What Happened on July 19, 2009

Historical Events

ESPY Awards

17th ESPY Awards: Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin wins

British Golf Open

British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Stewart Cink wins his only major championship by 6 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with 5-time champion Tom Watson

The Wesley Impact: black spot the size of Earth discovered on Jupiter after unknown object crashed onto the planet

Famous Deaths

Frank McCourt, Irish-American Pulitzer Prize winning author (Angela's Ashes), and teacher, dies of cancer at 78
Henry Surtees, British racing driver. (b. 1991)

2009 Highlights