^B{^#!16!17 July^N! Feast day of The Seven Apostles of Bulgaria, St Clement of Okhrida and his Companions, St Leo IV, pope, St Ennodius, St Kenelm, St Speratus and his Companions, St Marcellina, and St Nerses Lampronazi.
^B{1453^B} With the defeat of the English at the Battle of Castillon, the Hundred Years' War between France and England came to an end. ^B{1841^B} The first issue of the humorous magazine ^I{Punch^I} was published in London, UK. ^B{1917^B} The British royal family changed their name from 'House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha' to 'House of Windsor'. ^B{1945^B} The Potsdam Conference of Allied leaders Truman, Stalin, and Churchill (later replaced by Attlee) began. ^B{1975^B} The US ^I{Apollo^I} spacecraft and the Russian ^I{Soyuz^I} craft successfully docked while in orbit. ^B{1981^B} The Humber Estuary Bridge, the world's longest single-span structure, was officially opened by the Queen. ^B{1990^B} Iraqi President Saddam Hussein threatened to use force against Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, to stop them driving oil prices down by overproduction.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Maxim Litvinov, Soviet leader, ^B{1876^B}; Erle Stanley Gardner, US novelist, ^B{1889^B}; James Cagney, US film actor, ^B{1899^B}; Phyllis Diller, US comedienne, ^B{1917^B}; Donald Sutherland, Canadian film actor, ^B{1935^B}; Wayne Sleep, British dancer and choreographer, ^B{1948^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Adam Smith, Scottish economist, ^B{1790^B}; Charlotte Corday, murderess of Marat, executed, ^B{1793^B}; James McNeill Whistler, US painter, ^B{1903^B}; Dragolub Mihajlovic, Serbian nationalist, executed, ^B{1946^B}; Billy Holiday, US jazz singer, ^B{1959^B}.
