Today’s highlight

On July 19, 1848, the first “Convention to discuss the social, civil and religious condition and rights of Woman” convened at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

Also on this date:

1812: During the War of 1812, the First Battle of Sackets Harbor in Lake Ontario resulted in an American victory as U.S. naval forces repelled a British attack.

1969: Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the moon.

1975: The Apollo and Soyuz space capsules that were linked in orbit for two days separated.

1980: The Moscow Summer Olympics began, minus dozens of nations that were boycotting the games because of Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.

1990: Baseball’s all-time hits leader, Pete Rose, was sentenced in Cincinnati to five months in prison for tax evasion.

1993: President Bill Clinton announced a policy allowing gays to serve in the military under a compromise dubbed “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue.”

2005: President George W. Bush announced his choice of federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Today’s birthdays

Civil rights activist Rachel Robinson, widow of baseball’s Jackie Robinson, is 102. Tennis Hall of Famer Ilie Nastase is 78. Rock musician Brian May (Queen) is 77. Ukrainian politician and former boxing champ Vitali Klitschko is 53. Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is 48.