[samtheman]

You are right.

I can’t find anything for July 19, 1896... but what’s the significance of 120 years ago?

Anyway, here’s something interesting for July 19, 1870:

The start of the Franco-Prussian War, which led to the unification of Germany by Bismark.

[NRx]

This is purely a trivia thing. If there is interest, I might make this a daily posting.