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On this date, 7-19-1903, Maurice Garin wins the first ever Tour de France.

1903 Tour de France - Wikipedia The 1903 Tour de France was the first cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper L'Auto, ancestor of the current daily, L'Équipe. It ran from 1 to 19 July in six stages over 2,428 km (1,509 mi), and was won by Maurice Garin.[1]

On this date, 7-19-1692, Sarah Good(39), Rebecca Nurse(71), Elizabeth Howe(57), Susannah Martin(71), and Sarah Wildes(65) were all executed for practicing witchcraft.

Salem witch trials - Wikipedia The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men)...

Happy Birthday Shout-Outs Go To: Lizzie Borden(would have turned 162 years old), Charles Horace Mayo(w.h.b. 157), Florence Foster Jenkins(w.h.b. 154), Alice Dunbar Nelson(w.h.b. 147), Max Fleischer(w.h.b. 139), Percy Spencer(w.h.b. 128), Isabel Jewell(w.h.b. 115), George McGovern(w.h.b. 100), Rachel Robinson(100), Alex Hannum(w.h.b. 99), Arthur Rankin Jr.(w.h.b. 98), Vikki Carr(82), Bernie Leadon(75), Brian May(75), Howard Schultz(69), Robert Gibson(64), Lisa Lampanelli(61), Anthony Edwards(60), Teresa Edwards(58), Nancy Carell(56), Jim Norton(54), Vitali Klitschko(51), Nathalie Boltt(49), Benedict Cumberbatch(46), Rick Ankiel(43), Jared Padalecki(40), Trai Byers(39), LaMarcus Aldridge(37), Jinder Mahal(36), Jon 'Bones' Jones(35), Shane Dawson(34), Romee Strijd(27), Owen Joyner(22),

July 19 - Wikipedia July 19 is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 165 days remain until the end of the year.

On this date, 7-10-2005, Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, killing over 75 people and causing over $3 billion dollars in damage.

Hurricane Dennis - Wikipedia Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season. Forming in July, the hurricane became the strongest Atlan...

On this date, 7-10-1913, The temperature in Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F (57 °C), the highest temperature ever to be recorded on Earth.

Death Valley National Park - Wikipedia Death Valley National Park is an American national park that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern section of Eureka Valley and most of Saline Valley. The park occupies an i...