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It happened on a… July 19

2020

World Formula 1 drivers champion Lewis Hamilton wins a record 8th Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of wins at a single circuit (French GP).

2018

Airbus Beluga XL, painted to look like the whale, makes its first flight, landing in Toulouse-Blagnac, France.

2017

“Depacito” by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee becomes the most streamed song ever, played 4.6 billion times.

2013

Selena Gomez releases her debut solo studio album “Stars Dance”.

2007

TV drama “Mad Men” debuts starring Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss and Vincent Kartheiser on cable network AMC.

1996

26th Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia.

1990

Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion.

1952

XV Summer Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland.

1946

Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test.

1941

Tom and Jerry first appear under their own names in cartoon “The Midnight Snack” by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

1918

Start of Spanish flu epidemic that will kill over 30,000 people in Canada.

1903

Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

1869

Louis Riel speaks at a meeting of Metis residents about rights, setting in motion the events now referred to as the Red River Rebellion.

1821

Start of excavation of the Lachine Canal.

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