Today In History

Wed., July 19, 2000

In 1870: The Franco-Prussian war began.

In 1941: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his “V for Victory” campaign in Europe.

In July 1848: A pioneer women’s rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

In 1979: The Nicaraguan capital of Managua fell to Sandinista guerrillas, two days after President Anastasio Somoza fled the country.

In 1980: The Moscow Summer Olympics began, minus dozens of nations that were boycotting the games because of the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.

In 1986: Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, married Edwin A. Schlossberg in Centerville, Mass.

In 1989: 112 people were killed when a United Airlines DC-10 crashed while making an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa; 184 people survived.

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