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Events on July 19

• 1870 With France's declaration of war on Prussia, the Franco-Prussian War begins.
• 1900 The Paris Métro is inaugurated.
• 1903 The first Tour de France reaches its destination in Paris. Maurice Garin becomes the first Tour winner.
• 1916 On the Western Front, the Allied offensive at Fromelles begins, which fails within a few days due to the resistance of Bavarian reserve troops and is considered the bloodiest battle in the history of the Australian armed forces.
• 1937 In Munich, the Nazi propaganda exhibition 'Degenerate Art' opens.
• 1950 Germany and the Saarland officially become members of the Council of Europe.
• 1954 Elvis Presley's first single 'That's All Right' is released.
• 1965 The Mont Blanc Tunnel, at 11.6 km the longest road tunnel in the world at the time of its opening, is inaugurated.
• 1988 The Bruce Springsteen concert in East Berlin takes place. It is the largest concert in the history of the GDR.
• 1992 Italian judge Paolo Borsellino, a dedicated fighter against the Mafia, dies in a car bomb explosion in Palermo. Five members of his escort die with him; only one survives the act of violence.
• 1996 The XXVI Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta are opened.
• 2024 Worldwide, thousands of computer systems fail due to a faulty update from the company CrowdStrike.

Born on July 19

• 1860 Lizzie Borden, US-American murder suspect
• 1863 Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer, dramatist, and theater and literary critic
• 1893 Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Majakowski, Russian poet
• 1900 Arno Breker, German sculptor
• 1935 Gerd Albrecht, German conductor
• 1951 Monika Baumgartner, German actress
• 1952 Winfried Hermann, German politician, MdB
• 1971 Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian politician and professional boxer
• 1973 Aílton, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 Jared Padalecki, US-American actor

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „19. Juli“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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