July 19th, This Day in History

1692 - Salem Witch Trials - 5 women hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts

1879 - Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up Holliday's New Mexico saloon

1940 - Army Order 112 forms Intelligence Corps of British Army.

1967 - A Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 and Cessna 310 collided in mid-air over Hendersonville, NC, killing 82

1979 - The Sandinista rebels overthrow US backed Somoza family in Nicaragua.

1980 - Opening Ceremony of 1980 Summer Olympic games in Moscow, USSR.

1989 - United Airlines flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, IA, killing 112 of 296 passengers.

1994 - 4 26 Ft. Ceiling Tiles fall from the roof of the Kingdome in Seattle, just hours before a scheduled Mariners game.

1996 - Opening Ceremonies of 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA.