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• Typhoon Kalmaegi (pictured) strikes the Philippines, Taiwan, and China, killing at least fifteen.
• The Sri Lankan military captures a coastal town in Sri Lanka's Mannar District from rebel Tamil Tigers.
• Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is arrested over allegations that he sodomised a male aide.
• The Taliban attack an outpost in Afghanistan, killing nine ISAF soldiers.
• The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, requests a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in connection to the conflict in Darfur.
• Belgian brewer InBev agrees to buy US-based Anheuser-Busch for over 50 billion dollars; if successful, the merged firm would surpass SABMiller as the world's largest brewing company.

July 19: Burmese Martyrs' Day

• 711 – Muslim conquests: Moorish Umayyad invaders led by Tariq ibn Ziyad defeated Roderic and the Visigoths at the Battle of Guadalete.
• 1870 – A dispute over who would become the next Spanish monarch following the deposition of Isabella II (pictured) during the 1868 Glorious Revolution led France to declare war on Prussia.
• 1908 – Feyenoord Rotterdam, today one of the "big three" professional football teams in the Netherlands, was founded as the club Wilhelmina in a pub.
• 1919 – Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen who were unhappy with unemployment and other grievances rioted and burnt down the town hall of Luton, England.
• 1947 – Burmese nationalist Aung San and six members of his newly-formed cabinet were assassinated during a cabinet meeting.

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