^B{^#!16!27 July^N! Feast day of The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, St Theobald of Marly, The Martyrs of Salsette, Saints Aurelia, Natalia and their Companions, and St Pantaleon.
^B{1694^B} The Bank of England was founded by act of Parliament. ^B{1866^B} The ^I{Great Eastern^I} arrived at Heart's Content in Newfoundland, having successfully laid the transatlantic telegraph cable. ^B{1942^B} The Battle of El Alamein ended after 17 days, with the British having prevented the German and Italian advance into Egypt. ^B{1953^B} The Korean armistice was signed at Panmujom, ending three years of war. ^B{1985^B} Ugandan President Milton Obote was overthrown for a second time, this time by a coup led by Brigadier Tito Okello. ^B{1988^B} British pole-vault record holder Jeff Gutteridge was banned for life by the British Amateur Athletic Board for taking steroids.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Alexandre Dumas fils, French dramatist, ^B{1824^B}; Hilaire Belloc, English poet and author, ^B{1870^B}; Anton Dolin, British dancer and choreographer, ^B{1904^B}; Bobbie Gentry, US singer, ^B{1942^B}; Alan Border, Australian cricketer, ^B{1955^B}; Christopher Dean, British ice skater, ^B{1958^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}John Dalton, English physicist and chemist, ^B{1844^B}; William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist, ^B{1942^B}; Gertude Stein, US novelist and poet, ^B{1946^B}; Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, ^B{1980^B}; James Mason, English actor, ^B{1984^B}; Osbert Lancaster, British writer and artist, ^B{1986^B}.
