In memory of Edgar Degas and Rosalyn S. Yalow. Happy birthday, Commander Cody. Past July 19s: 1799: The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, is found in Egypt. 1881: Chief Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. Army at Fort Buford, Dakota Territory. 1969: John Fairfax completes an amazing feat — rowing across the Atlantic Ocean alone. It took 180 days. 1985: George Bell wins first place in a biggest feet contest with a shoe size of 28-1/2. Bell, at age 26, stood 7 feet 10 inches tall. 2010: A Tel Aviv judge orders safe deposit boxes at a Zurich bank opened; the boxes may contain drawings and manuscripts by writer Franz Kafka
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