Historical Events
- Jul 1 Brazilian police arrest drug kingpin Luiz Carlos da Rocha in Sorriso
- Jul 1 Canada celebrates 150 years since its formation
- Jul 1 Ethiopian politician, Tedros Adhanom takes office as first African Director-General of the World Health Organization
- Jul 1 Mexican police kill 19 gunmen in drug-related shootout in northern state of Sinaloa
- Jul 2 FIFA Confederations Cup: Germany defeats Chile 1-0 to win for the 1st time at Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Sports History
Jul 2 Home town underdog Jeff Horn upsets Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines on points in a highly controversial WBO welterweight title fight in Brisbane, Australia
Event of Interest
Jul 2 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie causes an uproar by having a day at the beach during his government's shutdown of the beaches
Film & TV History
Jul 2 US President Donald Trump tweets edited wrestling video of himself attacking news network 'CNN'
- Jul 2 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Salem CC: Kenny Perry wins by 2 strokes ahead of Kirk Triplett for his 2nd US Senior title
- Jul 2 Women's PGA Championship, Olympia Fields CC: American Danielle Kang scores her first professional win, 1 stroke ahead of defending champion Brooke Henderson of Canada
- Jul 2 World Health Organization declares Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo over (4 deaths)
- Jul 3 Bus crash in traffic jam and resulting fire kills 18 near Muenchberg, Germany
Event of Interest
Jul 3 French President Emmanuel Macron speech at Palace of Versailles proposes radical government changes, including reduction of MPs
- Jul 4 North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
- Jul 5 101 people reported shot, 15 killed in Chicago, Illinois over 4th July weekend
- Jul 5 Arsenal FC breaks club transfer record, paying about €53m for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette
- Jul 5 Followers of Indian spiritual leader Ashutosh Mahara win a court case, 3 years after his death, to keep his body in a freezer in case he should return to life
- Jul 5 Shootout between drug cartels in Las Varas, Northern Mexico kills 14
- Jul 5 Volvo Cars announces all new models by 2019 will be either hybrids or battery powered, 1st automaker to do so
- Jul 6 France announces it will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040
- Jul 6 Illinois State Senate votes to override Governor Bruce Rauner's veto to approve 1st budget in more than two years, longest-lasting such dispute of any state
- Jul 6 Sri Lankan government confirms outbreak of dengue fever has killed at least 227
- Jul 7 G-20 summit of world leaders begins in Hamburg, Germany amid violent protests
- Jul 7 Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3
- Jul 7 United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty adopted in New York, without participation of nuclear countries
- Jul 8 British Lions tie 15-15 with New Zealand All Blacks in their 3rd rugby match to tie the series
- Jul 8 Unesco declares Asmara, capital of Eritrea, a world heritage site for its Art Deco buildings
Sports History
Jul 9 English international footballer Wayne Rooney announces he will leave Manchester United after 13 years to rejoin his original club, Everton
- Jul 9 Hundreds of thousands protest against the Turkish government at a rally in Istanbul, Turkey
Victory in Battle
Jul 9 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaims victory over Islamic State forces in Mosul
- Jul 9 Thai amateur Atthaya Thitikul becomes youngest winner in a female professional golf event at 14 years, 4 months & 19 days at Ladies European Thailand Championship
- Jul 10 NASA's Juno spacecraft makes closest ever pass over Jupiter's Great Red Spot at 9,000 kilometers overhead
- Jul 12 World's largest iceberg (later christened A68) breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6,000 sq km in length
Dunkirk
Jul 13 "Dunkirk" film directed by Christopher Nolan with ensemble cast including Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy premieres in London, England
- Jul 13 US President Donald Trump arrives in Paris for a 2-day visit with French President Emmanuel Macron
- Jul 15 Australian Justine Damond killed by Minneapolis police officer after calling 911 for a disturbance
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 15 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain beats Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 for her 2nd Grand Slam title
- Jul 16 BBC announces first ever female Doctor Who will be played by Jodie Whittaker
Contract of Interest
Jul 16 Kawhi Leonard re-signs with the San Antonio Spurs to a five-year, $90 million contract
Senior Players Championship
Jul 16 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Caves Valley GC: Scott McCarron wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Brandt Jobe and Germany's Bernhard Langer
- Jul 16 US Open Women's Golf, Trump National GC: Park Sung-hyun wins by 2 shots from fellow South Korean Choi Hye-jin
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 16 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin Čilić 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 for a record 8th Wimbledon men's title
- Jul 17 The Muppets Studio in firing the voice of Kermit the Frog, Steve Whitmire, blame his “unacceptable business conduct”
Music History
Jul 19 "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee becomes the most streamed song ever, played 4.6 billion times
- Jul 19 Archaeological dig in Kakadu National Park extends Aboriginal peoples time in Australia to 65,000 to 80,000 years ago
- Jul 19 BBC publishes salaries of its top-earning journalists and presenters, two-thirds male, Chris Evans highest at over £2.2 million
Event of Interest
Jul 19 Investigators using DNA identify 16 year-old James Byron Haakenson as a victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, 41 years after his disappearance
- Jul 19 US scientists calculate total amount plastic ever produced - 8.3 billion tonnes, equal to weight of 1 billion elephants
Event of Interest
Jul 19 US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer
- Jul 20 China announces a plan against “foreign garbage” banning 24 categories of plastic and recyclable waste from 2018
- Jul 20 Elon Musk tweets he has "verbal government approval" to build 29 minute Hyperloop between New York and Washington, D.C.
- Jul 20 The last fighting occurs in the Iraqi city of Mosul as the city is liberated from ISIS militants
Music History
Jul 21 Singer Justin Bieber barred from performing in China by Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture citing his "bad behavior"
- Jul 21 White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigns after opposing appointment of Anthony Scaramucci
- Jul 22 10 die in over-heated tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas in human-trafficking incident
- Jul 22 South African golfer Branden Grace records lowest round for a men's major championship - 62 in 3rd round at British Open, Royal Birkdale, England
Tour de France
Jul 23 104th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain, his 4th win
British Golf Open
Jul 23 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Jordan Spieth wins by 3 strokes from countryman Matt Kuchar
- Jul 23 Women's Cricket World Cup: England beat India by 9 runs in the final at Lords in London
Event of Interest
Jul 24 Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner says he did not collude with Russia after meeting with Senate investigators
- Jul 24 Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoes 2 laws to put Polish courts under political control
- Jul 24 Taliban suicide bomber on a motorbikes kills at least 26 and injuries 50 in Lahore, Pakistan
- Jul 24 Taliban suicide bus bombing in Kabul kills at least 38, mainly employees of Afghan ministry of mines and petroleum
- Jul 25 167 African migrants rescued by NGO Proactiva Open Arms off the coast of Libya, 13 perish
- Jul 25 Israeli authorities remove new metal detectors from Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif after Palestinian protests amid rising tensions in Jerusalem
- Jul 25 Ram Nath Kovind becomes 14th President of India
- Jul 25 Sperm counts have halved in last 40 years says research published in "Human Reproduction Update" journal
- Jul 25 Wildfires on France's Mediterranean coast near Bormes-les-Mimosas prompts evacuation of 12,000 people
- Jul 26 3 live king cobras reported found inside potato chip cans by customs officials in Los Angeles
- Jul 26 Great Britain announces it will ban gasoline and diesel cars by 2040
- Jul 26 US President Donald Trump announces policy to ban transgender people from the military, overturning Obama era changes
Bezos Becomes World's Richest
Jul 27 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos briefly becomes world's richest person at $91.4B USD, overtaking Bill Gates for half a day
- Jul 27 Boy Scouts of American Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh issues an apology for politically motivated remarks made by President Donald Trump at rally attended by 30,000 scouts
- Jul 27 Reince Priebus resigns as Chief of Staff to US President Donald Trump, after just over 6 months - shortest non-interim tenure ever
- Jul 28 General John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff by US President Donald Trump
Event of Interest
Jul 28 Pakistan Supreme Court rules corruption accusations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif enough to remove him from office
- Jul 28 US Senate vote for "skinny" repeal of the Affordable Care Act ('Obamacare') fails 51-49 when John McCain casts deciding vote against
Sports History
Jul 29 Brian Ortega wins Fight of the Night against Renato Moicano at UFC 214
- Jul 29 Terrorist plot to bring down a plane averted in Sydney, Australia, 4 arrested
- Jul 30 15 people killed in gunfights with Philippine police, including Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of Ozamiz in an anti-drug trafficking operation
- Jul 30 1st centenary of WWI Battle of Passchendaele marked at ceremony at Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium
- Jul 30 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Porthcawl: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his 3rd Open Senior title by 3 shots from Corey Pavin
Event of Interest
Jul 30 China's President Xi Jinping heads 12,000 troop parade at Zhurihe training base, Inner Mongolia marking 90 years since founding of the People's Liberation Army
- Jul 30 Hackers reveal they have stolen data from HBO, including episodes and scripts of Games of Thrones
Event of Interest
Jul 30 Russian President Vladimir Putin announces American diplomats in Russia cut by 755 in response to American sanctions
- Jul 30 Venezuelan voting for a new assembly disrupted by violent protests, at least 3 people killed
- Jul 31 Anthony Scaramucci removed as White House Communications Director after less than 2 weeks
- Jul 31 England cricket spin bowler Moeen Ali takes a hat-trick in 239 run 3rd Test win over South Africa; 100th Test match played at The Oval, London
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Heathcote Williams [John Henly Heathcote Williams], British poet, actor and political activist, dies at 75
- Jul 1 Norman Dorsen, American lawyer, human rights advocate and president of the American Civil Liberties Union, dies of complications from a stroke at 86
- Jul 2 Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player (Women's Soviet Chess Championship 1960, 62, 63), dies at 81
- Jul 2 Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach, dies at 84
- Jul 3 Spencer Johnson, American author (Who Moved My Cheese?), dies of pancreatic cancer at 78
- Jul 4 Gene Conley, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball forward (NBA C'ship 1959–1961; Boston Celtics), dies at 86
- Jul 5 Irina Ratushinskaya, Soviet dissident poet (Beyond the Limit), dies of cancer at 63
- Jul 5 Pierre Henry, French composer (considered pioneer of musique concrète), dies at 89
- Jul 6 Heinz Schneiter, Swiss soccer defender (44 caps; BSC Young Boys) and manager (FC Thun, BSC Young Boys), dies at 82
- Jul 6 Thomas E. Sanders, American aerial cameraman (Living Daylights), dies at 63
- Jul 7 Egil Monn-Iversen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor (Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 1981-96), dies at 89
- Jul 7 Lala Rukh, Pakistani activist and abstract artist (Women’s Action Forum), dies at 69 [1]
- Jul 8 Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress (Indian Fighter), dies at 82
- Jul 8 Nelsan Ellis, American actor (True Blood), dies of complications from heart failure at 39
- Jul 10 Betty Dukes, American Walmart employee who fought against gender discrimination (2001 Betty Dukes v. Walmart lawsuit), dies at 67
- Jul 10 Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher and poet, dies at 92
- Jul 12 (Charles) "Chuck" Blazer, American soccer administrator, dies from colorectal cancer at 72
- Jul 12 Ray Phiri, South African jazz and mbaqanga guitarist (Paul Simon; Stimela), dies of cancer at 70
- Jul 12 Scharlette Holdman, American death penalty mitigation specialist, dies at 70
- Jul 12 Tommy Carberry, Irish jockey (Grand National 1975, Cheltenham Gold Cup 1970, 71 [L'Escargot]) and trainer (Grand National 1999 [Bobbyjo]), dies from a stroke at 75
Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017)
Jul 13 Chinese writer and human rights activist, dies from liver cancer at 61
- Jul 14 Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician, dies of breast cancer at 40
- Jul 14 Prunella Briance, English charity founder (National Childbirth Trust), dies at 91 [1]
- Jul 15 Babe Parilli, American football player, dies at 87
- Jul 15 Martin Landau, American actor (Ed Wood; North By Northwest; Mission Impossible; Space 1999), dies at 89
George A. Romero (1940-2017)
Jul 16 American-Canadian director, filmmaker and "Father of the Zombie Film" (Night of the Living Dead), dies at 77
- Jul 18 Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor (Meatballs), dies at 74
- Jul 20 Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter (Linkin Park), commits suicide at 41
- Jul 21 John Heard, American actor (Home Alone, Cat People, Big), dies at 71
- Jul 21 Jon van Rood, Dutch immunologist (Eurotransplant), dies of vascular disease at 91 [1]
- Jul 21 Peter Doohan, Australian professional tennis player, dies from motor neurone disease at 56
- Jul 22 Bobby Taylor, American singer and producer who discovered "The Jackson 5" (Motown Records), dies of cancer at 83
- Jul 23 Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ships 1954, French C'ships 1958), dies at 87
- Jul 25 Barbara Sinatra, American model and philanthropist, dies at 90
- Jul 25 Hywel Bennett, Welsh, actor (Family Way, Shelley), dies at 73
- Jul 25 Ivana Loudová, Czech composer (Vocal Symphony), dies at 76
- Jul 26 June Foray, American voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who), dies at 99
- Jul 26 Paul Angerer, Austrian violist, violinist, conductor (Concilium Musicum Wien), harpsichordist, composer and radio host, dies at 90
- Jul 26 Peter Whalley, British television screenwriter (Coronation Street), and author, dies of cancer at 71
- Jul 27 Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer, ondes Martenot player, and educator, dies at 85 [1]
- Jul 27 Sam Shepard Ill, American actor and playwright (Frances; Crimes of the Heart), dies at 73
- Jul 29 Lee May "The Big Bopper", American Major League Baseball 1st baseman, dies from pneumonia at 74
- Jul 31 Jeanne Moreau, French actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim), dies at 89
