Good morning. It's July 19th — let's begin where we always do: on this very date in history.
📅 On This Day — July 19
🍦 (It's also National Ice Cream Day.)
1969 — With the Moon landing a day away, Apollo 11 slipped into lunar orbit — Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins circling 60 miles above the surface as the world held its breath.
1979 — Nicaragua's capital, Managua, fell to Sandinista rebels, two days after President Anastasio Somoza fled the country.
1980 — The Moscow Summer Olympics opened, with some 60 nations — the United States among them — staying home in the largest boycott in Olympic history.
1989 — United Airlines Flight 232 suffered a catastrophic engine failure and crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa — a remarkable feat of flying by the crew saved 185 of the 296 people aboard.
2007 — Pratibha Patil was elected the first woman to serve as President of India.
Now, let's set the dial back to 2003…
⏪ REWIND: 2003 George W. Bush is in the White House, a first-class stamp costs 37 cents, gas runs about $1.59 a gallon — and a summer blockbuster nobody expected much from is turning into the movie of the year.
📰 The Headlines In four days, California's recall drive will officially qualify: petitioners have gathered well over the signatures needed to force a vote on Governor Gray Davis, setting up one of the strangest, most-watched elections in the state's history.
🎬 At the Movies In its second weekend, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl slips to number two behind the debut of Bad Boys II — but Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow has already turned a theme-park ride into the surprise smash of the summer.
🎵 On the Charts Topping the Hot 100 is "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z — the horn-driven breakout that announced Beyoncé's solo career in a hurry.
🏆 In Sports Just four days ago, the American League beat the National League 7–6 in the first All-Star Game to actually decide home-field advantage for the World Series — Hank Blalock's go-ahead home run off Éric Gagné the game's defining moment.
🏰 The Disney Vault Seven weeks into its run, Pixar's Finding Nemo is still packing theaters — the tale of a clownfish crossing the ocean to find his son is on its way to becoming the studio's biggest hit yet.
— secondary touches —
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🎉 Born on a July 19th — or know someone who was?
Forward this to them right now — there's no better "this is the day you were born" gift than a little time travel.
🎂 In good company: July 19 babies include Queen guitarist Brian May (1947), actor Benedict Cumberbatch (1976), actor Anthony Edwards (1962), and tennis Hall of Famer Ilie Năstase (1946).
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