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Phil Hale, the book's cover artist

The Halo Graphic Novel is a graphic novel anthology published by Marvel Comics in partnership with Bungie, set in the universe of the science-fiction franchise Halo . Released on July 19, 2006, it was the series's first entry into the medium of sequential art. The cover art for the book was drawn by Phil Hale (pictured). The majority of the book is divided into four short stories by different writers and artists from the computer game and comic industries. Each story focuses on different aspects of the Halo universe, revealing stories that are tangential to the main plot of the game. The book also contains an extensive art gallery compiled of contributions from Bungie, Marvel and independent sources. The Halo Graphic Novel was well received, with reviewers noting the cohesiveness of the work as a whole, as well as the diversity of the individual material. The success of the book led to Marvel announcing a new limited comic series, Halo: Uprising , and other future Halo comic books. ( Full article... )

Rudi Glöckner

• ... that Rudi Glöckner (pictured) had to be escorted off the pitch by 16 police officers after a 1976 football match?
• ... that Toluca FC recently won its first international title in 23 years ?
• ... that the Vaticanese football team Rappresentativa OPBG played their first derby match against a team of nursing students?
• ... that the surname of a Trinidadian football assistant referee caught the attention of the British press during a 2022 match?
• ... that Ahmed Al-Kaf is the only Arab referee to officiate three AFC Champions League finals?
• ... that Pakistani football manufacturers make around 70 percent of the world's footballs?
• ... that Atanasie Protopopesco was the only man on Romania's 1924 Olympic football team not to hail from Austria-Hungary?
• ... that members of Stop The Game campaigned against a planned UEFA Nations League fixture between Ireland and Israel by throwing tennis balls onto the pitch?
• ... that Lazăr Sfera ripped through Don Welsh's shorts during a 1939 football match?

Garfield Sobers in 1956

• Barbadian cricketer Garfield Sobers (pictured) dies at the age of 89.
• A fire at a pub in Bangkok, Thailand, kills at least 33 people.
• In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Linda Nosková and Jannik Sinner winning the women's and men's singles, respectively.
• Former emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at the age of 74.
• China's orbital rocket booster Long March 10B becomes the first recovered after launch using a net-based recovery system.

July 19

Detail from The Day the Earth Smiled, with Earth as a pale dot between Saturn's rings

• 1845 – A fire in Manhattan , New York City, destroyed 345 buildings, killed 30 people, and caused at least $5 million in damage.
• 1903 – French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first edition of the Tour de France.
• 1919 – Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen unhappy with unemployment and other grievances rioted and burned down Luton Town Hall .
• 1976 – Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the woodchipping industry.
• 2013 – The NASA spacecraft Cassini took a photograph of Saturn with Earth in the distance (detail pictured), for which people were invited to "wave at Saturn".