July 19

Sunday 19, 1964:

Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.

Monday 19, 1948:

Games of the XIV Olympiad opened in London.

Monday 19, 1943:

World War II: Rome is bombed by the Allies for the first time in the war.

Saturday 19, 1873:

William Gosse becomes the first European to discover Ayers Rock (Uluru) and names it in honour of South Australian Premier Sir Henry Ayers.

Wednesday 19, 1544:

The Siege of Boulogne began.

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