^B{^#!16!26 July^N! National Day of Liberia. Feast day of St Anne, St Simeon the Armenian, St Joachim, and St Bartholomea Capitanio.
^B{1745^B} The first recorded women's cricket match was played near Guildford, Surrey, UK, between teams from Hambledon and Bramley. ^B{1847^B} Liberia became the first African colony to secure independence. ^B{1908^B} The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, concerned in particular with internal security, was founded. ^B{1945^B} The Labour Party won a landslide victory in Britain's General Election. ^B{1956^B} President Nasser of Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal which led to confrontation with Britain, France, and Israel. ^B{1958^B} Debutantes were presented at the British Royal Court for the last time. ^B{1987^B} Cyclist Steve Roche became the first Irishman, and only the second non-continental European, to win the Tour de France.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, ^B{1856^B}; Carl Jung, Swiss psychologist, ^B{1875^B}; Aldous Huxley, English novelist, ^B{1894^B}; Stanley Kubrick, US film director, ^B{1928^B}; Mick Jagger, British rock singer, ^B{1943^B}; Vitas Gerulaitis, US tennis player, ^B{1954^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Samuel Houston, US general and president of the Republic of Texas, ^B{1863^B}; George Borrow, English writer, ^B{1881^B}; Eva Per≤n, Argentinian populist leader, ^B{1952^B}; Charles Clore, English financier, ^B{1979^B}; Averell Harriman, US statesman and diplomat, ^B{1986^B}.
