.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1922<\/td>\nGeorge McGovern, a U.S. senator and the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972, was born in Avon, S.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nApollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins on board, went into orbit around the moon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nThe Nicaraguan capital of Managua fell to Sandinista guerrillas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nThe Summer Olympics began in Moscow with dozens of nations boycotting because of Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nCongresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York won the Democratic nomination for vice president at the party’s convention in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

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1986<\/td>\nCaroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, married Edwin A. Schlossberg.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nA United Air Lines DC-10 crashed while making an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa, killing 112 people; 184 survived.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nPresident George W. Bush announced his choice of federal appeals court judge John Roberts to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nSummoned by British lawmakers to answer for a phone hacking and bribery scandal at one of his tabloids, media mogul Rupert Murdoch said he was humbled and ashamed, but accepted no responsibility for wrongdoing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Anthony Edwards (“ER”) turns 54 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Vikki Carr<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commander Cody<\/td>\nCountry singer, musician<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Dzundza<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ilie Nastase<\/td>\nTennis hall of famer<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian May<\/td>\nRock musician (Queen)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atom Egoyan<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell Scott<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benedict Cumberbatch<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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