July 2008
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July 2008 is the seventh month of the current leap year and has yet to occur. It will begin on a Tuesday and will end after 31 days on a Thursday.
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International holidays
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Scheduled events
- July - The Large Hadron Collider (located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland) is scheduled to begin operation, it will become the world’s largest particle physics laboratory when it begins operations.
- July 1 - Smoking will be banned in all public places (including bars and restaurants) in the Netherlands.
- July 7–July 9 - 34th G8 summit will be held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō in Japan
- July 8–July 20 - World Gliding Championships will be held in Rieti, Italy.[1]
- July 11 - Apple Inc. releases it eagerly awaited 3G iPhone in 22 countries.
- July 14 - The 57th Miss Universe pageant will be broadcasted live from Nha Trang, Vietnam.[2]
- July 15–July 20 - World Youth Day will take place in Sydney, Australia, the largest youth gathering in the Southern Hemisphere with the visit of Pope Benedict XVI.[3]
- July 15 - Major League Baseball will hold the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in New York to celebrate the final season of the famous ballpark.[4]
- July 17–July 20 - The 137th British Open will be held in England.[5]
- July 30–August 5 - The XXII World Congress of Philosophy will take place in Seoul, the capital of South Korea
- July 31 - After three decades as the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates will step down from daily duties.[6]
July 1
- Police in Portugal announce that they are closing the investigation on the disappearance of Madeline McCann. (NineMsn news)
- Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol break world records for the 100 metres backstroke at the United States Olympic trials. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
- A jury orders pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis to pay $114 million in compensation to the Government of Alabama for overcharging for Medicaid prescription drugs. (AP via Google News)
- Starbucks announces that it will close 600 underperforming coffee shops in the United States. (AP via CNN Money)
- A man stabs five people to death in a Shanghai police station. (AP via Google News)
- A four-day state of emergency is declared in Mongolia after violent protests following the legislative elections. (BBC News)
- Thousands of citizens battle local government officials in a major riot in Guizhou in China over a police cover-up dealing with the death of a local girl. (Straitstimes)
References
- ^ 30th FAI world Gliding Championship, 8th-20th July 2008 Rieti
- ^ Miss Universe®
- ^ WYD08 :: Home
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- ^ "Open Championship". R&A. http://www.opengolf.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
- ^ Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates: Working full time at Microsoft through June 2008, Gates then will continue as chairman and advisor while increasing Foundation efforts; Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie to assume expanded r...
- REDIRECT Template:Events by month links
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