For the month of July I'm going to do a little experiment and not pick the subject matter for 45 Words. That part of the task over which I sweat buckets some weeks is over to you. Listed below are the days of publication of the post. Each has a shortlist of notable people or events. All you have to do is post into the forum below before the Monday morning of the week of publication.

4^th July

• Born 1872 Calvin Coolidge - 29^th US President.
• Born 1927 Gina Lollobrigida, Subiaco, Italy - actress.
• Born 1948 Rene Arnoux, France - Formula-1 racer.
• Died 1826 John Adams - 2^nd US President.
• Died 1826 Thomas Jefferson - 3^rd US President.
• Died 1831 James Monroe - 5^th US President, dies.
• 1862 Lewis Carroll creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice P. Liddell.

11^th July

• Born 1767 John Quincy Adams - 6^th US President.
• Born 1920 Yul Brynner - actor.
• Born 1953 Leon Spinks US - heavyweight boxing champ.
• Born 1958 Mark Lester, Oxford, England - actor.
• 1921 Mongolia gains independence from China.
• 1969 David Bowie releases 'Space Oddity'.
• 1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2:12.18 in glorious period of record
  breaking.

18^th July

• Born 1848 William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer.
• Born 1853 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland - physicist (Nobel 1902).
• Born 1918 Nelson Mandela, Qunu, South Africa - political prisoner.
• Born 1921 John H Glenn Jr., Cambridge, Ohio - Col USMC astronaut.
• 1966 Gemini 10 launched.

25^th July

• Born 1905 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British - novelist/essayist (Nobel 1981).
• Born 1954 Walter Payton - NFL running back.
• Born 1955 Iman - model, David Bowie's girlfriend/actress.
• Died 1986 Vincente Minnelli - movie director.
• 1759 British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War).
• 1814 Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British.
• 1918 Annette Adams sworn in as 1^st woman district attorney of US,
  California.

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