/ 19 July 2021

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Evening – The Muslim festival Eid al-Adha begins

Birthdays for Brian May (1947) and Benedict Cumberbatch (1976)

Anniversary of:
• the death of Matthew Flinders, the cat-loving leader of the first circumnavigation of Australia, at 40yo (1814)
• the premiere of Man Men (2007)
• Despacito becoming the most-streamed song ever – it’s now been streamed 6.8 billion times (2017)

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