July 1, 2013, July 2013 Egyptian protests: Demonstrations across Egypt gather about 15 million people nationwide calling for the resignation of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. (The Atlantic)
- At least 16 people, including an American, have been killed, and 800 injured, in the anti-government demonstrations that began last week. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Egyptian army officials issue a 48-hour ultimatum to the Muslim Brotherhood-linked government of President Mohamed Morsi to respond to the concerns of millions of protesters who have taken to the streets calling for Morsi’s resignation, or it will “step in to restore order”. (BBC)
- At least 16 people, including an American, have been killed, and 800 injured, in the anti-government demonstrations that began last week. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Egyptian army officials issue a 48-hour ultimatum to the Muslim Brotherhood-linked government of President Mohamed Morsi to respond to the concerns of millions of protesters who have taken to the streets calling for Morsi’s resignation, or it will “step in to restore order”. (BBC)
July 1, 2013, Former United States spy agency contractor Edward Snowden applies for political asylum in Russia. (Reuters)
July 1, 2013,
July 1, 2013,
July 1, 2013,
July 1, 2013,
July 1, 2013, The United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a decisive battle in the American Civil War. (Washington Post)
July 1, 2013, The Manning River Skull is purported to be the oldest European remains discovered in Australia and possibly rewriting Australian history. (Yahoo! News)
July 1, 2013, Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union. (ABC News)
July 2, 2013,
July 2, 2013, A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites loses control and crashes shortly after launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.(Spaceflightnow.com)
July 2, 2013, The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx. (Sydney Morning Herald)
July 3, 2013, Release of The Lone Ranger
July 3, 2013, 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat: Egypt's military deposes President Mohamed Morsi, and installs Adly Mansour, the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, as the country's new interim leader. (CNN)
-The Egyptian military takes control of state TV studios and places a travel ban on Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders as a military coup d'etat unfolds, following a week of anti-government unrest. (The Independent)
-President Morsi is reportedly placed under house arrest as troops deploy across Cairo and armored vehicles and soldiers mass at Cairo University and other key sites. (The Times of Israel)
July 3, 2013, Release of The Lone Ranger
July 3, 2013, 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat: Egypt's military deposes President Mohamed Morsi, and installs Adly Mansour, the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, as the country's new interim leader. (CNN)
-The Egyptian military takes control of state TV studios and places a travel ban on Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders as a military coup d'etat unfolds, following a week of anti-government unrest. (The Independent)
-President Morsi is reportedly placed under house arrest as troops deploy across Cairo and armored vehicles and soldiers mass at Cairo University and other key sites. (The Times of Israel)
July 3, 2013,
July 3, 2013, Ecuador announces the discovery of a bugging device used to listen in on its embassy in the United Kingdom. Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patiño declares it as "another instance of a loss of ethics at the international level in relations between governments". (The Guardian)
July 3, 2013, King Albert II of Belgium announces his abdication for health reasons in favour of his son Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant. (Nieuwsblad)
July 3, 2013, A 4,000-year-old pyramid at El Paraíso in Peru is destroyed by property developers. (BBC News)
July 4, 2013, Release of Jay-Z album Magna Carta Holy Grail
July 4, 2013, Egypt arrests Mohammed Badie, the Supreme Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, for "inciting the killing of protesters". (Wires via France 24)
July 4, 2013, Egypt arrests Mohammed Badie, the Supreme Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, for "inciting the killing of protesters". (Wires via France 24)
July 4, 2013, The Statue of Liberty opens for the first time since Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage to Liberty Island in New York harbor in late October 2012. (The Atlantic Wire)
July 4, 2013, A new species of lizard is found in Sergipe, Brazil. (GloboNews)
July 5, 2013, Release of The Way Way Back
July 5, 2013, Release of Stuck In Love
July 5, 2013, Release of Ciara album Ciara
July 5, 2013, 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: Islamist gunmen stage multiple attacks on security forces in the Sinai Peninsula with one soldier and five policemen reported dead. (Reuters)
-The death toll from clashes between supporters and opponents of former President Mohammed Morsi rises to 52 with another 2,500 people injured, after over 30 people are reported dead after clashes at the Cairo university. The Egyptian Army clashes with protesters supporting Morsi. (Egypt Independent)
-The African Union has announced that it has suspended Egypt's membership. (CNN)
July 5, 2013, Release of The Way Way Back
July 5, 2013, Release of Stuck In Love
July 5, 2013, Release of Ciara album Ciara
July 5, 2013, 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: Islamist gunmen stage multiple attacks on security forces in the Sinai Peninsula with one soldier and five policemen reported dead. (Reuters)
-The death toll from clashes between supporters and opponents of former President Mohammed Morsi rises to 52 with another 2,500 people injured, after over 30 people are reported dead after clashes at the Cairo university. The Egyptian Army clashes with protesters supporting Morsi. (Egypt Independent)
-The African Union has announced that it has suspended Egypt's membership. (CNN)
July 5, 2013, The Vatican declares Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII canonized as saints. (The Telegraph)
July 5, 2013, NSA spying scandal: Bolivian president Evo Morales calls the Eurozone for a violation of international law and threatens to close down the U.S. embassy in Bolivia after the episode of having his official airplane being refused to land en route to Vienna, amid suspicions of having former NSA employee Edward Snowden on board. Ambassadors of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal are summoned to give full explanations.(The Guardian)
-Venezuela and Nicaragua offer Snowden asylum. (AP via USA today)
July 6, 2013, Series Premiere of Bounty Hunters
-Venezuela and Nicaragua offer Snowden asylum. (AP via USA today)
July 6, 2013, Series Premiere of Bounty Hunters
July 6, 2013, A Boeing 777 flown by Asiana Airlines crash-lands at San Francisco International Airport with 2 dead and 181 injured. (CNN)
July 12, 2013, A third person, a critically injured unidentified girl, dies at San Francisco General Hospital of injuries she sustained as a result of the Saturday, July 6, 2013 crash-landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777 (180 were injured, 16 remain hospitalized, including two critical adults; autopsy results will take about 3 weeks). (NBC)
July 12, 2013, The US calls on the Egyptian Army to free deposed president Mohamed Morsi. (BBC)
July 12, 2013, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announces her resignation to become the President of the University of California. (Los Angeles Times)
July 13, 2013,
July 13, 2013, Canadian actor Cory Monteith, of the TV series Glee, is found dead in Vancouver. (Canada.com)
July 13, 2013, George Zimmerman is found not guilty in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. (Yahoo News)
July 14, 2013, Protests occur in several American cities following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in relation to the shooting of Trayvon Martin. (AAP via News Limited)
July 14, 2013, The Mexican Army captures Miguel Treviño Morales, a leader of the Los Zetas criminal gang. (CBS News)
July 15, 2013, Oakland Athletics outfielder Yoenis Céspedes defeats Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals to win the 2013 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby. (ESPN)
July 15, 2013, The House of Lords, the upper house of the United Kingdom, approves the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, meaning it will become law, enabling gay marriage in England and Wales to take place from 2014. (BBC)
July 16, 2013, Panamanian authorities seize North Korean bulk carrier Chong Chon Gang after a missile is found on board. The captain of the ship, which was en route from Cuba, attempted to commit suicide.(BBC News)
July 16, 2013, The British Columbia coroner's office reports that actor Cory Monteith died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. (MSN)
July 16, 2013, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowns while undertaking a spacewalk on the International Space Station. (ABC News America)
July 16, 2013, In baseball, the American League defeats the National League 3-0 in the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game played at Citi Field in New York City. (Detroit Free Press)
July 17, 2013, Release of Turbo
July 17, 2013,
July 17, 2013, Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill receives Royal Assent. (BBC)
July 18, 2013, The city of Detroit, Michigan files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, expected to be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. (Detroit Free Press)
July 18, 2013,
July 18, 2013, Steam begins to rise at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant with utility company Tepco saying that it is possibly because of rain and that the levels of radioactivity in the surrounding areas have remained unchanged. (Reuters)
July 18, 2013, 2012 Kunstahal Art theft: Romanian investigators find the remains of paint, canvas and nails in the oven of a woman whose son is charged with stealing seven paintings by Picasso, Monet and Matisse from the Kunsthal gallery in October 2012. (AP via Australian)
July 18, 2013, New Zealand police decide not to proceed with manslaughter charges against the managers of the Pike River Mine over the deaths of 29 workers in the 2010 Pike River Mine disaster. (AFP via Fox News)
July 19, 2013, Release of R.I.P.D
July 19, 2013, Release of RED 2
July 19, 2013, Release of The Worlds End
July 19, 2013, Release of Girl Most Likely
July 19, 2013, Release of The Conjuring
July 19, 2013, Release of Selena Gomez album Stars Dance
July 19, 2013,
July 19, 2013, Pope Francis names a new Pontifical Commission to investigate current accounting practices among all Vatican offices and bodies and to help devise new strategies for greater fiscal responsibility and fiscal transparency. (Catholic News Service)
July 20, 2013, American veteran journalist Helen Thomas, who covered the White House for nearly five decades, dies at 92. (BBC)
July 20, 2013, Five Costa Crociere employees plead guilty to manslaughter and negligence charges in relation to the Costa Concordia disaster that cost 32 crew and passengers their lives off the coast of Italy. Captain Francesco Schettino is being tried separately. (AP)
July 21, 2013,
July 21, 2013, In cycling, the 2013 Tour de France finishes today in Paris with Kenyan-born British rider Chris Froome enjoying a commanding lead. (The Morning Bulletin)
July 21, 2013, A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes under Cook Strait in New Zealand, causing moderate damage in the capital city Wellington. (Fairfax NZ)
July 21, 2013, King Albert II of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son Prince Phillipe. (AP)
July 22, 2013, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is admitted to St Mary's Hospital in the London suburb of Paddington and gives birth to a healthy boy. The child is third in line to the British throne. (New Zealand Stuff)
July 22, 2013, A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 crash-lands at New York's LaGuardia Airport, injuring ten passengers. (Sky News)
July 22, 2013,
July 22, 2013,
July 22, 2013,
July 22, 2013, Pope Francis begins a week-long official visit to Brazil, his first foreign trip since assuming the pontificate. (BBC)
July 22, 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron announces plans for every household in the UK to automatically have pornography blocked by their internet provider, unless they choose otherwise. (BBC)
July 22, 2013, The United Kingdom records its hottest day since July 2006, with a temperature of 33.5C (92.3F) recorded at Heathrow and Northolt in London. (BBC)
July 22, 2013, American scientists report that dolphins have unique names for one another, which they respond to just as humans do. (National Geographic)
July 22, 2013, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers is suspended without pay for the rest of the season for violating Major League Baseball's drug policies. (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)
July 23, 2013,
July 23, 2013, Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics greet Pope Francis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during his first foreign trip as pontiff. (BBC)
July 23, 2013, Japan begins a renewed effort to halt the leak of radioactive material from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (BBC)
July 23, 2013, A New York nuclear power plant supervisor is charged with falsifying test results involving emergency generators to prevent the plant from being shut down. (NBC)
July 24, 2013,
July 24, 2013, A high-speed train carrying 225 passengers derails near Santiago de Compostela, Spain, leaving 80 dead and over 140 injured. It is Spain's deadliest rail incident since the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and the country's worst accidental train disaster since the Torre del Bierzo rail disaster in 1944. (Bloomberg)
July 24, 2013,
July 24, 2013,
July 24, 2013, Wells Fargo of the United States becomes the world's largest bank by market capitalisation, replacing the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China amid an economic slowdown in China. (AFP via France 24)
July 24, 2013, Experiments with the Large Hadron Collider yield an extremely rare particle decay event, casting doubt on the scientific theory of supersymmetry. (BBC)
July 25, 2013,
July 25, 2013, The Oxford English Dictionary confirms that it will change the definition of the word "marriage" to include the LGBT community. (Daily Mail)
July 25, 2013, Santiago de Compostela derailment: Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain, declares three days of national mourning for the 78 people killed in the derailment, Spain's worst train accident since 1944. (RTE)
-The driver of the Alvia high-speed train involved in the accident is arrested, as investigations show that the train was travelling at more than double the local speed limit at the time of the crash. (Reuters)
July 25, 2013, British scientists discover the mechanism which causes human allergy to cats, and state that a general cure for the condition could become available within five years. (Daily Mail)
July 25, 2013, Mohamed Brahmi, the leader of the Tunisian People's Movement, is fatally shot outside his house in Tunis, sparking clashes between police and protesters. (BBC)
July 26, 2013,
July 26, 2013,
July 26, 2013,
July 26, 2013, Police in Spain formally detain the driver of a high-speed train that derailed and crashed in Santiago de Compostela, killing 78, on July 24. The driver is accused of manslaughter and reckless driving. (BBC)
July 26, 2013, Ariel Castro, a 53-year-old man charged with the kidnappings of three women from Cleveland, Ohio, between 2002 and 2004, is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after accepting a plea deal with prosecutors. (BBC)
July 26, 2013, Swiss bank UBS AG pays $885m in a settlement with American regulators over allegations that the bank misrepresented mortgage-backed bonds during the pre-2007 housing bubble, paving the way for billions more to be paid by other banks. (Reuters)
July 26, 2013, Large-scale athletic events are held in London on the anniversary of the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Daily Telegraph)
July 27, 2013, Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: Over 100 people are killed and around 1,500 injured in a violent crackdown against protesters in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. (BBC)
July 27, 2013,
July 28, 2013,
July 28, 2013,
July 29, 2013,
July 29, 2013, Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne resulting in dozens of injuries including four serious injuries. (RT)
July 29, 2013,
July 29, 2013, Seven people have been injured following a series of explosions at a propane plant in the US town of Tavares in central Florida. (Fox News)
July 29, 2013, €103 million worth of diamonds and other jewels are stolen from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe's biggest jewelry heists in recent years. (AP via News24)
July 6, 2013, Three people are killed, a hundred are missing and 2000 are evacuated after a runaway train carrying crude oil derails and explodes in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Québec, Canada. (CBC)
July 12, 2013, The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 close at record highs, with the NASDAQ hitting its highest level in ten years. (CNN)
July 7, 2013, Andy Murray of the United Kingdom wins the Men's Singles at Wimbledon 2013 defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in straight sets. Murray becomes the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936. (News Limited)
July 8, 2013,
July 8, 2013, 2013 mass surveillance scandal: Bolivia summons the ambassadors of France, Spain and Portugal to explain why their countries blocked President Evo Morales' official jet en route to land on the Eurozone last week, amid orders to be searched if Edward Snowden was on board. (BBC)
-Brazil calls on the United States, asking to explain why US intelligence agencies have been monitoring millions of emails and phone calls of Brazilian citizens in their country. (The Guardian)
-The US Department of State confirms dialogue with Brazil on the alleged intelligence activity. (Merco Press)
July 8, 2013, Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: At least 42 people have been killed and hundreds injured after the Army raids a sit-in by supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi in the Nasr City district of Cairo. (BBC)
July 8, 2013, NASA Curiosity Mars rover begins its mission to its destination and drives to Mount Sharp. (BBC)
July 8, 2013, Pope Francis visits the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, holds a mass to pay tribute to the many immigrants who have drowned trying to reach Europe and condemns the "global indifference" to their plight. (BBC)
July 9, 2013, Release of The Used album The Ocean of the Sky
July 9, 2013, Release of Skylar Grey album Don't Look Down
July 9, 2013, Release of Freddie Gibbs album ESGN
July 9, 2013, Release of Dark video game
July 8, 2013, 2013 mass surveillance scandal: Bolivia summons the ambassadors of France, Spain and Portugal to explain why their countries blocked President Evo Morales' official jet en route to land on the Eurozone last week, amid orders to be searched if Edward Snowden was on board. (BBC)
-Brazil calls on the United States, asking to explain why US intelligence agencies have been monitoring millions of emails and phone calls of Brazilian citizens in their country. (The Guardian)
-The US Department of State confirms dialogue with Brazil on the alleged intelligence activity. (Merco Press)
July 8, 2013, Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: At least 42 people have been killed and hundreds injured after the Army raids a sit-in by supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi in the Nasr City district of Cairo. (BBC)
July 8, 2013, NASA Curiosity Mars rover begins its mission to its destination and drives to Mount Sharp. (BBC)
July 8, 2013, Pope Francis visits the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, holds a mass to pay tribute to the many immigrants who have drowned trying to reach Europe and condemns the "global indifference" to their plight. (BBC)
July 9, 2013, Release of The Used album The Ocean of the Sky
July 9, 2013, Release of Skylar Grey album Don't Look Down
July 9, 2013, Release of Freddie Gibbs album ESGN
July 9, 2013, Release of Dark video game
July 9, 2013, Greece secures an additional 6.2 billion euros from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund despite warnings that the Greek government is moving too slow to reform the government. (BBC)
July 9, 2013, Francesco Schettino, former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, goes on trial in Italy for manslaughter and abandoning ship during the disaster on 13 January 2012. (AP via the Houston Chronicle)
July 10, 2013, Series Premiere of The Bridge
July 10, 2013, Series Premiere of Camp
July 9, 2013, Francesco Schettino, former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, goes on trial in Italy for manslaughter and abandoning ship during the disaster on 13 January 2012. (AP via the Houston Chronicle)
July 10, 2013, Series Premiere of The Bridge
July 10, 2013, Series Premiere of Camp
July 10, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings: Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev makes his first appearance in a US court since his arrest on April 19. (AP via Montreal Gazette)
-Dzhokhar pleads not guilty to 30 counts including using a weapon of mass destruction in his first court appearance. (The Verge)
July 10, 2013,
July 10, 2013,
July 10, 2013, Egyptian prosecutors seek the arrest of Mohammed Badie, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, for allegedly instigating the 2013 Republican Guard headquarters clashes. (BBC)
July 10, 2013, A U.S. district court rules that Apple Inc. has conspired to fix the prices of eBooks . The ruling could expose Apple to significant damages. (Reuters)
-Dzhokhar pleads not guilty to 30 counts including using a weapon of mass destruction in his first court appearance. (The Verge)
July 10, 2013,
July 10, 2013,
July 10, 2013, Egyptian prosecutors seek the arrest of Mohammed Badie, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, for allegedly instigating the 2013 Republican Guard headquarters clashes. (BBC)
July 10, 2013, A U.S. district court rules that Apple Inc. has conspired to fix the prices of eBooks . The ruling could expose Apple to significant damages. (Reuters)
July 11, 2013, Series Premiere of Orange is The New Black
July 11, 2013,
July 11, 2013, Eight people are injured (three seriously) in Lower Manhattan as a result of an explosion and partial collapse, of as-yet unknown cause, in a five-storey building, in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, on Pike Street, near Henry Street. (NBC)
July 11, 2013, Six women climb western Europe's tallest skyscraper, The Shard, towering over Shell's headquarters in London, to protest against Arctic drilling. (BBC)
July 12, 2013, Release of Grown Ups 2
July 12, 2013, Release of Pacific Rim
July 12, 2013, Release of Killing Season
July 12, 2013, Release of Fruitvale Station
July 12, 2013, Release of Dealing With Idiots
July 11, 2013,
July 11, 2013, Eight people are injured (three seriously) in Lower Manhattan as a result of an explosion and partial collapse, of as-yet unknown cause, in a five-storey building, in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, on Pike Street, near Henry Street. (NBC)
July 11, 2013, Six women climb western Europe's tallest skyscraper, The Shard, towering over Shell's headquarters in London, to protest against Arctic drilling. (BBC)
July 12, 2013, Release of Grown Ups 2
July 12, 2013, Release of Pacific Rim
July 12, 2013, Release of Killing Season
July 12, 2013, Release of Fruitvale Station
July 12, 2013, Release of Dealing With Idiots
July 12, 2013,
July 12, 2013, A third person, a critically injured unidentified girl, dies at San Francisco General Hospital of injuries she sustained as a result of the Saturday, July 6, 2013 crash-landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777 (180 were injured, 16 remain hospitalized, including two critical adults; autopsy results will take about 3 weeks). (NBC)
July 12, 2013, The US calls on the Egyptian Army to free deposed president Mohamed Morsi. (BBC)
July 12, 2013, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announces her resignation to become the President of the University of California. (Los Angeles Times)
July 13, 2013,
July 13, 2013, Canadian actor Cory Monteith, of the TV series Glee, is found dead in Vancouver. (Canada.com)
July 13, 2013, George Zimmerman is found not guilty in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. (Yahoo News)
July 14, 2013, Protests occur in several American cities following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in relation to the shooting of Trayvon Martin. (AAP via News Limited)
July 14, 2013, The Mexican Army captures Miguel Treviño Morales, a leader of the Los Zetas criminal gang. (CBS News)
July 15, 2013, Oakland Athletics outfielder Yoenis Céspedes defeats Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals to win the 2013 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby. (ESPN)
July 15, 2013, The House of Lords, the upper house of the United Kingdom, approves the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, meaning it will become law, enabling gay marriage in England and Wales to take place from 2014. (BBC)
July 16, 2013, Panamanian authorities seize North Korean bulk carrier Chong Chon Gang after a missile is found on board. The captain of the ship, which was en route from Cuba, attempted to commit suicide.(BBC News)
July 16, 2013, The British Columbia coroner's office reports that actor Cory Monteith died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. (MSN)
July 16, 2013, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowns while undertaking a spacewalk on the International Space Station. (ABC News America)
July 16, 2013, In baseball, the American League defeats the National League 3-0 in the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game played at Citi Field in New York City. (Detroit Free Press)
July 17, 2013, Release of Turbo
July 17, 2013,
July 17, 2013, Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill receives Royal Assent. (BBC)
July 18, 2013, The city of Detroit, Michigan files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, expected to be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. (Detroit Free Press)
July 18, 2013,
July 18, 2013, Steam begins to rise at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant with utility company Tepco saying that it is possibly because of rain and that the levels of radioactivity in the surrounding areas have remained unchanged. (Reuters)
July 18, 2013, 2012 Kunstahal Art theft: Romanian investigators find the remains of paint, canvas and nails in the oven of a woman whose son is charged with stealing seven paintings by Picasso, Monet and Matisse from the Kunsthal gallery in October 2012. (AP via Australian)
July 18, 2013, New Zealand police decide not to proceed with manslaughter charges against the managers of the Pike River Mine over the deaths of 29 workers in the 2010 Pike River Mine disaster. (AFP via Fox News)
July 19, 2013, Release of R.I.P.D
July 19, 2013, Release of RED 2
July 19, 2013, Release of The Worlds End
July 19, 2013, Release of Girl Most Likely
July 19, 2013, Release of The Conjuring
July 19, 2013, Release of Selena Gomez album Stars Dance
July 19, 2013,
July 19, 2013, Pope Francis names a new Pontifical Commission to investigate current accounting practices among all Vatican offices and bodies and to help devise new strategies for greater fiscal responsibility and fiscal transparency. (Catholic News Service)
July 20, 2013, American veteran journalist Helen Thomas, who covered the White House for nearly five decades, dies at 92. (BBC)
July 20, 2013, Five Costa Crociere employees plead guilty to manslaughter and negligence charges in relation to the Costa Concordia disaster that cost 32 crew and passengers their lives off the coast of Italy. Captain Francesco Schettino is being tried separately. (AP)
July 21, 2013,
July 21, 2013, In cycling, the 2013 Tour de France finishes today in Paris with Kenyan-born British rider Chris Froome enjoying a commanding lead. (The Morning Bulletin)
July 21, 2013, A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes under Cook Strait in New Zealand, causing moderate damage in the capital city Wellington. (Fairfax NZ)
July 21, 2013, King Albert II of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son Prince Phillipe. (AP)
July 22, 2013, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is admitted to St Mary's Hospital in the London suburb of Paddington and gives birth to a healthy boy. The child is third in line to the British throne. (New Zealand Stuff)
July 22, 2013, A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 crash-lands at New York's LaGuardia Airport, injuring ten passengers. (Sky News)
July 22, 2013,
July 22, 2013,
July 22, 2013,
July 22, 2013, Pope Francis begins a week-long official visit to Brazil, his first foreign trip since assuming the pontificate. (BBC)
July 22, 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron announces plans for every household in the UK to automatically have pornography blocked by their internet provider, unless they choose otherwise. (BBC)
July 22, 2013, The United Kingdom records its hottest day since July 2006, with a temperature of 33.5C (92.3F) recorded at Heathrow and Northolt in London. (BBC)
July 22, 2013, American scientists report that dolphins have unique names for one another, which they respond to just as humans do. (National Geographic)
July 22, 2013, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers is suspended without pay for the rest of the season for violating Major League Baseball's drug policies. (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)
July 23, 2013,
July 23, 2013, Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics greet Pope Francis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during his first foreign trip as pontiff. (BBC)
July 23, 2013, Japan begins a renewed effort to halt the leak of radioactive material from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (BBC)
July 23, 2013, A New York nuclear power plant supervisor is charged with falsifying test results involving emergency generators to prevent the plant from being shut down. (NBC)
July 24, 2013,
July 24, 2013, A high-speed train carrying 225 passengers derails near Santiago de Compostela, Spain, leaving 80 dead and over 140 injured. It is Spain's deadliest rail incident since the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and the country's worst accidental train disaster since the Torre del Bierzo rail disaster in 1944. (Bloomberg)
July 24, 2013,
July 24, 2013,
July 24, 2013, Wells Fargo of the United States becomes the world's largest bank by market capitalisation, replacing the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China amid an economic slowdown in China. (AFP via France 24)
July 24, 2013, Experiments with the Large Hadron Collider yield an extremely rare particle decay event, casting doubt on the scientific theory of supersymmetry. (BBC)
July 25, 2013,
July 25, 2013, The Oxford English Dictionary confirms that it will change the definition of the word "marriage" to include the LGBT community. (Daily Mail)
July 25, 2013, Santiago de Compostela derailment: Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain, declares three days of national mourning for the 78 people killed in the derailment, Spain's worst train accident since 1944. (RTE)
-The driver of the Alvia high-speed train involved in the accident is arrested, as investigations show that the train was travelling at more than double the local speed limit at the time of the crash. (Reuters)
July 25, 2013, British scientists discover the mechanism which causes human allergy to cats, and state that a general cure for the condition could become available within five years. (Daily Mail)
July 25, 2013, Mohamed Brahmi, the leader of the Tunisian People's Movement, is fatally shot outside his house in Tunis, sparking clashes between police and protesters. (BBC)
July 26, 2013,
July 26, 2013,
July 26, 2013,
July 26, 2013, Police in Spain formally detain the driver of a high-speed train that derailed and crashed in Santiago de Compostela, killing 78, on July 24. The driver is accused of manslaughter and reckless driving. (BBC)
July 26, 2013, Ariel Castro, a 53-year-old man charged with the kidnappings of three women from Cleveland, Ohio, between 2002 and 2004, is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after accepting a plea deal with prosecutors. (BBC)
July 26, 2013, Swiss bank UBS AG pays $885m in a settlement with American regulators over allegations that the bank misrepresented mortgage-backed bonds during the pre-2007 housing bubble, paving the way for billions more to be paid by other banks. (Reuters)
July 26, 2013, Large-scale athletic events are held in London on the anniversary of the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Daily Telegraph)
July 27, 2013, Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: Over 100 people are killed and around 1,500 injured in a violent crackdown against protesters in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. (BBC)
July 27, 2013,
July 28, 2013,
July 28, 2013,
July 29, 2013,
July 29, 2013, Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne resulting in dozens of injuries including four serious injuries. (RT)
July 29, 2013,
July 29, 2013, Seven people have been injured following a series of explosions at a propane plant in the US town of Tavares in central Florida. (Fox News)
July 29, 2013, €103 million worth of diamonds and other jewels are stolen from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe's biggest jewelry heists in recent years. (AP via News24)
July 29, 2013, FBI
announces the arrests of 150 suspects, during a three-day sweep that
took place in 76 cities across the United States, on charges of child
sex-trafficking. (Reuters)
July 30, 2013, In United States v. Bradley Manning, Bradley Manning is acquitted of aiding the enemy for giving classified United States Army information to WikiLeaks. Manning is found guilty of five espionage charges and five theft charges. (CNN)
July 30, 2013,
July 30, 2013, The driver of a train that derailed in Spain last week, killing 79 people, is reported to have been on the phone with railway staff when the train crashed, possibly distracting him shortly before the crash, expert say. (CNN)
July 30, 2013, JPMorgan Chase settles with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for $410M due to alleged manipulation of energy markets in California and the Midwest. (Bloomberg)
July 31, 2013,
July 31, 2013,
July 30, 2013, In United States v. Bradley Manning, Bradley Manning is acquitted of aiding the enemy for giving classified United States Army information to WikiLeaks. Manning is found guilty of five espionage charges and five theft charges. (CNN)
July 30, 2013,
July 30, 2013, The driver of a train that derailed in Spain last week, killing 79 people, is reported to have been on the phone with railway staff when the train crashed, possibly distracting him shortly before the crash, expert say. (CNN)
July 30, 2013, JPMorgan Chase settles with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for $410M due to alleged manipulation of energy markets in California and the Midwest. (Bloomberg)
July 31, 2013,
July 31, 2013,
Shineforth brave souls!
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