Today in History: 5,7 People Died in the 20 Magnitude Earthquake in Denizli Çivril

July 19 is the 200nd (201rd in leap years) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 165 days left until the end of the year.

Railways

• 19 July 1868 used Ruse-Varna line Prince Napoleon. The cost of the train was met by the property fund of the Danube province of 100 lira.
• 19 July 1869 Porthar company gave the general assembly the authority to accept 17 April contract by making an extraordinary general congress. The company asked for new assurances.
• 19 July 1870 France-Prussian War interrupted railway construction. French and German technical personnel working in construction returned to their countries for military service.
• 19 July 1930 The construction of Sarkisla-Sivas line (91 km) was completed. Contractor Emin Sazak.
• 19 July 1939 The new station building in Afyon was opened by Ali Çetinkaya.

Events 

• 1870 - France declared war on Prussia.
• 1912 - A meteor weighing about 190 kg explodes in the skies of Navajo County, Arizona, and pieces rain down on the city.
• 1920 – The Second Congress of the Communist International begins. in Congress; the foundations of organizational principles, strategy and tactics of the Communist International were laid.
• 1933 – 5,7 people died in the 20 magnitude earthquake in Denizli-Çivril.
• 1940 – II. World War II: The Italian light cruiser is sunk: 121 killed.
• 1949 - Laos declared its independence.
• 1954 - Elvis Presley released his first album, That's All Right Mama.
• 1967 – A Boeing 727 passenger plane and a Cessna 310 aircraft collide in midair over Hendersonville, North Carolina: 82 people are killed.
• 1979 – Sandinista guerrillas overthrow the US-backed Somoza Government in Nicaragua.
• 1980 – Summer Olympics started in Moscow. Many countries protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan did not participate in the Olympics.
• 1983 – The Welfare Party was founded.
• 1985 – In Italy, the Val di Stava dam collapses: 268 people die.
• 1987 – Mehmet Terzi won the San Francisco Marathon.
• 1989 – A DC-10 US passenger plane crashes while making an emergency landing in Sioux City, Iowa: 296 of the 112 passengers are dead.
• 1990 – The New York Federal Court ruled in favor of Turkey in the lawsuit filed for the return of the Karun Treasure to Turkey. After the Metropolitan Museum of Art officials wanted to return the 363 pieces of treasure to Turkey, an agreement was reached and the treasure was brought to Ankara in October 1993.
• 1993 – İSKİ General Manager Ergun Göknel was dismissed on allegations of corruption.
• 1993 – PKK opened fire with long-barreled weapons on Sündüz Plateau in Bahçesaray district of Van; 15 children and 9 women lost their lives.
• 1996 – Summer Olympics started in Atlanta-Georgia.
• 2002 – Former Constitutional Court President Yekta Güngör Özden founded the Republican Democracy Party (CDP).
• 2009 – All restaurants, taverns, etc. in Turkey. The smoking ban in indoor areas has started.
• 2013 – The settlement captured by the PYD in Syria was declared an autonomous region and accepted as the Rojava Revolution. Now, the Kurdistan Autonomous Region has been realized under the leadership of the PYD.

Births 

• 1809 – Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (d. 1885)
• 1811 – Vinzenz Lachner, German composer, conductor, and music educator (d. 1893)
• 1814 – Samuel Colt, American arms manufacturer (d. 1862)
• 1834 – Edgar Degas, French impressionist painter and sculptor (d. 1917)
• 1890 – II. Georgios, King of Greece (d. 1947)
• 1891 - Eugen Müller, II. Nazi general who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II (d. 1951)
• 1893 Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1930)
• 1896 – AJ Cronin, Scottish novelist (d. 1981)
• 1898 – Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Arno Breker, German sculptor (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 1984)
• 1917 – Fulbert Youlou, Congolese politician (d. 1972)
• 1920 – Robert Mann, American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2018)
• 1924 – Pat Hingle, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Norman Manea, Romanian writer and intellectual
• 1943 – Han Sai Por, Singaporean sculptor
• 1945 – George Dzundza, German-American actor
• 1947 – Brian May, English musician (Queen band)
• 1948 – Argentina Menis, Romanian athlete
• 1951 – Selahattin Taşdöğen, Turkish actor
• 1953 – René Houseman, Argentine football player (d. 2018)
• 1959 – Juan José Campanella is an Argentine television and film director, writer and producer.
• 1960 – Atom Egoyan, Armenian-Canadian film director
• 1961 – Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director
• 1967 – Yaël Abecassis is an Israeli actress and model.
• 1968 – Pavel Kuka, Czech football player
• 1968 – Robb Flynn, American guitarist
• 1970 – Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon, Scottish politician.
• 1971 – Vitaliy Klichko, Ukrainian boxer and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• 1973 – Aílton Gonçalves da Silva, Brazilian football player
• 1976 – Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor
• 1976 – Eric Prydz, Swedish DJ and producer
• 1978 – Niki Gudex, Australian mountain biker
• 1978 – Jonathan Zebina, French national football player
• 1979 Luke Young is an English former football player.
• 1980 – Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
• 1980 – Alice Renavand, French ballerina
• 1982 – İpek Özkök, Turkish actress and model
• 1982 – Jared Padalecki, American actor
• 1983 – Vjekoslav Tomic, Croatian football player
• 1984 - Adam Morrison is an American professional basketball player.
• 1985 – Tobias Werner, German football player
• 1986 – Steffen Weinhold is a German handball player.
• 1988 - Kevin Großkreutz, German former professional football player
• 1989 - Norberto Murara Neto, Brazilian football player
• 1990 – Alina Buchschacher, Swiss model
• 1990 – Ebru Ünlü, Turkish actress
• 1991 – Eray İşcan, Turkish football player
• 1994 – Julia Furdea, Austrian model
• 1995 – Manuel Akanji, Swiss football player
• 1995 – Jannik Kohlbacher, German handball player
• 1996 – Oh Hayoung, South Korean actress

Deaths 

• 931 – Uda, 59th emperor of Japan in the traditional succession order (b. 867)
• 1374 – Francesco Petrarca, Italian poet (b. 1304)
• 1543 – Mary Boleyn, daughter of the famous English Boleyn Family (b. 1499)
• 1597 – Gunilla Bielke, King of Sweden III. Queen of Sweden as Johan's second wife (b. 1568)
• 1814 – Matthew Flinders, British Royal Navy colonel, sailor, and cartographer (b. 1774)
• 1823 – Agustín de Iturbide, successful politician during the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1783)
• 1838 – Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (b. 1785)
• 1850 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist and women's rights activist (b. 1810)
• 1868 – Okita Sōji, Bakumatsu era warrior, Shinsengumi First Division commander and kendō master (b. 1844)
• 1873 – Samuel Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1805)
• 1891 – Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Spanish novelist (b. 1833)
• 1909 – Dervish Vahdeti, Ottoman journalist, writer, and clergyman (for those who dissent: British agent) (b. 1869)
• 1929 – Fausto Zonaro, Italian painter (b. 1854)
• 1935 – Ludovico M. Nesbitt, Italian mining engineer, explorer and author (b. 1891)
• 1935 – Şükrü Aydındağ, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1883)
• 1943 – Yekaterina Budanova, Soviet pilot (b. 1916)
• 1947 – Aung San, Burmese nationalist leader (b. 1915)
• 1956 – Lightner Witmer, American psychologist (b. 1867)
• 1965 – Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (b. 1875)
• 1966 – Suphi Ziya Özbekkan, Turkish composer (b. 1887)
• 1970 – Banat Batirova, Bashkir deputy, first woman to be awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor in the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Bashkortostan (b. 1904)
• 1980 – Nihat Erim, Turkish academic, politician and 13th Prime Minister of Turkey (assassinated) (b. 1912)
• 1981 – Alexander Kotikov, II. Soviet major general, military officer in charge of Berlin from 1956 to 1950, after World War II (b.
• 1990 – Zeyyat Mandalinci, Turkish politician (b. 1915)
• 1992 – Gülcan Tunççekiç, Turkish ballerina (b. 1942)
• 2004 – Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Frank McCourt, Irish-American author and Pulitzer Prize winner (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Daiki Sato, Japanese former football player (b. 1988)
• 2011 – Remo Gaspari, Italian politician (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Omar Suleiman, Egyptian politician, diplomat, and army general (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Leyla Erbil, Turkish writer (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Mel Smith, English actor, comedian and writer (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Bert Trautmann, German football player and manager (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Phil Woosnam, Welsh former football player and manager (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian, philosopher, educator, author, and psychoanalyst (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress and model (b. 1992)
• 2014 – James Garner, American film actor (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Van Alexander, American jazz musician and composer (b. 1915)
• 2015 – Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet swimmer (b. 1948)
• 2016 – Garry Marshall, American actor, producer (b. 1934)
• 2017 – María Amuchástegui, Argentine TV personality (b. 1953)
• 2017 – Miguel Blesa, Spanish banker businessman (b. 1947)
• 2017 – Blaoui Houari, Algerian musician, singer, songwriter and conductor (b. 1926)
• 2017 – Harun Kolçak, Turkish pop singer (b. 1955)
• 2017 – Barbara Weldens, French female singer-songwriter (b. 1982)
• 2018 – Jon Schnepp, American television producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, illustrator, animator, and cinematographer (b. 1967)
• 2018 – Denis Ten, Kazakh figure skater (b. 1993)
• 2019 – Inger Berggren, Swedish singer (b. 1934)
• 2019 – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (b. 1944)
• 2019 – Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1929)
• 2019 – Jeremy Kemp, English actor (b. 1935)
• 2019 – César Pelli, Argentine-American architect (b. 1926)
• 2019 – Yao Lee, Chinese singer (b. 1922)
• 2020 – Sulţān Hāshim Aīmad al-Īāīī, Iraqi former soldier and politician (b. 1942)
• 2020 – Biri Biri is a Gambian former international footballer (b. 1948)
• 2020 – Oreste Casalini, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1962)
• 2020 – Sapardi Djoko Damono, Indonesian poet and translator (b. 1940)
• 2020 – Juan Marsé, Spanish novelist, screenwriter and journalist (b. 1933)
• 2020 – Shukrullo, Uzbek poet (b. 1921)
• 2020 – Nikolay Tanayev, Kyrgyz politician and former prime minister (b. 1945)