- Jul 1 47 people are killed and 90 are wounded in two bomb blasts in Pakistan
- Jul 1 Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union
Event of Interest
Jul 1 Demonstrations occur across Egypt with 15 million people calling for the resignation of President Mohamed Morsi
- Jul 2 16 people are killed and 200 are injured in protest clashes at Cairo University against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
- Jul 2 Reds pitcher Homer Bailey no-hits SF Giants 3-0 in Cincinnati, his second no-hitter in 10 months
- Jul 3 President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is deposed by the military in a coup d'état with Adly Mansour appointed interim president
- Jul 4 12 people are killed and 60 are injured in a wave of shootings across Chicago
- Jul 5 15 people are killed by a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
- Jul 6 14 people are killed after a train runs over a rickshaw in Sheikhupura, Pakistan
- Jul 6 3 people are killed and 181 are injured after a Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco Airport
- Jul 6 42 people are killed and 5 missing after a freight train carrying crude oil rolls unmanned for 12km before derailing at Lac-Megantic, Quebec igniting fires and explosions
- Jul 6 42 people are killed in an attack on a boarding school in Mamudo, Nigeria
- Jul 6 British & Irish Lions Rugby Union team thrash Australia, 41-16 in Sydney for a 2-1 series win, their first against the Wallabies since 1997
- Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bob & Mike Bryan beat Ivan Dogic & Marcelo Melo to be the only doubles pair to hold all 4 major titles and Olympic gold medal at same time
- Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In her last appearance at a major championship, Marion Bartoli of France beats German Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 for her only Grand Slam title
- Jul 7 10 people are killed after an air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Andy Murray beats Novak Đoković 6-4. 7-5. 6-4 to become the first British man to win a Wimbledon singles title since 1936
- Jul 8 42 people killed, hundreds injured after the Egyptian army raids a sit-in protest in Cairo
- Jul 8 A dozen people are killed and injured after a hotel collapses in Hyderabad, India
- Jul 9 Adam Ondra onsights Cabane au Canada in Switzerland, the second-ever onsight of a 9a (5.14d) route
- Jul 10 40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China
Orange Is the New Black
Jul 11 "Orange Is the New Black" premieres on Netflix starring Taylor Schilling, first series to be nominated for comedy and drama Emmy awards
- Jul 11 30 people are killed in a wave of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq
- Jul 12 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris
United Nations Speech
Jul 12 Malala Yousafzai addresses the United Nations and calls for worldwide access to education
- Jul 13 #BlackLivesMatter created in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman on trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin
- Jul 13 18 people are killed and 40 are injured after a gravel truck collides with a bus in Podolsk, Russia
- Jul 13 Ten people are killed after a bus crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 14 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Omaha CC: Kenny Perry wins by 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Fred Funk
- Jul 15 13 people are killed by a car bomb in Deir Atiyah, Syria
- Jul 15 18 people are killed and 47 are injured in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia
- Jul 16 27 children are killed and 25 are hospitalized after eating lunch contaminated with insecticide in India
- Jul 16 84th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-0 at Citi Field, New York
ESPY Awards
Jul 17 21st ESPY Awards: LeBron James, Serena Williams win
- Jul 17 58 people are killed in floods in Sichuan Province, China
- Jul 17 7 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria
Stars Dance
Jul 19 Selena Gomez releases her debut solo studio album "Stars Dance"
Tour de France
Jul 21 100th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain
- Jul 21 12 people are killed in a clash between two Muslim families in Lanao del Sur, Philippines
- Jul 21 15 Egyptian Army soldiers are killed after their bus crashes into a truck on the Mediterranean Coast Highway
British Golf Open
Jul 21 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden
Event of Interest
Jul 21 Philippe of Belgium becomes King of the Belgiums after his father King Albert II's earlier abdication
- Jul 22 89 people are killed and 500 are injured by earthquakes in Gansu province, China
Appointment of Interest
Jul 22 Mike Babcock is again named head coach of Team Canada, this time for the 2014 Winter Olympics (they would repeat as gold medalists)
- Jul 23 19 people are killed and 22 are injured after a tour bus collides with a truck in Saraburi, Thailand
- Jul 24 22 are left dead after a conflict between the Knights Templar Cartel and Mexican police in Michoacan
- Jul 24 80 people are killed and 140 are injured after a high-speed train derails in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Jul 26 57 people are killed in a market bombing in Parachinar, Pakistan
- Jul 27 1,000 inmates escape from a prison in Benghazi, Libya
- Jul 27 100 people are killed and 1,500 injured in a crackdown against protesters in Cairo, Egypt
- Jul 27 First Przewalski’s horse (whose wild populations were believed extinct in 1969) is born via artificial insemination at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute as part of a worldwide effort to rebuild the wild herds
- Jul 28 39 people are killed after a bus veers off a bridge in Avellino Province, Italy
- Jul 29 300 prisoners are freed after a Taliban attack in Dera Ismal Khan, Pakistan
- Jul 29 44 people are killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq
Senior Open Championship
Jul 29 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: American Mark Wiebe wins in a playoff with Bernhard Langer of Germany
- Jul 29 US Coast Guard opens new headquarters in Washington, DC; officially designated as the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building in honor of USCG's only WWII Medal of Honor recipient
- Jul 29 €103 million of diamonds is stolen from the Carton Intercontinental Hotel, Cannes, France
- Jul 30 134 people are killed in tribal conflicts in Darfyr, Sudan
- Jul 30 28 people are killed in a series of bombings in Kano, Nigeria
- Jul 30 9 children are killed and 20 are injured after a school bus collides with a truck in Hanumangarh, India
- Jul 30 Mamnoon Hussain is elected President of Pakistan
- Jul 30 Wikileaks discloser Bradley [later Chelsea] Manning convicted of 17 espionage charges
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