On This Day: Trump Nominated, Queen Mary 2 Arrives in Hamburg, Olympics Open in Atlanta

This "Calendar Leaf" feature looks back at significant events that occurred on July 19, recalling historical moments and notable birthdays and death anniversaries.

In 2016, real estate billionaire Donald Trump was nominated by the U.S. Republicans as their candidate for the presidential election. Four years earlier, in 2004, the "Queen Mary 2," then the world's largest and most expensive passenger ship, made its first visit to Hamburg, Germany. It was greeted by tens of thousands of spectators and accompanied by up to 300 boats as it sailed up the Elbe River.

The article also remembers the opening of the XXVI Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996, with U.S. President Bill Clinton delivering the opening address and boxing legend Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic flame. In 1988, Bruce Springsteen performed what was described as the largest concert in the history of East Germany (GDR), playing for at least 160,000 people in East Berlin.

Other historical notes include a 1966 decision by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany declaring the previous system of party financing from the federal budget inadmissible, though limited reimbursement for election campaign costs was still permitted. The feature also lists birthdays, including German footballer Deniz Undav and British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as Ukrainian politician and former boxer Vitali Klitschko. The death of American film director Garry Marshall is also noted.