July 15th in addition to being St Swithin's Day has a number of interesting anniversaries. 1685: The Duke of Monmouth was executed; 1881: Billy the Kid was shot by Pat Garrett; 1883: "Tom Thumb" (Charles Statton) who reached the height of 40 inches died; 1904: Anton Chekhov, Russian dramatist and story writer died; 1948: John Pershing, known as "Black Jack", US Army commander in World War One died. The weather in East Anglia is in the high 80s.