And the next date in the calendar is....

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July 8, 1663 - King Charles II granted a charter for Rhode Island

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_island

 

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July 9, 1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1670029/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

 

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10 July 1553 – Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey

 

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11 July 1989 – Death of Laurence, Lord Olivier, OM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Olivier

 

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12 July 1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Parr

 

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13 July 1864 – Birth of John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman, investor, and writer, victim of the Titanic sinking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV

 

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14 July 1911 – Birth of Terry-Thomas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry-Thomas

 

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15 July 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth

 

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16 July 1911 – Birth of Ginger Rogers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Rogers

 

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17 July 1918 – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are murdered by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia

 

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18 July 1811 – Birth of William Makepeace Thackeray.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray

 

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19 July 1553 – Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I as Queen of England after only nine days of reign.

 

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20 July 356 BC – Birth of Alexander the Great

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

 

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21 July 1922 – Birth of Mollie Sugden.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollie_Sugden

 

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22 July 1832 – Death of Napoleon II, French emperor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_II

 

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23 July 1892 – Birth of Haile Selassie I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie_I

 

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24 July 2005 – Lance Armstrong "wins" his seventh consecutive Tour de France.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong

 

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July 25, 1956 - Italian Liner SS Andrea Doria sinks after being struck by Swedish Liner SS Stockholm, killing 52

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria

 

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26 July 1938 – Death of Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, British Socialite and mistress to King Edward VII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Greville,_Countess_of_Warwick

 

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27 July 1870 – Birth of Hilaire Belloc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilaire_Belloc