* Astronomy

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RE: July 19th

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On July 19, 2013 the results from the T2K experiment confirmed the Neutrino oscillation theory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino_oscillation#Theory

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The Battle of Fromelles occurred in France between 19 and 20 July 1916, during World War I
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50076066/the-battle-of-fromelles/

A magnitude ~5.2 struck Swansea, Wales, on 19 July 1727
http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/UKhistoric/17270719040000.html#page=summary

The 1984 Lln Peninsula earthquake struck the Lln Peninsula in Gwynedd, north-west Wales on 19 July 1984.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Ll%C5%B7n_Peninsula_earthquake

The "John" shot, on 19 July 1957, was the first test firing of a nuclear-tipped air-to-air rocket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site#Area_10

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The T-7A/S1 sounding rocket transporting eight white mice was launched on July 19, 1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_603#History

Explorer 35 (IMP-E)was launched on the 19 July 1967 - Lunar orbiter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_35

On this day, in 1969, Apollo 11 went into Moon orbit.

On July 19, 2013, the Cassini spacecraft took a picture of Earth from ~1.44 billion kilometres away
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Smiled

Joe Walker becomes the first US civilian in space. (1963
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37798430/joseph-albert-walker/

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Roy Dubard Bridges, Jr. (born July 19, 1943, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American aviator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_D._Bridges,_Jr.

Scott David Tingle (born July 19, 1965) is a current NASA Astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_D._Tingle

Private John Henry Parr (19 July 1897 - 21 August 1914) was a British soldier.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t60562311/private-john-henry-parr-1897-1914/

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 - May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalyn_Yalow

Dr. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (born July 19, 1938) is an Indian astrophysicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar

Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician and astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May

Professor Dame Carole Jordan (born 19 July 1941) was the first ever female president of the Royal Astronomical Society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Jordan

Fiammetta Wilson (July 19, 1864 - July 21, 1920) was a British astronomer elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1916.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiammetta_Wilson

Hilmar Willi Duerbeck (born 19 July 1948, died 5 January 2012) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilmar_Duerbeck

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Kepler's Platonic solid model: Johannes Kepler claimed to have had an epiphany on July 19, 1595
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler#Mysterium_Cosmographicum

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NGC 6775 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 19th July 1828.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58099476/ngc-6775/

NGC 6830 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 19th July 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58099468/ngc-6830/

NGC 6892 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 19th July 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58099460/ngc-6892/

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Amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley discovered the 2009 Jupiter impact event on 19 July 2009
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t29499354/jupiter-black-spot/

Asteroid (226) Weringia was discovered by Johann Palisa on July 19, 1882.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/226_Weringia

Asteroid (639) Latona was discovered by German astronomer Karl Julius Lohnert on July 19, 1907 at Heidelberg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/639_Latona

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Meteorites

The Menziswyl (L5) meteorite fell in Fribourg, Switzerland, in July 1903.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58098830/menziswyl-meteorite/

The Holbrook (L/LL6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Arizona, USA, on the 19th July 1912.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t26961015/holbrook-meteorites/

The Palinshih (Iron) meteorite fell in Nei Mongol, China, in July 1914.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58098729/palinshih-meteorite/

The Silistra (Achondrite, ungrouped) meteorite fell near Razgrad, Bulgaria, at 7:00 am on July 19, 1917.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58098492/silistra-meteorite/

The Rewari (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Haryana, India, in July 1929.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58098616/rewari-meteorite/

The Çanakkale (L6) meteorite fell in Canakkale, Turkey, in July 1964.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58099032/anakkale-l6-meteorite/