It happened on a… July 19

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

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

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

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

26th Olympic Games open in Atlanta, Georgia.

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

Canada joins the USA and other nations in protesting the invasion of Afganistan, by boycotting the 22nd Olympiad, opening today in Moscow; 81 other nations and 5,326 competitors attend; until August 3.

XV Summer Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland.

Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test.

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

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

Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

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

Start of excavation of the Lachine Canal.