^B{^#!16!10 July^N! Feast day of St Felicity, The Seven Brothers, St Amelberga, and Saints Rufina and Secunda.
^B{1460^B} In the Wars of the Roses, the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians and captured Henry VI at the Battle of Northampton. ^B{1553^B} Following the death of Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England. ^B{1900^B} The Paris underground railroad, the Metro, was opened. ^B{1958^B} Britain's first parking meters were installed, in Mayfair, London. ^B{1962^B} The US communications satellite ^I{Telstar^I} was launched, bringing Europe the first live television from the US. ^B{1976^B} Seveso, in northern Italy, was covered by a cloud of toxic weedkiller leaked from a chemicals factory; crops and 40,000 animals died. ^B{1985^B} The Greenpeace campaign ship ^I{Rainbow Warrior^I} sank in Auckland, New Zealand, after two explosions tore its hull.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Calvin, French religious reformer, ^B{1509^B}; Camille Pissarro, French painter, ^B{1830^B}; Marcel Proust, French author, ^B{1871^B}; Carl Orff, German composer, ^B{1895^B}; Arthur Ashe, US tennis player, ^B{1943^B}; Arlo Guthrie, US singer, ^B{1947^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Hadrian, Roman emperor, ^B{138^B}; El Cid, Spanish hero, ^B{1099^B}; Louis Jacques MandΘ Daguerre, French photographic pioneer, ^B{1851^B}; Karl Richard Lepsius, German Egyptologist, ^B{1884^B}; Jelly Roll Morton, US ragtime pianist and composer, ^B{1941^B}; Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter, ^B{1978^B}; Masuji Ibuse, Japanese writer, ^B{1993^B}.
