^B{^#!16!29 July^N! Feast day of St Martha, Saints Beatrice and Simplicius, Saints Faustinus and Beatrice, St Felix, antipope, St William of Saint-Brieuc, St Lupus of Troyes, and St Olav, King of Norway.
^B{1588^B} The Spanish Armada was defeated by the English fleet under Howard and Drake, off Plymouth. ^B{1900^B} King Umberto I of Italy was assassinated by an anarchist and succeeded by Victor Emmanuel. ^B{1948^B} The 14th Olympic Games opened in London, UK - the first in 12 years, due to World War II. ^B{1949^B} The first regular televized weather forecast was broadcast by the BBC. ^B{1968^B} Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Church's traditional teaching on (and condemnation of) birth control. ^B{1981^B} The Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer at London's St Paul's Cathedral; the televized ceremony was watched by over 700 million viewers around the world.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and politician ^B{1805^B}; Booth Tarkington, US author, ^B{1869^B}; Benito Mussolini, Italian leader, ^B{1883^B}; Sigmund Romberg, US composer, ^B{1887^B}; Dag Hammarskj÷ld, Swedish UN secretary-general, ^B{1905^B}; Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer, ^B{1925^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Robert Schumann, German composer, ^B{1833^B}; Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter, ^B{1890^B}; John Barbirolli, English conductor, ^B{1970^B}; Raymond Massey, Canadian actor, ^B{1983^B}; David Niven, British film actor, ^B{1983^B}; Luis Bu±uel, Spanish film director, ^B{1983^B}.
