July 19^th is

Daiquiri Day

Flitch Day

The Dunmow Flitch Trials exist to award a flitch
(side) of bacon to married couples who can satisfy
the Judge and Jury of 6 maidens and 6 bachelors
that in ‘a twelvemonth and a day’, they have
‘not wisht themselves unmarried again’.
The Dunmow Flitch was even referenced in
The Wife of Bath’s Tale from Chaucer’s 14th century
Canterbury Tales. Held every 4 years in Great Dunmow,
Essex, England, located north-east of London

Raspberry Cake Day

Stick Out Your Tongue Day

World Festivals & National Holidays

England – Flitch Trial (leap years) 

India & Nepal – Guru Purnima festivals

Myanmar – Martyrs’ Day

Nicaragua – Sandinista Revolution Day

Sri Lanka – Adhi Esalla Full Moon Poya Day

Thailand – Asalha Bucha Holiday

U.S.A. – NYC Shakespeare in the Park: Troilus and Cressida 

Dharma Day – Buddhists celebrate the day when Buddha gave his followers the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path

On This Day in HISTORY

64 – Circus Maximus in Rome burns

In Ancient Rome, the Lucaria, Festival of the Grove, was celebrated on this day

1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth

1553 – Lady Jane Grey, “Nine Day Queen” of England, replaced by Mary I

1799 – The Rosetta Stone found in Rosetta, Egypt, by Pierre-François Bouchard

1814 – Samuel Colt, future gun manufacturer, is born

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1834 – Edgar Degas, French artist, is born

1843 – Brunel launches SS Great Britain, first ocean-going craft with screw propeller

1848 – First day of the Woman’s Right’s Convention at Seneca Falls, NY

1900 – The Paris Metro opens its first line for service

1919 – Peace Day celebration in Great Britain – WWI Cenotaph unveiled in London

1923 – Insulin introduced in the U.S. as a treatment for Diabetes

1941 – Winston Churchill launches WWII British “V for Victory” campaign

1969 – Apollo 11 goes into orbit around the moon

1984 – Geraldine Ferraro becomes first female major party nominee for Vice President

1993 – President Clinton announces “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gays in the military

2014 – R.J. Reynolds to pay $23 billion lawsuit settlement for hiding tobacco health risks