Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 19

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[edit] Births

• 1834 - Edgar Degas, (pictured) French painter (d. 1917)
• 1860 - Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d. 1927)
• 1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian poet (d. 1930)
• 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
• 1922 - George McGovern, U.S. Presidential candidate
• 1924 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician
• 1941 - Vikki Carr, American singer
• 1947 - Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
• 1960 - Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
• 1965 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
• 1984 - Adam Morrison, American basketball player

[edit] Deaths

• 1814 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b. 1774)
• 1947 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
• 1965 - Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (b. 1875)

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