July 2001

July 2001 was the seventh month of that common year. The month, which began on a Sunday, ended on a Tuesday after 31 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from July 2001.

July 9, 2001

• Goran Ivanišević won Wimbledon tennis tournament and became the first, and so far the last, wildcard to achieve that accord.

July 13, 2001

• The International Olympic Committee session in Moscow, Russia. Beijing wins the bid as the host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

July 18, 2001

• In Baltimore, Maryland, a 60-car train derailment occurs in a tunnel sparking a fire that will last days and virtually shut down downtown Baltimore (see Howard Street Tunnel fire).

July 19, 2001

• UK politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer, sentenced to four years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice.

July 20, 2001

• Vanessa Legget is found in contempt by a Federal Court for refusing to release notes made for her book on the Doris Angleton murder.
• * The 27th G8 summit takes place in Genoa, Italy until July 22nd. Massive demonstrations against the meeting by anti-globalisation groups. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani, is shot dead by a carabiniere and several others are badly injured during an attack by the police on a school which the protesters were using as their headquarters.

July 21, 2001

• At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri railway station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.

July 23, 2001

• Honduras defeats Brazil in a soccer match by final result of 2–0.
• Died: Eudora Welty

July 26, 2001

• The republic of Moldova becomes a member of the World Trade Organization.

July 28, 2001

• Alejandro Toledo is sworn as the new president of Peru, eight months after the vote of no-confidence of former President Alberto Fujimori.

July 31, 2001

• Died: Poul Anderson

Films

• July 4 – Cats & Dogs
• July 6 – Kiss of the Dragon
• July 18 – Jurassic Park III
• July 27 – Planet of the Apes