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Today's featured article John D. Whitney (July 19, 1850 – November 27, 1917) was an American Catholic priest who was the president of Georgetown University from 1898 to 1901. Born in Massachusetts, he joined the United States Navy at the age of sixteen. He became a Jesuit in 1872 and spent the next twenty-five years studying and teaching mathematics at Jesuit institutions in Canada, England, Ireland, and the United States. He became the vice president of Spring Hill College in Alabama before becoming the president of Georgetown. He oversaw the completion of Gaston Hall, the construction of the entrances to Healy Hall, and the establishment of Georgetown University Hospital and what would become the School of Dentistry. Afterwards, Whitney became the treasurer of Boston College and then engaged in pastoral work in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Baltimore, where he became the prefect of St. Ignatius Church. (This article is part of a featured topic: Presidents of Georgetown University.) Recently featured: John Glenn Cora Agnes Benneson Hanford Engineer Works Selected anniversaries July 19 Remnants of the Mary Rose 1333 – Second War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces under Sir Archibald Douglas were heavily defeated by the English at the Battle of Halidon Hill while trying to relieve Berwick-upon-Tweed. 1545 – The English warship Mary Rose sank outside Portsmouth during the Battle of the Solent; it was raised from the seabed in 1982 (remnants pictured). 1916 – First World War: The "worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces unsuccessfully attacked German defences at Fromelles, France. 1957 – The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. 2014 – Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian military checkpoint in the Libyan Desert near Farafra, killing 22 soldiers. William McSherry (b. 1799) Khawaja Nazimuddin (b. 1894) Kgalema Motlanthe (b. 1949) Sylvia Daoust (d. 2004) More anniversaries: July 18 July 19 July 20	In the news Paul Kagame In the Rwandan general election, Paul Kagame (pictured) is re-elected as the president, and the Rwandan Patriotic Front coalition win a majority in the lower house. KP Sharma Oli is appointed the prime minister of Nepal after the incumbent Pushpa Kamal Dahal loses a no confidence motion. In association football, Euro 2024 concludes with Spain defeating England in the final, and the Copa América concludes with Argentina defeating Colombia in the final. In tennis, Barbora Krejčíková and Carlos Alcaraz win the women's and men's singles, respectively, at the Wimbledon Championships. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Thomas Hoepker Aparna Peter Buxtun Ruth Hesse Shelley Duvall Peter Courtney Did you know... Big Duck ... that a big duck (pictured) helped promote duck farming on Long Island? ... that Cornell College professor Harriette Cooke was also a deaconess? ... that there were technical issues with the performance of "Luna" by the Colombian singer Feid at the 2024 Copa América opening ceremony? ... that Oey Kim Tiang was one of two "men with no name" to translate Jin Yong's Condor Trilogy into vernacular Malay? ... that the radio station at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire would go off the air in the middle of the day? ... that thirty years after playing his first season for the Miami Hurricanes, J. D. Arteaga became the team's head coach in 2024? ... that scientists tested the age of an African termite's inhabited mound—and found it to be 34,000 years old? ... that Albert Einstein wrote to Joseph Petzoldt in 1914 that he had "long shared his convictions", after reading one of his philosophical books? ... that in fiction, supernovae are induced to serve as weapons, power sources for time travel, and advertisements?
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