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===7 July 2019===
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* ... that '''[[James H. Stark]]''', author of six guidebooks to the [[British West Indies]] and [[Bermuda]] ''(pictured)'', was described as a "modern [[Richard Hakluyt|Hakluyt]]"?
* ... that the dome of [[Santa Maria di Collemaggio]] collapsed in the '''[[1461 L'Aquila earthquake]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tsunekazu Ishihara]]''' was nicknamed "The King of Portable Toys" by coworkers during the development of [[Pokémon Red and Blue|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Green'']]?
* ... that the repeated question "Warum?" ('Why?') from the [[Book of Job]] structures the first of '''[[Two Motets, Op. 74 (Brahms)|Two Motets, Op. 74]]''', by [[Johannes Brahms]]?
* ... that wheelchair basketball player '''[[Teisha Shadwell]]''' raised money for a custom-built chair on [[GoFundMe]]?
* ... that [[HMS Imperieuse (1805)|'''HMS ''Imperieuse''''']] once sailed under an American flag?
* ... that '''[[Aziz Abu Sarah]]''', a peace activist from [[East Jerusalem]] and promoter of [[Arab–Israeli peace projects]], neither understood Hebrew nor knew any Israeli Jews until after leaving high school?
* ... that an [[artificial intelligence]] wrote '''[[1 the Road|a novel]]''' in the spirit of [[Jack Kerouac]]'s ''[[On the Road]]''{{-?}}
===6 July 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Ali Eisami]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[Kanuri people|Kanuri]] man, dictated his [[Slave narrative|memoirs of his captivity]] to German missionary and linguist [[Sigismund Koelle]], and helped him produce a [[Kanuri language|Kanuri grammar]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Nigeria]]''' includes 940 species of bird and all eight known species of West African [[mangrove]]?
* ... that '''[[Stepan Pimenov]]'''{{`s}} sculptures for the [[Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg|Admiralty building]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] were removed and destroyed by order of [[Alexander II of Russia|Emperor Alexander{{nbsp;}}II]]?
* ... that [[Werner Egk]] wrote the libretto for '''''[[Irische Legende]]''''', his first opera after World {{nowrap|War II}}, based on ''[[The Countess Cathleen]]'' by W. B. Yeats?
* ... that the designs on '''[[opon Ifá]]''' divination trays praise and acknowledge the work of the [[babalawo]]?
* ... that the '''[[Leagues Cup]]''', an upcoming four-team soccer competition between [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] and [[Liga MX]] clubs, was panned by critics as soon as it was announced?
* ... that '''[[Maria Hueber]]''' founded the first school for girls in the [[Tyrol]] region?
* ... that a five-star [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] review of '''[[Facebook Portal]]''' by a writer, who claimed not to be a "big" [[Facebook]] user before buying the device, was traced to a Facebook employee?
===5 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 5 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Tito's Tacos]]''' of [[Culver City, California]], has sold the same [[Taco#Hard-shell tacos|hard-shell tacos]] ''(pictured)'' filled with shredded beef, iceberg lettuce, and grated cheddar cheese for 60 years?
* ... that the '''[[Tarzan of Manisa]]''' planted thousands of trees on [[Mount Sipylus]] in [[Turkey]]?
* ... that the creation of the '''[[Swedish Levant Company]]''' in 1738 was controversial because of a disagreement between several Swedish merchants and the [[Hats (party)|Hat Party]]?
* ... that '''[[Eddie Gallagher (Navy SEAL)|Eddie Gallagher]]''', a [[United States Navy SEALs|Navy SEAL]] who had been accused of murder, was transferred to "less restrictive confinement" by direct presidential intervention, the first such transfer since [[William Calley]]'s in 1971?
* ... that the historic French [[Trick-taking game|trick-taking card game]] of '''[[Bête|la Bête]]''' has its origins in 16th-century Spanish [[Ombre]], and was created by introducing the concept of bidding into [[Triomphe]]?
* ... that '''[[Maddie Shevlin]]''' dislocated her thumb on debut in her first season of [[Australian rules football]] and missed the next ten weeks?
* ... that the United States embassy in [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]], was bombed while '''[[Fraser Wilkins]]''' was serving as the first [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Cyprus|US ambassador to Cyprus]]?
* ... that '''[[A load of old cobblers|this article]]''' is a load of old cobblers?
===4 July 2019===
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* ... that the free-living, solitary coral '''''[[Cycloseris distorta]]''''' ''(pictured)'' can subdivide its stony skeleton and form two new individuals?
* ... that when '''[[Joseph Wood (schoolmaster)|Joseph Wood]]''' was appointed as head master of [[Harrow School]], he was by far the oldest to be appointed since the retirement of '''[[Thomas Thackeray|Thomas Thackeray]]''' in 1760?
* ... that composers [[Alexander Borodin]], [[Mikhail Glinka]], [[Modest Mussorgsky]], [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] are '''[[List of burials at Tikhvin Cemetery|all buried]]''' in the '''[[Tikhvin Cemetery]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Touristic Eastern Express]]''' makes two-hour-long stops between [[Ankara]] and [[Kars]] to allow passengers to visit historic and natural attractions?
* ... that the German soprano '''[[Melanie Diener]]''' began her stage career in Mozart roles in 1996, and appeared as [[Tristan und Isolde|Isolde]] with the [[Canadian Opera Company]] and the [[Opéra national du Rhin]] in 2013?
* ... that after discontinuing normal programming, '''[[KPPC (AM)|KPPC]]''' radio signed on once a week for six months to fulfill a contract to broadcast church services?
* ... that '''[[Qian Ji]]''' helped design China's first satellite and was the lead designer for its first three-in-one satellite launch?
* ... that the [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019)|Mueller probe]] was born in a '''[[Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)|crossfire hurricane]]'''?
===3 July 2019===
===3 July 2019===
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