^B{^#!16!5 July^N! National Day of Venezuela. Feast day of St Antony-Mary Zaccaria, and St Athanasius the Athonite.
^B{1791^B} George Hammond was appointed the first British ambassador to the US. ^B{1946^B} A swimsuit designed by Louis Reard, called 'bikini', was first modeled at a Paris fashion show. ^B{1948^B} Britain's National Health Service came into operation. ^B{1965^B} Maria Callas, at the age of 41, gave her last stage performance singing ^I{Tosca^I} at Covent Garden, London, UK. ^B{1967^B} Israel annexed Gaza. ^B{1969^B} The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in Hyde Park two days after the death of guitarist Brian Jones; it was attended by 250,000 people. ^B{1980^B} Bjorn Borg won the Wimbledon singles championship for a record fifth consecutive time. ^B{1989^B} Convicted for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, US Army Colonel Oliver North was fined $150,000 and given a suspended sentence.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Sarah Siddons, English actress, ^B{1755^B}; Cecil Rhodes, South African statesman, ^B{1853^B}; Dwight Davis, US statesman, ^B{1879^B}; Jean Cocteau, French poet, novelist, artist, and film director, ^B{1889^B}; Georges Pompidou, French statesman, ^B{1911^B}; Elizabeth Emanuel, English dress designer, ^B{1953^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Thomas Stamford Raffles, British colonial administrator, ^B{1826^B}; Austen Henry Layard, British archeologist, ^B{1894^B}; Georges Bernanos, French author, ^B{1948^B}; Thomas Joseph Mboya, Kenyan statesman, ^B{1969^B}; Walter Adolph Gropius, US architect, ^B{1969^B}; Georgette Heyer, English novelist, ^B{1974^B}.
