Dutch King Apologizes for Slavery
Jul 1 Dutch King Willem-Alexander makes formal apology for the country's role in the slave trade, at 160th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Netherlands [1]
- Jul 1 Euclid telescope launches into space on board Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on mission to create 3D map of the cosmos and search for dark matter and dark energy [1]
- Jul 2 US schooner Cuyahoga Packet captured on the Detroit river by the Provincial Marine, including top secret war correspondence [1]
- Jul 3 Hottest global temperature ever recorded as average global temperature tops 17.01 degrees Celsius (previous record 16.92 degrees Celsius August 13, 2016)
- Jul 3 Israel launches its biggest military operation against militants in the Jenin refugee camp, West Bank, in 20 years, killing 8 people and injuring 100 according to Palestinian authorities [1]
- Jul 3 State of Emergency declared in Yakutia region, Siberia, as more than 110 forest fires rage across 61,000 hectares (151,000 acres) [1]
- Jul 4 Australian rules player Heather Anderson first known professional female athlete to be diagnosed with degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after landmark diagnosis at Australian Sports Brain Bank [1]
- Jul 4 Hottest global temperature ever recorded as average global temperature tops 17.18 degrees Celsius (previous record 17.01 degrees Celsius - July 3, 2023) [1]
- Jul 5 A wave of shootings across American during Fourth of July celebrations leaves a dozen people dead and more than 60 injured [1]
- Jul 5 Hottest global temperature ever recorded - for third consecutive day - as average global temperature tops 17.18 degrees Celsius, tying with July 4, 2023 [1]
- Jul 5 Meta launches Threads - Instagram's new public conversations app - a day later it becomes the most rapidly downloaded app ever with 30 million downloads [1]
Louis Armstrong Center
Jul 6 Louis Armstrong House Museum opens new archive facility, the Louis Armstrong Center, in Queens, NYC
Peace and Love
Jul 7 NASA beams Ringo Starr’s voice wishing “peace and love" across the universe via the Deep Space Network in honor of his 83rd birthday
- Jul 7 US White House announces the last of its chemical weapons has been destroyed in eastern Kentucky, as part of international Chemical Weapons Convention, ending a practice begun in WWI [1]
- Jul 7 World's first robot-human press conference takes place in Geneva, Switzerland with reporters asking "will you rebel against humans?" [1]
- Jul 8 Airstrike on Sudanese district of Omdurman by the Sudanese army kills at least 22 people including women and children [1]
Elton John's Final Tour
Jul 8 British singer-songwriter Elton John completes his international "Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour" at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden
Dutch Government Collapses
Jul 8 Dutch government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte collapses over disagreements between coalition partners over asylum policies [1]
Barbie Premieres
Jul 9 Fantasy comedy film "Barbie", starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and directed by Greta Gerwig premieres at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
- Jul 9 US Open Women's Golf, Pebble Beach CC: Hawaiian Allisen Corpuz scores her first major title with a 3 stroke win over Charley Hull of England and South Korean Jiyai Shin
US-China Talks
Jul 9 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese economic leaders end two days of talks in Beijing, aimed at stabilizing relations between the world's two biggest economies [1]
Geoffrey Chaucer's Time-Off Request
Jul 10 Fourteenth century document by a civil servant asking for time off identified as only known handwriting by Geoffrey Chaucer, the 'Father of English Literature' [1]
- Jul 10 More than 61,000 people died in European heatwaves in 2022, according to study published in "Nature Medicine", suggesting world not doing enough to counter increasing heatwaves [1]
- Jul 10 Torrential rains across New England and New York cause historic flooding, especially in Vermont's capital Montpellier affecting two million people, causing one death [1]
Biden Meets King Charles
Jul 10 US President Joe Biden visits the UK, meeting King Charles III at Windsor Castle and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Downing Street [1]
- Jul 11 93rd MLB All Star Game, T-Mobile Park, Seattle, Washington: NL beats AL, 3-2 to earn first win since 2012; MVP: Elías Díaz (Colorado Rockies catcher)
- Jul 11 Heavy rains on northern Indian result in 20 deaths with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states experiencing landslides and flash floods closing over 700 roads [1]
- Jul 11 Scientists pick Crawford Lake, Ontario, as reference place beginning a new interval of geologic time, the human-caused Anthropocene Epoch, starting 1950s and ending the Holocene - proposal later rejected [1]
- Jul 12 NATO summit ends in Vilnius, Lithuania, with Turkey agreeing to Sweden's membership and Ukraine membership “when allies agree and conditions are met” [1]
- Jul 14 India launches its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft from Sriharikota space centre on the country's third moon mission [1]
- Jul 14 US architect Rex Heuermann charged with 3 out of 11 possible murders in the Gilgo Beach murders dating back to 2007 on Long Island, New York [1]
Sports History
Jul 15 Argentine footballer Lionel Messi officially signs for Inter Miami for 2 1/2 years, with salary between $50 million and $60 million a year [1]
Ed Sheeran and Eminem Duet
Jul 15 Singer Ed Sheeran welcomes surprise guest Eminem for two duets during his concert at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 15 Torrential rain totalling almost 300mm (11.8in) across South Korea leads to at least 37 deaths and floods a tunnel in South Korean town of Osong, trapping 15 vehicles [1]
- Jul 15 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Czech left-hander Markéta Vondroušová beats Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6–4, 6–4 to become first unseeded player to win the women's singles title in the pro era
- Jul 16 Highest temperature ever recorded in China of 52.2 C (126 F) at Sanbao township in Xinjiang's Turpan Depression [1]
- Jul 16 Jam rock band Dead & Company, an outgrowth of the Grateful Dead, plays the final show of its final concert tour, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California
- Jul 16 Persian Gulf International Airport on Iran’s southwestern coast hits a heat index high of 152 degrees Fahrenheit (66.7 C) at 12:30 p.m., beyond what humans can endure [1]
Speak Now Debuts at #1
Jul 16 Taylor Swift’s re-recorded "Speak Now" album debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, her 12th No. 1 album, surpassing Barbra Streisand's record for #1 albums by a female artist [1]
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 16 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In a classic final, 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz ends Novak Đoković's 34-match win streak at the All England Club with a 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 victory
- Jul 17 Russia pulls out of a deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain past their naval blockade, threatening to push world food prices higher [1]
- Jul 17 Typhoon Talim, makes landfall on China's Guandong coast with winds of nearly 140km/h (87mph), forcing the evacuation of nearly 230,000 people [1]
- Jul 18 City of Phoenix, Arizona breaks a five decade heat record recording 19 consecutive days of temperature at or above 110°F (43.3°C); overnight low of 97°F (36.1°C) highest since 1989 [1]
2023 Canadian Wildfires
Jul 18 Wildfire season in British Columbia becomes the most destructive on record, burning 14,100 square kilometers of land, with 390 fires still alight (surpassing 2018 record) [1]
- Jul 19 Massive landslide after heavy monsoon rains in India leaves at least 27 dead in Irshalwadi village, near Mumbai, with 78 still missing
- Jul 19 Scientists discover metals can self-heal, after observing metals cracking and fusing back together, paving way for future self-healing structures and vehicles [1]
- Jul 20 India bans export of non-basmati rice, raising prospect of global price rises (more than half of rice imports for 42 countries come from India) [1]
Horror in India
Jul 20 Video of serious mob assault on two women in Indian state of Manipur has "shamed India" claims PM Narendra Modi. Part of violence between Meitei and Kuki communities which have killed 130 people. [1]
- Jul 20 Women's Football World Cup opens in Auckland, New Zealand, with New Zealand winning their first ever cup match 1-0 against Norway [1]
- Jul 21 2,000 year old stone slab, used to grind spices, unearthed in Óc Eo, south Vietnam, is earliest evidence of curry in Southeast Asia (still smells of nutmeg) [1]
- Jul 22 Taylor Swift concert in Seattle shakes the ground so hard it registers equivalent to magnitude 2.3 earthquake (does the same the next night) [1]
- Jul 23 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: American Brian Harman wins his first major title by 6 shots over Jason Day, Tom Kim, Jon Rahm, and Sepp Straka
- Jul 23 Greece mounts it biggest evacuation, moving 19,000 tourists and residents out of the path of wildfires on the island of Rhodes amid the country's hottest July in 50 years [1]
- Jul 23 Prime Minister Hun Sen Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) declares a landslide win in the country's election, amid widespread criticism after any credible opponents were barred from running [1]
- Jul 23 Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York
- Jul 23 Snap election in Spain fails to produce a majority government with conservative People's Party winning most seats [1]
- Jul 24 Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh, caused by heavy monsoon rains, has claimed more than 170 lives, with 33,000 hospitalizations according to local health officials [1]
- Jul 24 Gender pay gap in American drops to its lowest level with women earning 84 cents for every $1 men earn fulltime (up from 78 cents a decade ago) [1]
- Jul 24 Israel’s parliament passes controversial “reasonableness” bill, takes away ability of Supreme Court to declare government decisions unreasonable - first bill in plan to weaken judiciary, amid large, widespread protests [1]
- Jul 24 US Justice department sues Texas over a floating barrier installed in the Rio Grande river between the US and Mexico to deter migrants, citing humanitarian concerns [1]
- Jul 24 Wildfires across Algeria kill at least 34 people amid temperatures of 48 degrees Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) [1]
- Jul 25 Scientists say crucial Atlantic ocean current near collapse - the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could reach its tipping point middle of this century [1]
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Monument
Jul 25 US President Joe Biden signs proclamation establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, located at two sites in Mississippi and one in Illinois; Emmett was a Black teen abducted and murdered in 1955 while vacationing in Mississippi, his mother Mamie pushed for civil rights legislation after his death [1] [2]
Kevin Spacey Cleared
Jul 26 Actor Kevin Spacey is cleared of sex assault charges at a court in London [1]
- Jul 26 Cambodia's authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen, in power since 1985, announces he will resign and pass his office to his son [1]
- Jul 26 Coup in Niger as presidential guards seize President Mohamed Bazoum and ministerial buildings in Niamey [1]
- Jul 26 US government being kept in the dark about unidentified anomalous phenomena, (UAP or UFOs) claims former military intelligence officer David Grusch, testifying to US House committee [1]
- Jul 26 World's largest office building - Surat Diamond Bourse at 660,000-square-metres (bigger than the Pentagon) is unveiled in Surat India, by architectural studio Morphogenesis [1]
- Jul 27 City of Phoenix, Arizona heat record continues with 28 consecutive days of temperature at or above 110°F (43.3°C); overnight low falls below 90°F (32.2°C) for first time in 18 days
- Jul 28 Scientist genetically engineer female animals to reproduce without a male for the first time, using fruit flies [1]
- Jul 28 Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall on China's south-east Fujian province causing landslides and flooding, goes on to flood Beijing killing at least 11 people [1]
- Jul 29 46,000 year old minuscule pair of roundworms revived from their cryptobiotic state after being frozen in Siberian permafrost - proves life can be stopped then restarted according to scientists [1]
- Jul 29 A 1978 Toyota Landcruiser named the 'Mud Crab" drives 7km underwater at 30ft deep to cross Darwin's harbour, likely breaking world records [1]
- Jul 29 Infamous lunch in Leongatha, Australia, that results in three deaths through suspected mushroom poisoning. Cook Erin Patterson later arrested for murder. [1]
- Jul 30 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Porthcawl GC: Alex Čejka of Germany wins his third seniors major title in a playoff against Irishman Pádraig Harrington
- Jul 30 Evian Championship Women's Golf, Evian Resort GC: Céline Boutier of France wins her first major title by 6 strokes from Canada's defending champion Brooke Henderson
- Jul 30 Suspected suicide bomber kills 45 people and injures 135 at a rally for religious political party Jamiat Ulema Islam in Khar, northwestern Pakistan [1]
Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Jul 30 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warns war is coming back to Russia after a drones attack on Moscow [1]
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