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 Un día como hoy Julio 7-13, 2019 (semana 28) infographic
Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana.
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Un día como hoy Julio 7-13, 2019 (semana 28)

By Julie Mullins

July 7, 2019 - July 13, 2019 - Los gráficos muestran cumpleaños y aniversarios en cada día de la semana. Esta semana incluye al corredor marroquí Hicham El Guerrouj, la última pelea de boxeo peso pesado a puño desnudo, la ola de calor en Japón en 2018, el rescate de estudiantes atrapados en una cueva en Tailandia, el actor Laurence Olivier, al pintor Amedeo Modigliani y a los Carabineros de Italia.

July 7, 1999: Moroccan runner Hicham El Guerrouj set a new world record for the mile of three minutes 43.13 seconds in Rome, Italy. The record still stands, 20 years on

July 8, 1889: John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in the last bareknuckle world heavyweight boxing match. He went on to become the first U.S. athlete to earn $1 million

July 9, 2018: A severe heatwave began in Japan. Prolonged temperatures of up to 40°C left at least 80 people dead and over 22,000 requiring hospitalisation

July 10, 2018: A cave rescue in Thailand successfully extracted 12 boys and their soccer coach, trapped for 17 days after heavy rains flooded narrow passages

July 11, 1989: Laurence Olivier, a towering figure of stage and screen acclaimed as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century, died aged 82

July 12, 1884: Amedeo Modigliani, Italian modernist painter and sculptor known for his elongated figures, was born. He is pictured above in a self-portrait

July 13, 1814: The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy and one of the country’s four Armed Forces, was established. It polices both military and civilian populations

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PUBLISHED: 03/07/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty, Associated Press
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