Events in History
- Jul 1 Aerobie Pro thrown by Erin Hemmings sets world record for longest throw at 1,333 feet (406.3 meters) at Fort Funston
Event of Interest
Jul 2 Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, insults German MP Martin Schulz by calling him a "kapo" during a session of the European Parliament.
SARS Outbreak
Jul 5 SARS is declared "contained" by the WHO after affecting 26 countries and resulting in 774 deaths
- Jul 6 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri, HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris that will arrive in 2036, 2040, May 2044, September 2044 and 2049 respectively
- Jul 7 The United Communist Party of Armenia is formed
- Jul 8 Sudan Airways Flight 39, with 116 people on board, crashes in Sudan; the only survivor is a two-year-old boy who subsequently dies as a result of his injuries
- Jul 10 Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. Deadliest Hong Kong traffic accident.
- Jul 15 AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
- Jul 20 France: Sixteen people are injured after two bombs explode outside a tax office in Nice.
- Jul 22 Members of US 101st Airborne, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Mosul, Iraq, killing Uday Hussein and Qusay Hussein, sons of Saddam Hussein, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard
Event of Interest
Jul 27 A group of 321 Filipino armed soldiers called "Magdalo" take over Oakwood Premier Ayala Center in Makati City to show Filipino people the alleged corruption of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration
Volkswagen Beetle
Jul 30 The last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line in Mexico
Birthdays in History
- Jul 4 Alessia di Matteo, Italian medical figure (1st person to survive the transplantion of eight organs in a single operation), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 2005)
Deaths in History
- Jul 2 Julia Montgomery Walsh, American businesswoman and stockbroker, dies at 80
- Jul 2 Reinhard Baumgart, German writer and director, dies at 73
- Jul 3 Charles Henderson Tidbury, British brewing executive (Whitbread & Co), dies at 77
- Jul 3 Gaetano Alibrandi, Italian Catholic priest and papal diplomat, dies at 89
- Jul 10 Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician
- Jul 10 Hartley Shawcross, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (b. 1902)
- Jul 10 Winston Graham, English writer (b. 1908)
- Jul 14 Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
- Jul 14 François-Albert Angers, French Canadian economist (b. 1909)
- Jul 15 Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer (2066), dies at 50
- Jul 16 Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist (The Stone Diaries) and short story writer, dies at 68
- Jul 17 David Kelly, Welsh UN weapons inspector (b. 1944)
- Jul 19 Bill Bright, American evangelist (b. 1921)
- Jul 19 Pierre Graber, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978), dies at 94
- Jul 20 Nicolas Freeling, English writer (b. 1927)
- Jul 21 Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (b. 1921)
- Jul 22 Qusay Hussein, Iraqi politician, military leader, and second son of Saddam Hussein killed by US military during Iraq War at 37
- Jul 22 Uday Hussein, Iraqi politician, administrator, murderer, and eldest son of Saddam Hussein, killed by US military during Iraq War at 39
- Jul 23 James E. Davis, New York City councilman (murdered) (b. 1962)
- Jul 25 Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer, dies at 91
- Jul 27 Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)
- Jul 28 Lady Valerie Goulding, Irish politician and activist (b. 1918)
- Jul 29 Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
- Jul 31 Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (b. 1933)
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