July 2013

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July 2013 was the seventh month of that common year. It began on a Monday and ended after 31 days on a Wednesday.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from July 2013.

Current events of July 1, 2013 (2013-07-01) (Monday)
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Politics and elections
  • Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet gets a landslide victory, becoming the presidential candidate of the Nueva Mayoría centre-left coalition for the next November elections. Pablo Longueira, former Minister of Economy, wins the centre-right primary. (The New York Times)
  • Vítor Gaspar, Minister of Finance of Portugal, resigns due to lack of support and willingness to strengthen austerity measures, prompting a political crisis. The Minister is replaced by Treasury Secretary Maria Luís Albuquerque. (Globe and Mail)
Current events of July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) (Tuesday)
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Current events of July 3, 2013 (2013-07-03) (Wednesday)
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International relations
  • Diversion of Bolivian president Evo Morales' flight:
    • The presidential jet of Bolivia is denied access to European airspace and forced to land in Vienna amid concerns that Edward Snowden is on board. (BBC)
    • Bolivia files a complaint at the United Nations over what is called the "kidnapping" of its president. (The Guardian)
    • Morales's fellow South American leaders condemn what they consider to be an act of aggression by the U.S. and its allies. Protests take place at the French Embassy in Bolivia. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Arts and culture
  • A 4,000-year-old pyramid at El Paraíso in Peru is destroyed by property developers. (BBC News)
Current events of July 4, 2013 (2013-07-04) (Thursday)
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Science and technology
Current events of July 5, 2013 (2013-07-05) (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • An airstrike on anti-ship missiles in Latakia, Syria is carried out.(The Guardian)
Arts and culture
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Current events of July 6, 2013 (2013-07-06) (Saturday)
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Sport
Current events of July 7, 2013 (2013-07-07) (Sunday)
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Politics and elections
Sport
Current events of July 8, 2013 (2013-07-08) (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
  • At least twelve people are killed and a dozen injured when a dilapidated hotel collapses in the Indian city of Hyderabad. (The Hindu)
  • After six days with temperatures over 40°C (104°F), Portugal officially has a heat wave. Temperatures have reached as high as 45°C in some places in Alentejo and Ribatejo.
  • In the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, 126 mm of rain falls causing major flooding bursting most rivers and creeks. It is the single highest rain total in a day since Hurricane Hazel. (CBC News)
International relations
  • 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)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Science and technology
Religion
Current events of July 9, 2013 (2013-07-09) (Tuesday)
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Politics and elections
Current events of July 10, 2013 (2013-07-10) (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • Syrian civil war:
    • Syrians in Aleppo stage a protest against a rebel siege of government-held areas in the city. (BBC)
Arts and culture
  • American country music star Randy Travis suffers a stroke while being hospitalized for congestive heart failure. (MSN)
Business and economy
  • 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)
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
Politics
  • President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is sworn into office for his second term as President of Mongolia in front of Genghis Khan's monument, the Parliament and public on main Sükhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar. This is the first time Mongolian President took oath in front of public in the country's history. (Montsame News Agency)
  • Prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny registers himself to stand in September's vote for Moscow mayor. (BBC)
  • Portuguese political crisis, 2013
    • The President of Portugal Cavaco Silva calls for a national salvation understanding between the three main parties: the Socialists, and the governing coalition PSD and CDS-PP. In a statement after the President's communication to the country, the Socialists said they will not support such Government and called for early elections. (Reuters)
Sports
Science
  • With still two years until its closest approach, NASA's New Horizons team releases the spacecraft's first high resolution view of the Pluto/Charon dwarf planet system. (JHUAPL)
Current events of July 11, 2013 (2013-07-11) (Thursday)
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Current events of July 12, 2013 (2013-07-12) (Friday)
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Current events of July 13, 2013 (2013-07-13) (Saturday)
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Current events of July 14, 2013 (2013-07-14) (Sunday)
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Current events of July 15, 2013 (2013-07-15) (Monday)
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Disasters and accidents
  • Two British soldiers die during a training exercise as they take part in a gruelling selection process for the elite SAS unit on the hottest day of the year. (AFP via News24)
International relations
Law and crime
Sports
Current events of July 16, 2013 (2013-07-16) (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • Pro-government militiamen kill six mediators in the Syrian province of Homs. (BBC)
Business and economy
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International relations
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Science
Sport
Current events of July 17, 2013 (2013-07-17) (Wednesday)
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Politics and government
Science
Current events of July 18, 2013 (2013-07-18) (Thursday)
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Science
  • A study published in The Archives of Diseases in Childhood states that breastfeeding, in addition to its numerous more well-known physical and psychosocial benefits, may increase the infant's future upward mobility. (MSN)
Current events of July 19, 2013 (2013-07-19) (Friday)
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International relations
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Politics and elections
Current events of July 20, 2013 (2013-07-20) (Saturday)
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International relations
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Current events of July 21, 2013 (2013-07-21) (Sunday)
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Sport
Current events of July 22, 2013 (2013-07-22) (Monday)
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Science
  • The United Kingdom experiences its hottest day since July 2006, with a temperature of 33.5C (92.3F) recorded at Heathrow and Northolt in London. (BBC)
  • American scientists report that dolphins have unique names for one another, which they respond to just as humans do. (National Geographic)
Sports
Current events of July 23, 2013 (2013-07-23) (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
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Politics and elections
Current events of July 24, 2013 (2013-07-24) (Wednesday)
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Law and crime
International relations
Science
Current events of July 25, 2013 (2013-07-25) (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • The United Nations states that the death toll of the ongoing Syrian civil war has exceeded 100,000. (CNN)
Arts and culture
Business and economy
  • China begins a major effort to boost its economic growth with business tax breaks and export liberalization, amid an increasing industrial slowdown. (BBC)
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Law and crime
Politics and elections
Science
  • 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)
Current events of July 26, 2013 (2013-07-26) (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
  • Landslides caused by heavy rain kill at least nine people and trap eight others south of Dingxi, China. (AP via Fox News)
  • A state of emergency is declared in Ireland as torrential rain floods a hospital in the north-west of the country and shuts roads and other transport links in the east. (RTÉ)
  • Qatar Airways grounds one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners following a "minor" technical issue, as pressure mounts on Boeing over possible new electrical problems with the newly-released jet. (Reuters)
Law and crime
  • 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) (The Guardian)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • A gunman kills six people in Hialeah, Florida, and gets fatally shot by police. (Los Angeles Times)
Sports
Current events of July 27, 2013 (2013-07-27) (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
  • Three people are killed and several more are injured, some critically, after a bus overturns outside Indianapolis, Indiana. (NBC)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Sports
Current events of July 28, 2013 (2013-07-28) (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
  • A bus returning 48 pilgrims from a weekend visit to the shrine of Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, in San Giovanni Rotondo, goes off a bridge east of Naples, in Avellino Province, killing 39 people (including some children), and injuring at least 9 others. (English News CN)
International relations
  • In a first, India has offered a $100-million credit line to Vietnam to purchase military equipment. It will be used for purchasing four patrol boats. (The Hindu)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Sports
Current events of July 29, 2013 (2013-07-29) (Monday)
Armed conflict and attacks
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International relations
Law and crime
  • €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)
  • 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)
Sports
Current events of July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30) (Tuesday)
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Arts and culture
Business and economy
  • Fiat wins at least a partial victory in Delaware Chancery Court, but the judge declines its invitation to order a United Autoworkers affiliated trust to sell its Chrysler shares to the Italian company. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Current events of July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31) (Wednesday)
Disasters and accidents
  • At least ten people die as a result of a heatwave in the Shanghai which has recorded its highest temperatures on record, surpassing 40 °C (104 °F). (AFP via France 24)
  • Forty people are missing and presumed drowned after a bus plunges into a canal near Sirhind-Fategarh, Punjab, India. (The Hindu Times)
  • At least seven people have been killed and another 40 hospitalised from drinking illegal alcohol in the Cuban capital Havana. (BBC)
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See also

  • List of months by year: 2000–2050

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