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1898 : Emile Zola fled France


On July 19, 1898, Emile Zola fled France to escape a 1-year sentence in jail for libel. The writer had published an article in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, an officer unjustly condemned for spying and not rehabilitated by the army when it had proof of his innocence. The article published under the title J'accuse ...! Letter to the President of the Republic, in the newspaper l'Aurore, on January 13, 1898, had a huge impact. Zola was pardoned a year later and was able to return to France. He died in 1902 and never knew the news of the rehabilitation of Dreyfus en1906.

1900 : Opening of the Paris Metro Line 1


On July 19, 1900, on the occasion of the Exposition Universelle, the Paris Metro Line 1 is open to the public. It made the connection between Porte Maillot and Porte de Vincennes.

1903 : Arrival of the first Tour de France


On July 19, 1903, the first Tour de France ended in Paris at the Parc des Princes with a victory lap. The Tour was won by Maurice Garin in 94 hours 33 minutes and 14 seconds. The 21 cyclists who complete the Tour traveled 2428km in 6 steps.

1942 : Raid of Nancy


On July 19, 1942, a raid is planned for 385 Jews to be arrested in Nancy. 32 people were actually arrested. The others were sent in the free zone with passes or were hidden in private homes by the department of foreigners of the police headquarters in Nancy. The head of the service, Edward Vigneron, informed the day before the raid, had organized the rescue with his men.

1985 : Disaster in Tesero


On July 19, 1985, an earth dam broke down above the small town of Tesero, north eastern Italy. 268 people were killed by 160 000 cubic meters of mud rushing down up to 90km/h. The cause of the accident was poor maintenance of the dam.

Citazione del giorno : 19 Luglio

Emile Zola
If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Fisica americana, Premio Nobel (1921)
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Jayant Narlikar, Astrofisico indiano (1938)
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