^B{^#!16!7 July^N! Feast day of St Hedda of Winchester, Saints Ethelburga, Ercongota and Sethrida, St Palladius, Saints Cyril and Methodius, St Pantaenus, and St Felix of Nantes.
^B{1853^B} US naval officer Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan, and persuaded her to open trade contacts with the West. ^B{1927^B} Christopher Stone became the first 'disc jockey' on British radio when he presented his 'Record Round-up' from Savoy Hill. ^B{1929^B} The Vatican City State, with the pope as its sovereign, came into being through the Lateran Treaty. ^B{1982^B} Queen Elizabeth II was woken by a strange man sitting on her bed in Buckingham Palace; the presence of the intruder, who merely asked her for a cigarette, raised concerns about Palace security. ^B{1985^B} The unseeded 17-year-old Boris Becker became the youngest ever men's singles champion at Wimbledon. ^B{1990^B} Martina Navratilova won a record ninth Wimbledon singles title.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Marc Chagall, Russian painter and designer, ^B{1887^B}; George Cukor, US film director, ^B{1899^B}; Vittorio de Sica, Italian film director, ^B{1901^B}; Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer, ^B{1922^B}; Ringo Starr, English drummer, ^B{1940^B}; Tony Jacklin, English golfer, ^B{1944^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}King Edward I, ^B{1307^B}; Giacomo da Vignola, Italian architect, ^B{1573^B}; R B Sheridan, English dramatist, ^B{1816^B}; Georg Ohm, German physicist, ^B{1854^B}; Arthur Conan Doyle, British author, ^B{1930^B}; Flora Robson, British actress, ^B{1984^B}.
