This Day in History for July 19 – First Women’s Rights Convention and More

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1692 – Five women are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts (More info)

1843 – The SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world and the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull (More info)

1848 – The first women’s rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, was held in Seneca Falls, New York (More info)

1870 – France declares war on Prussia, thus beginning the Franco-Prussian War (More info)

1941 – Winston Churchill is the first to use the two-finger “V is for Victory” sign (More info)