What happened on July 19 ?

1670 - Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758)

1688 - Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)

1789 - John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)

1814 - Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)

1819 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d. 1890)

1834 - Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917)

1860 - Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d. 1927)

1876 - Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)

1877 - Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949)

1883 - Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d. 1972)

1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian poet (d. 1930)

1894 - Khawaja Nazimuddin, second Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)

1896 - A.J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981)

1898 - Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)

1914 - Marius Russo, baseball player (d. 2005)

1917 - William Scranton, American politician

1921 - Rosalyn Yalow, American physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1922 - George McGovern, U.S. Presidential candidate

1924 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician

1926 - Helen Gallagher, American actress, Ryan's Hope

1934 - Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)

1938 - Jayant Narlikar, Indian Astrophysicist

1941 - Vikki Carr, American singer

1946 - Ilie N?stase, Romanian tennis player

1947 - Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)

1950 - Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance

1950 - Freddy Moore, American songwriter

1952 - Robert A. Ficano, County Executive for Wayne County, Michigan (Detroit and environs)

1954 - Sr?a Trifkovi?, Serbian-American journalist and political commentator

1956 - Nikki Sudden, Singer/Songwriter, Rolling Stones fan

1960 - Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker

1961 - Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast

1962 - Anthony Edwards, American actor

1965 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster

1973 - Martin Powell, English keyboardist (Cradle of Filth)

1973 - Scott Walker, Canadian hockey player

1975 - Nilhan W. Siam (Curriculum developer), jordan

1979 - Luke Young, English footballer

1982 - Stuart Parnaby, English footballer

1984 - Adam Morrison, American basketball player