19 July MARTYRs’ Day (Myanmar) —1947 SANDINISTA or LIBERATION Day (Nicaragua) 150Y AGO 1863,Su At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate States of America Gen.John Hunt MORGAN’S RAID into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured trying to escape across the Ohio River. 1865,We Charles Horace MAYO, M.D. b.in Rochester, Minnesota; f b.in Greater Manchester, England; surgeon, would join f & elder bro in their private practice→Mayo Clinic (d.1939 Chicago) 1879,Sa DOC HOLLIDAY’s 1st kill; a saloon girl in Las Vegas, New Mexico refuses to come away w/a former U.S. Army scout; he storms out of saloon; Holliday follows him; fellow begins shooting into the building and passes before getting off a 2d shot. Holliday would be acquitted. 1947,Sa Paramilitaries of former Prime Minister of Burma interrupt meeting of interim, SHADOW BURMESE GOVERNMENT, which U.K. had established for upcoming independence; Prime Minister, Bogyoke (Gen.) Aung San, 6 of his cabinet, & 2 others pass. 50Y AGO 1963,Fr Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 into outer space (by international convention, higher than 100 km) 2 months after the sixth Mercury flight (Gordon Cooper’s). Re-entry heating warms parts of the exterior to 650°C in places. 12 min.from launch (from under NB-52B bomber near Smith Ranch Dry Lake, Nevada) to landing
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