^B{^#!16!24 July^N! Feast day of St Christina the Astonishing, St Boris or Romanus, St Declan, St Christina of Bolsena, St Lewinna, and St Gleb or David.
^B{1534^B} Jacques Cartier landed at GaspΘ in Canada and claimed the territory for France. ^B{1704^B} Admiral Sir George Rooke captured Gibraltar from the Spaniards. ^B{1824^B} The result of the world's first public opinion poll, on voters intentions in the ^B{1824^B} US Presidential election, was published in the Harrisburg Pennsylvanian. ^B{1851^B} The window tax in Britain was abolished. ^B{1925^B} A six-year-old girl became the first patient to be successfully treated with insulin, at Guy's Hospital, London, UK. ^B{1990^B} A Catholic nun and three policemen were killed by an IRA landmine hidden at the side of a road in County Armagh.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Sim≤n Bolφvar, South American liberator, ^B{1783^B}; Alexandre Dumas PΘre, French author, ^B{1802^B}; Frank Wedekind, German dramatist, ^B{1864^B}; Amelia Earhart, US aviator, ^B{1898^B}; Peter Yates, British film director, ^B{1919^B}; Lynda Carter, US actress and singer, ^B{1951^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Martin van Buren, 8th US president, ^B{1862^B}; Matthew Webb, English swimmer, ^B{1883^B}; Sacha Guitry, French actor and dramatist, ^B{1957^B}; Constance Bennett, US film actress, ^B{1965^B}; James Chadwick, English physicist, ^B{1974^B}; Peter Sellers, English actor, ^B{1980^B}.
