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Boris Johnson officially became Prime Minister of the UK after an audience with the Queen later this afternoon. Yesterday he defeated his Tory rival, Jeremy Hunt, after securing the majority of votes in a ballot of party members. Now 55, the former Foreign Secretary and former Mayor of London can form his Cabinet and deliver Brexit by 31 October, with 99 days to make good on his promise.

Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge celebrates his sixth birthday today. The third in line to the throne was born at 16:24, weighing 3.8 kg, in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.

On 20th July 1969 Neil Armstrong, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, and Michael Collins made a flying leap in world history. To commemorate this great date, NASA TV offers the world to watch live streaming directly from America's space program to YouTube and get the latest from their exploration of the universe.

Legendary South African musician and activist Johnny Clegg, 66, died on 16th July, after losing his five-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Musicians, politicians, friends, and fans all over the world paid tributes to the White Zulu (Le Zoulou Blanc), expressing their admiration of him singlehandedly building bridges in a divided nation of South African Republic. President Cyril Ramaphosa talked about Juluka Johnny as 'an exceptional compatriot and icon of social cohesion and non-racialism... who was one of the early persons in the country to demonstrate the reality of... cultural integration'.

The Gilbert Islands became independent from the British colonial rule as the Republic of Kiribati on 12th July 1979.