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Three Facts:
--July 19th 1903- The first ever 'Tour de France' cycle race ends.
--July 19th 1799- The Rosetta Stone Found: During Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, a some of his soldiers discovered a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing. Ancient Greek script on the stone told archaeologists that it was inscribed in the second century B.C. The Rosetta Stone was studied for two decades before French Egyptologist Jean François Champollion made a startling discovery: The two Egyptian scripts on the stone--hieroglyphic and demotic--belonged to the same spoken language. The artifact thus held the key to solving the riddle of hieroglyphics, a written language that had been dead for nearly two millennia. With his knowledge of demotic, Champollion was able to decipher the hieroglyphics, and the language and culture of ancient Egypt was suddenly open to scientists as never before.
--July 19th 1545- English warship Mary Rose, pride of the battle fleet of King Henry VIII, sinks in the Solent with the loss of 700 lives.
Two Births:
--July 19th 1814- American gunmaker Samuel Colt - inventor of the six-shot revolver.((....and so marks the end of a good many stupid people who would inevitably shoot themselves on accident.))
--July 19th 1947- Keith Godchaux (The Greatful Dead)
One Death:
--July 19th 1937: British writer JM Barrie - creator and author of Peter Pan.
Stole the idea from Carl who got it from Keri ^_^
--July 19th 1903- The first ever 'Tour de France' cycle race ends.
--July 19th 1799- The Rosetta Stone Found: During Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, a some of his soldiers discovered a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing. Ancient Greek script on the stone told archaeologists that it was inscribed in the second century B.C. The Rosetta Stone was studied for two decades before French Egyptologist Jean François Champollion made a startling discovery: The two Egyptian scripts on the stone--hieroglyphic and demotic--belonged to the same spoken language. The artifact thus held the key to solving the riddle of hieroglyphics, a written language that had been dead for nearly two millennia. With his knowledge of demotic, Champollion was able to decipher the hieroglyphics, and the language and culture of ancient Egypt was suddenly open to scientists as never before.
--July 19th 1545- English warship Mary Rose, pride of the battle fleet of King Henry VIII, sinks in the Solent with the loss of 700 lives.
Two Births:
--July 19th 1814- American gunmaker Samuel Colt - inventor of the six-shot revolver.((....and so marks the end of a good many stupid people who would inevitably shoot themselves on accident.))
--July 19th 1947- Keith Godchaux (The Greatful Dead)
One Death:
--July 19th 1937: British writer JM Barrie - creator and author of Peter Pan.
Stole the idea from Carl who got it from Keri ^_^