| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| July 19, 1848 | Wednesday | 1st Women's Rights Convention Seneca Falls NY |
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| July 19, 1877 | Thursday | 1st Wimbledon tennis championships held. |
| July 19, 1880 | Monday | SF Public Library starts lending books |
| July 19, 1909 | Monday | Neil Ball turns an unassisted triple play at 1st |
| July 19, 1935 | Friday | 1st parking meters installed in Oklahoma City. |
| July 19, 1939 | Wednesday | 1st use of Fiberglas sutures RP Scholz St Louis Mo |
| July 19, 1949 | Tuesday | Laos becomes associated state within French Union. |
| July 19, 1955 | Tuesday | Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 & becomes a floating museum. |
| July 19, 1957 | Friday | 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired Yucca Flat Nevada |
| July 19, 1961 | Wednesday | 1st in-flight movie is shown (on TWA). |
| July 19, 1963 | Friday | Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km. |
| July 19, 1969 | Saturday | Mary Jo Kopechne dies at 28 |
| July 19, 1977 | Tuesday | Yanks host 48th All Star Game NL wins 7-5 |
| July 19, 1978 | Wednesday | Yanks start a 14 1/2 game comeback with 2-0 win |
| July 19, 1979 | Thursday | Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza. |
| July 19, 1987 | Sunday | Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games |