On July 19...
...in 1848, the first U.S. Women's Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY. The event was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
...in 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found by a French soldier near Rosetta, 35 miles east of Alexandria, during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign.
...in 1941, Tom & Jerry appear under their own names for the first time in "The Midnight Snack," directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby. In this writer's opinion, these are three of the four animation history icons. The fourth being Tex Avery, of course.
...in 1954, Elvis Presley's debut single, "That's All Right," is released on Sun Records. The record featured "Blue Moon of Kentucky" on the B-side.
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On July 18...
... in 1862, Adam R. "Stovepipe" Johnson, a young Kentuckian, used a rowboat and a small flatboat to lead a group of about 30 men across the Ohio River into Newburgh, Indiana to seize a small store of weapons from a warehouse, bluff about 80 Union soldiers into surrendering their weapons, loot homes and stores, and parole their prisoners before returning across the river with their booty.
...in 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was officially nominated for an unprecedented third term at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
...in 2008, Billy Joel performed the last of two shows of his historic concert dubbed "Last Play at Shea," the final event at Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY before it was demolished. The event was documented in a film of the same name released in 2010.
...in 1980, contrary to the critical backlash, Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" enters the top 10 U.S. album charts.
#GreatSeal - On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States.
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