^B{^#!16!6 July^N! National Day of Malawi. Feast day of St Romulus of Fiesole, St Dominica, St Mary Goretti, St Goar, St Modwenna, St Godeleva, St Sexburga, and St Sisoes.
^B{1535^B} Sir Thomas More was beheaded on London's Tower Hill for treason. ^B{1553^B} Mary I acceded to the throne, becoming the first queen to rule England in her own right. ^B{1685^B} James II defeated the Duke of Monmouth, claimant to the throne, at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the last battle to be fought on English soil. ^B{1892^B} Britain's first non-white MP was elected - Dadabhai Naoraji won the Central Finsbury seat. ^B{1928^B} The first all-talking feature film, ^I{Lights of New York^I}, was presented at the Strand Theater in New York City. ^B{1964^B} Engaged couple Chrissie Evert and Jimmy Connors won the men's and women's singles at Wimbledon. ^B{1965^B} The Beatles' film ^I{A Hard Day's Night^I} was premiered in London, UK, with royal attendance. ^B{1988^B} An explosion aboard the North Sea oil rig ^I{Piper Alpha^I} resulted in the loss of 166 lives.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia, ^B{1796^B}; Bill Haley, US rock musician, ^B{1925^B}; Janet Leigh, US film actress, ^B{1927^B}; Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader, ^B{1935^B}; Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist, ^B{1937^B}; Sylvester Stallone, US film actor, ^B{1946^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Guy de Maupassant, French writer, ^B{1893^B}; Kenneth Grahame, Scottish children's author, ^B{1932^B}; Aneurin Bevan, British statesman, ^B{1960^B}; William Faulkner, US novelist, ^B{1962^B}; Louis Armstrong, US jazz musician, ^B{1971^B}; Otto Klemperer, German conductor, ^B{1973^B}; John Bolton, English astronomer, ^B{1993^B}.
