Today In History: July 19 - Herald Times Reporter
Sunday, July 19. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 19, 1985, Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. 1848: A pioneer women’s rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, New York. 1944: The Democratic national convention convened in Chicago with the renomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt considered a certainty. 1965: The first president of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, died in Honolulu. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York won the Democratic nomination for vice president by acclamation at the party’s convention in San Francisco. 1990: President George H. W. Bush joined former presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald R. Ford and Richard M. Nixon at ceremonies dedicating the Nixon Library and Birthplace (since redesignated the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum) in Yorba... 2005: President George W. Bush announced his choice of federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. Source: www.htrnews.com
