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Fact #55588

When:

01011900

Short story:

Francisco de Asis Javier Cugat Mingall de Bru y Deulofeo is born in Girona, Spain, Europe. Under the name Xavier Cugat, he will become an internationally successful bandleader. Cugat is widely considered to have been the man most responsible for popularising Latin music in the USA.