^B{^#!16!20 July^N! National Day of Colombia. Feast day of St Margaret of Antioch, St Elias of Jerusalem, St Ansegisus, St Aurelius of Carthage, St Flavian of Antioch, St Wulmar, St Gregory Lopez, St Wilgefortis or Liberata, and St Joseph Barsabas the Just.
^B{1837^B} London's first railroad station, Euston, was opened. ^B{1845^B} Charles Sturt became the first European to enter Simpson's Desert in central Australia. ^B{1885^B} Professional football was legalized in Britain. ^B{1940^B} In the US, ^I{Billboard^I} published the first singles-record charts. ^B{1944^B} German staff officer Colonel von Stauffenburg attempted to assassinate Hitler, in Rastenburg, Germany. ^B{1968^B} During a BBC radio interview, actress Jane Asher announced that her engagement to Beatle Paul McCartney was off; he was not the first to find out. ^B{1975^B} After an 11-month journey, the US uncrewed ^I{Viking 1^I} made a soft landing on Mars.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Petrarch, Italian poet, ^B{1304^B}; Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator, ^B{1873^B}; John Reith, Scottish engineer and first director general of the BBC, ^B{1889^B}; Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, ^B{1919^B}; Jacques Delors, French politician, ^B{1925^B}; Diana Rigg, English actress, ^B{1938^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Pope Leo XIII, ^B{1903^B}; Andrew Lang, Scottish historian and folklore scholar, ^B{1912^B}; Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, ^B{1937^B}; Ian Macleod, British statesman, ^B{1970^B}; Bruce Lee, US 'Chinese Western' actor, ^B{1973^B}; Harry Worth, English comedian, ^B{1989^B}.
