Events in History
- Jul 1 Denmark is the first European economy to confirm it is in recession since the global credit crunch began; its GDP shrinks 0.6% in the first quarter after a 0.2% contraction in the fourth quarter of 2007
- Jul 2 Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other FARC hostages are rescued by the Colombian armed forces.
Event of Interest
Jul 8 American businessman T. Boone Pickens announces his "Pickens Plan", an energy policy that moves away from imported oil
- Jul 16 Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is arrested on sodomy charges in Malaysia
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Jul 21 Bosnian Serb politician Radovan Karadžić is arrested in Serbia and indicted by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia tribunal for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre
- Jul 23 Cape Verde joins the World Trade Organization, becoming its 153rd member.
- Jul 27 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: Bruce Vaughan birdies first extra playoff hole to beat fellow American John Cook by a stroke
- Jul 28 Historic Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier burns down for a second time in 80 years
Weddings in History
Samantha Power
Jul 4 Journalist and Diplomat Samantha Power (37) weds law professor Cass Sunstein (53) at Church of Mary Immaculate in County Kerry, Ireland
Deaths in History
- Jul 4 Charles Wheeler, British journalist (b. 1923)
- Jul 4 Jesse Helms, American politician (Senator -D/R-North Carolina, 1973-2003), dies at 86
- Jul 4 Thomas M. Disch, American sci-fi author (b. 1940)
- Jul 7 Bruce Conner, American artist (b. 1933)
- Jul 9 Séamus Brennan, Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Minister, dies of cancer at 60
- Jul 10 Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana (b. 1938)
- Jul 11 Michael DeBakey, Lebanese-American cardiac surgeon and artificial heart pioneer, dies at 99
- Jul 12 Tony Snow, former speechwriter for Presidents George H. W. Bush and press secretary for George W. Bush, dies of colon and liver cancer at 53
- Jul 13 Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)
- Jul 19 Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (b. 1907)
- Jul 21 Lord Stokes [Donald Stokes], English industrialist (British Leyland), dies at 94
- Jul 23 Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1924)
- Jul 24 Robert T. Herres, American air force officer (Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff), dies at 75
- Jul 25 Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker, dies at 63
- Jul 25 Jeff Fehring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1955)
- Jul 25 Randy Pausch, American professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, known for his "Last Lecture" (b. 1960)
- Jul 25 Tracy Hall, American inventor (b. 1919)
- Jul 27 Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican Businessman (b. 1923)
- Jul 27 Julius B. Richmond, 12th US Surgeon General (1977-81) created Head Start program, dies at 91
- Jul 29 Eric Varley, British politician and cabinet minister, dies at 75
- Jul 30 Anne Armstrong U.S. ambassador to Britain and first female counsel to the President, dies at 80
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