On this day: July 19

July 19: Burmese Martyrs' Day

• 998 – Arab–Byzantine wars: After an initial Byzantine victory in the Battle of Apamea a lone Kurdish rider managed to kill Byzantine commander Damian Dalassenos, allowing Fatimid troops to turn the tide of the battle.
• 1545 – The English warship Mary Rose sank just outside Portsmouth during the Battle of the Solent; it was not rediscovered until 1971.
• 1848 – The two-day Women's Rights Convention, the first women's rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York.
• 1947 – Burmese nationalist Aung San (pictured) and six members of his newly formed cabinet were assassinated during a cabinet meeting.
• 1997 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army permanently resumed its ceasefire to end its 25-year campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.

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