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Trivia Facts For this day in History: July 19, 2008
Birthdays:| 1834 | Edgar Degas, French impressionist and sculptor | | 1896 | A.J Cronin, Scottish novelist | | 1918 | Samuel Colt, US inventor of the Colt 45 revolver | | 1946 | Ilie Nastase, Romanian tennis player | | 1947 | Brian May, Rock guitarist | | 1965 | Evelyn Glennie, Percussionist |
Events:| 1837 | The steamship 'Great Western', built by Brunel, was launched | | 1903 | The first ever 'Tour de France' cycle race ended | | 1937 | The author of 'Peter Pan', J.M Barrie, died | | 1949 | The Asian country of Laos gained its independence | | 1980 | Parliament voted against re-introducing the death penalty | | 1984 | Many areas of Britain were struck by a weak earthquake, centred in Wales | | 1989 | General Jaruzelski was appointed President of Poland | | 1991 | The South African government admitted funding the Zulus to undermine the ANC | | 1994 | Part of comet Shoemaker-Levy crashed into the planet Jupiter |
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