What to remember about July 19th…
- 1692 Sarah Good and 4 other women hung for witchcraft after witchcraft trials in Salem, Mass.
- 1814 American inventor and businessman Samuel Colt is born in Connecticut (d. 1862); legendary maker of firearms
- 1848 1st women’s rights convention held near Seneca Falls, New York; Frederick Douglas attends
- 1881 Sioux Chief Sitting Bull surrenders to U.S. Army
- 1884 President Chester Arthur asserts power to quarantine immigrants for health reasons
- 1943 Over 200 American bombers hit rail yards in Rome shaking the citizen’s confidence in Mussolini
- 1963 NASA test pilot Captain Joe walker flies an X-15 experimental aircraft to 347,800 feet; qualifies as 1st human spaceflight
- 1968 1st International Special Olympics open; games begin next day
- 1984 Democrat Convention nominates Geraldine Ferraro for Vice President; She is the 1st woman and 1st Italian-American ever selected
- 1985 NASA selects Christa McAuliffe for Teacher in Space Project; she will die in the 1986 crash of Space Shuttle Challenger
