The world this week: From storming of the Bastille to Thai cave rescue

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Deaths: Hadrian, AD138, Roman emperor; Henry II, 1559, King of France; Clement Clarke Moore, 1863, American professor and writer; Omar Sharif, 2015, Egyptian actor open image in gallery Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was published in 1960 11 July Adolf Hitler was visited by his would-be assassin in 1944. Deaths: Owen D Young, 1962, American industrialist; Laurence Olivier, 1989, English stage and screen actor; Robert Runcie, 2000, archbishop of Canterbury open image in gallery Police search Saddleworth Moor for the bodies of the victims of the Moors Murderers 12 July Geoffrey Chaucer was named chief clerk by Richard II in 1389. Deaths: Desiderius Erasmus, 1536, humanist and priest; Alexander Hamilton, 1804, US founding father; William Howe, 1814, British military leader; Douglas Hyde, 1949, first president of Ireland; Edward Lee Howard, 2002, CIA case officer open image in gallery Live Aid at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia,1985 13 July The first World Cup kicked off in 1930. Deaths: Jean-Paul Marat, 1793, French journalist; Kate Sheppard, 1934, New Zealand suffragette; Frida Kahlo, 1954, Mexican painter; Cory Monteith, 2013, Canadian actor and musician open image in gallery Bastille Day celebrations in Paris last year 14 July French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in 1789.