http://www.teletext.co.uk/news/news-day/default.aspxen-gbFri, 17 Jul 2009 09:24:58 GMThttp://www.teletext.co.uk/images/Logo64x64.gifhttp://www.teletext.co.uk<b>2008</b> The UK&#39;s most senior Asian officer was to sue Scotland Yard for racism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/News/news-day/~4/EOdraVv8X_U" height="1" width="1"/>2008 The UK's most senior Asian officer was to sue Scotland Yard for racism.

1959 Jazz singer Billie Holiday was arrested on her death bed in hospital for possession of narcotics.

1955 Walt Disney's Disneyland was opened in California.

1917 The Royal Family adopted the name Windsor in place of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

1453 The Hundred Years War ended when the French defeated the English at the battle of Castillon.

THOUGHT Peace if possible, but truth at any rate - Martin Luther

BIRTHDAYS Tim Brooke-Taylor, comic actor, 69; Alun Armstrong, actor, 63; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 62; Wayne Sleep, dancer, 61; David Hasselhoff, actor, 57; Konnie Huq, television presenter, 34.

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