A little reason to celebrate
National Daiquiri Day
Drink · July 19
A day for the daiquiri, the simple cocktail of rum, lime juice and sugar, shaken cold and served in a chilled glass.
National days on July 19, 2027
Also on July 19
On this day
- 1817: Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauaʻi. Schäffer affair
- 1863: American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River. American Civil War
- 1942: World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic. Second Happy Time
- 1963: Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention. Joseph A. Walker
- 1983: The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published. Michael W. Vannier
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