Interesting events an anniversaries in the month ahead. Not a lot this month, probably because it is the end of the school year and the start of summer holidays.
4 July
This day 60 years ago in 1954 saw the final end of WWII rationing. According to the Imperial War Museum meat was the last item to be taken off ration. I would have been three, so I don’t quite remember it.
4 July
American Independence Day. In 1776 the US congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain.
14 July
90th birthday of James Whyte Black (1924-2010), Scottish doctor and pharmacologist who invented the beta-blocker Propranolol and synthesized Cimetidine (forerunner of Zantac) for both of which he received the 1988 Nobel Prize for Medicine.

26 July to 10 August
National Marine Week (which is actually a fortnight!).
The UK’s marine areas are home to a number of amazing creatures like dolphins and basking sharks, as well as iconic birds like puffins. Organised by The Wildlife Trusts, this National Marine Week celebrates these, and many other, marvellous animals and encourages us to go out and explore our local seashores. Find out more at www.wildlifetrusts.org/living-seas/get-involved/national-marine-week.
27 July
Battle of Bouvines, 1214, which ended the 1202-1214 Anglo-French War consolidating the grip of the French royals on French lands. King John of England was so weakened by the defeat he eventually had to succumb to signing Magna Carta.