Events in History
- Jul 1 Martin Schulz is re-elected President of the European Parliament
Event of Interest
Jul 2 Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is criminally charged with corruption by French prosecutors
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Jul 8 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu instructs his defence forces to "take their gloves off" against Hamas and to take any means necessary to "restore peace" to Israeli citizens
Election of Interest
Jul 9 Joko Widodo is elected President of Indonesia
- Jul 9 Spokesperson for Medical Aid for Palestinians claims that at least 7 children have been killed by Israeli air strikes
- Jul 9 Typhoon Rammasun begins and kills 151 people
- Jul 10 Yair Lapid warns of Israeli Defense Force ground operation if Gazan rocket fire do not stop
- Jul 11 The UN Security Council calls for a special meeting to discuss the current Israel–Palestinian conflict; Israel continue attacks on Gaza
- Jul 14 After 7 days, Israel has struck Gaza 1320 times, while Gaza has fired 940 rockets at Israel
- Jul 14 The Church of England votes in favor of allowing women to become bishops
- Jul 14 The death toll from the West African Ebola outbreak passes 500
- Jul 14 The Egyptian government propose a cease fire in the Israel–Gaza conflict
- Jul 15 20 people are killed & 100 are injured after a train derails in Moscow
- Jul 15 Israel announces it has officially voted to accept the ceasefire proposed by Egypt; Hamas reject, saying they were not consulted
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Jul 16 Bashar al-Assad is sworn in for a third term as President of Syria
- Jul 16 Death toll within Gaza surpasses 200 people following air strikes by Israel
- Jul 16 Hamas and Islamic Jihad offer Israel a 10-year truce with 10 conditions, which include lifting the blockade and the release of prisoners; it is rejected
- Jul 16 Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza
- Jul 17 5 hour humanitarian ceasefire, proposed by the UN, takes place between Israel and Hamas
- Jul 17 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board
- Jul 18 The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) call 18,000 additional reserves soldiers in campaign against Gaza
- Jul 20 Patrick Sawyer arrives in city of Lagos in Nigeria and collapses; he dies of Ebola five days later
- Jul 20 The Israeli Defence Force enter Shuja'iyya, a populous neighbourhood of Gaza City, as part of their ground offensive focused on destroying tunnels crossing the Israel border
- Jul 21 After 3 weeks, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has struck about 2,800 targets in Gaza, while Gaza has fired 1,497 rockets at Israel
- Jul 22 Both the United Arab Emirates and the USA announce aid packages to besieged Gaza
- Jul 22 European Union claim that Israel 'has the right to defend itself', but say civilian casualties in Gaza are unacceptable
- Jul 23 20th Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow, Scotland
- Jul 23 44 people are killed after TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashed into buildings in Taiwan
- Jul 24 116 people are killed after Air Algérie Flight 5017 crashed in Mali
- Jul 24 Fuad Masum is elected as the President of Iraq
- Jul 24 Over 10,000 Palestinians protest Israel's operation in Gaza; 2 Palestinians killed after Al-Aqsa Brigades members fire at Israeli forces
- Jul 24 Reuven Rivlin is sworn in as the President of Israel
Event of Interest
Jul 25 Both Israel and Hamas review US Secretary of State John Kerry's proposal for an immediate ceasefire and meetings in Cairo
- Jul 25 Israeli airstrike kills leader of Islamic Jihad's military wing, Salah Abu Hassanein
- Jul 25 Palestinian officials call for a "Day of Rage" in the West Bank and within Israel against Israel's operation against Gaza; Israeli Defence Force prepares for protests
- Jul 26 Taghrooda wins the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
- Jul 26 The Chinese government suspends a Shanghai meat dealer and makes arrests after the company sold out-of-date meat to fast food chains, including McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken
- Jul 26 While Israel reject long-term ceasefire that does not include destroying the Hamas tunnels, they agree to 12 hour ceasefire; Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip now exceeds 1000
- Jul 27 Liberia shuts down most of its borders with fears about the spread of Ebola epidemic
- Jul 28 Israel criticizes John Kerry's proposed ceasefire, stating that no ceasefire deal will be accepted without the destruction of tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip
- Jul 28 Missiles strike near Gaza's main hospital and a nearby refugee camp Monday, leaving 10 dead and many wounded; Israeli Defence Force say they are not responsible
- Jul 28 UN Security Council hold emergency meeting calling for an immediate and indefinite humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
- Jul 29 100 Gazans killed overnight by Israeli strikes
- Jul 29 France contributes 8 million Euros in aid to Gaza
- Jul 30 Death toll in Gaza reaches 1,346, while 56 Israeli soldiers and 3 civilians have been killed
- Jul 30 The EU and US extend sanctions on Russia to include banks, energy, and defense firms; Moscow denies the allegation that Russia is arming rebels in Eastern Ukraine
- Jul 31 Israel and Hamas agree to a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire
- Jul 31 The US agree to resupply arms to Israel - including rocket launchers, mortar rounds, grenades - despite condemnation of civilian casualties in Gaza
Weddings in History
Deaths in History
Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014)
Jul 7 President of Georgia (1995-2003) and Soviet Foreign Minister (1985-90), dies at 86
- Jul 7 Richard "Dick" Jones, American actor ("Pinocchio "- Pinocchio, The Frontiersman), dies at 87
- Jul 12 Kenneth J. Gray, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1955-74, 85-89), dies at 89
- Jul 13 Nadine Gordimer, South African author & Nobel laureate, dies at 90
- Jul 13 Thomas Berger, American novelist, dies at 89
- Jul 15 James MacGregor Burns, American political writer (The Lion & the Fox), dies at 95
- Jul 17 Henry Hartsfield Jr, American USAF Colonel, and NASA astronaut (STS-4; STS-41-D; STS-61-A), dies of complications from back surgery at 80
- Jul 17 Ross Burden, New Zealand celebrity chef, dies at 45
- Jul 19 Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress, dies at 21
- Jul 25 Bel Kaufman, American author (Up the Down Staircase), dies at 103
- Jul 25 Salah Abu Hassanein, leader of Islamic Jihad's military wing, dies in Israeli airstrike
- Jul 28 Margot Adler, American journalist, dies from endometrial cancer at 68
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