What Happened in July 2011

Historical Events

Jul 1 NBA owners begin the second player lockout in 12 years, shortening the season by 16 games before a salary agreement was reached
Jul 2 American twin brothers Bob & Mike Bryan earn their record equalling 11th Grand Slam doubles title with a straight sets win over Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecău at Wimbledon

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Czech left hander Petra Kvitová wins her first Grand Slam title beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 for his first Wimbledon title

Jul 5 "Somebody That I Used to Know" single released by Gotye ft. Kimbra (Grammy Award Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Record of the Year 2013)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Jul 7 "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2", the last Harry Potter film, premieres in London

Jul 7 Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapses, one killed and 14 injured.
Jul 8 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program
Jul 9 South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
Jul 9 Super Rugby Final, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane: Queensland Reds beat Canterbury Crusaders 18-13 at home for their first SR title
Jul 10 British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal.
Jul 11 Neptune completes its first orbit since its discovery on September 23, 1846
Jul 11 US Open Women's Golf, The Boardmoor: Ryu So-yeon wins her first major in a playoff with fellow South Korean Hee Hung Seo
Jul 12 82nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix
Jul 13 19th ESPY Awards: Dirk Nowitzki, Lindsey Vonn win
Jul 13 Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130
Jul 16 NASA's Dawn space probe enters orbit around the protoplanet Vesta

British Golf Open

Jul 17 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland claims his only major title; wins by 3 strokes from American pair Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.

FIFA Women's World Cup Final

Jul 17 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany: Japan beats US, 3-1 on penalties; 2-2 after extra time

Captain America: The First Avenger

Jul 19 "Captain America: The First Avenger", directed by Joe Johnston, starring Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell, premieres in Los Angeles, California

Jul 21 44th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
Jul 21 NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135
Jul 22 Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first a bomb blast targeting government buildings in central Oslo, second a massacre at a youth camp on island of Utøya
Jul 24 98th Tour de France won by Cadel Evans of Australia; first and only Australian to win the event
Jul 24 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Walton Heath: Russ Cochran wins by 2 shots from fellow American Mark Calcavecchia
Jul 24 Copa América Final, River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires: Diego Forlán scores twice as Uruguay beats Paraguay, 3–0 to earn their 15th title

Women's British Open

Jul 31 British Open Women's Golf, Carnoustie GL: Yani Tseng of Taiwan becomes first to successfully defend the Open as a major championship, 4 strokes ahead of Brittany Lang

US Senior Golf Open

Jul 31 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Olin Browne wins by 3 strokes ahead of Mark O'Meara; 5th player in history to win on Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour and Champions Tour

Events in 2011

Famous Weddings

Kate Moss

Jul 1 English model Kate Moss (37) weds English guitarist Jamie Hince (42) at St. Peter's Church, Southrop in Gloucestershire

Jul 1 Prince Albert of Monaco marries South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock in the Throne Room, Prince's Palace, Monaco
Jul 2 Charlene Princess of Monaco (33) weds Prince Albert II of Monaco (53) at the Church of St Devote of Monaco
Jul 9 American NBA Charlotte Bobcats forward Tyrus Thomas (24) weds long-term girlfriend Jaime Collins at Louisiana's Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Vanessa Lachey

Jul 15 American TV personality and host Vanessa Minnillo (30) weds American singer-songwriter Nick Lachey (37) at Sir Richard Branson's private Necker Island in British Virgin Islands

Jul 15 Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy (44) weds Amy Petitgout in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

Ben Roethlisberger

Jul 23 "Pittsburgh Steelers" quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (29) weds Ashley Harlan at Christ Church of Grove Farm in Ohio Township

Zara Phillips

Jul 30 Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and British equestrian Zara Phillips (30) weds England rugby player Mike Tindall (32) at the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland

Famous Divorces

Patricia Arquette

Jul 1 "Medium" actress Patricia Arquette (40) divorces actor Thomas Jane (39) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage

Scarlett Johansson & Ryan Reynolds

Jul 1 Actor Ryan Reynolds (34) and actress Scarlett Johansson (26) divorce due to irreconcilable differences after two years of marriage

Jul 1 Ann Serano Lopez divorces actor and talk show host George Lopez (49) due to irreconcilable differences

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Jul 1 Journalist and executive producer Maria Shriver (55) divorces Hollywood action film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger (63) due to irreconcilable differences after 25 years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Jul 1 Leslie Brooks, American actress (b. 1922)
Jul 2 Itamar Franco, 33rd President of Brazil (1992-94), dies at 81
Jul 2 Juno Stover-Irwin, American diver (Olympic silver women's platform 1956, bronze 1952), dies at 82
Jul 2 Oliver Napier, Northern Irish politician (founded Northern Ireland's Alliance party), dies at 75 [1]
Jul 3 Anna Massey, English actress (De Sade, Doll's House), dies at 73
Jul 4 Otto von Habsburg, last crown prince of Austria-Hungary and MEP (1979-1999), dies at 98
Jul 5 Armon Gilliam, American NBA forward, 1987-2000 (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, NJ Nets, and 3 other teams), and college coach, 2001-05 (Penn State), dies of a heart attack at 47
Jul 5 Cy Twombly, American artist (b. 1928)
Jul 5 Malcolm Forsyth, South African-Canadian trombonist and composer (Atayoskewin), dies of pancreatic cancer at 74
Jul 6 John Mackey, American Pro Football HOF tight end (Super Bowl 1970; 3 × First-team All-Pro; 5 × Pro Bowl; Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers), dies at 69
Jul 7 Allan W. Eckert, American historian, naturalist and author ("Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"; "Incident at Hawk's Hill"), dies at 80
Jul 7 Dick Williams, American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1972, 73 Oakland A's) and utility (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of a ruptured aortic aneurysm at 82
Jul 7 Josef Suk, Czech concert violinist (Artist of Merit, 1977), violist, and namesake of composer grandfather, dies of prostate cancer at 81

Betty Ford (1918-2011)

Jul 8 First Lady of the United States (1974-77) and founder of the Betty Ford Center clinic for substance abuse, dies at 93

Jul 8 Mary Fenech Adami, First Lady of Malta (b. 1933)
Jul 8 Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (Home Alone, Deranged, The Great Gatsby), dies of a stroke at 87
Jul 9 Don Ackerman, American basketball player (b. 1930)
Jul 9 Facundo Cabral, Argentine folk, rock, and protest singer-songwriter, shot and killed riding in a car with a concert promoter at 74
Jul 9 Würzel [Michael Burston], British musician (Motörhead), dies of ventricular fibrillation at 61
Jul 10 Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano, dies at 89
Jul 10 Roland Petit, French choreographer and dancer (b. 1924)
Jul 11 George Lascelles, English Earl of Harewood, Director of the Royal Opera House, dies at 88
Jul 12 David Carr, British rock keyboardist (The Fortunes, 1963-68 - "You've Got Your Troubles"; "Here It Comes Again"), dies at 67
Jul 12 Sherwood Schwartz, American television screenwriter and producer (The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island), dies at 94
Jul 13 Allan Jeans, Australian football player and coach (b. 1933)
Jul 13 Jerry Ragovoy, American songwriter ("Piece Of My Heart"; "Time Is On My Side"; "Pata Pata"), and record producer, dies following a stroke at 80
Jul 15 Googie Withers, English actress and dancer (The Lady Vanishes), dies at 94
Jul 16 Forrest Blue, American football player (b. 1944)
Jul 17 David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (b. 1967)
Jul 18 Osvaldo Lacerda, Brazilian composer (Piratininga), and music professor, dies at 84
Jul 19 Karen Khachaturian, Russian composer, dies at 90
Jul 19 Sheila Burrell, British actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark), dies at 89
Jul 20 Lucian Freud, German-British artist (Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, Boy With a Rat), dies at 88
Jul 22 Linda Christian, Mexican actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone), dies at 87
Jul 22 Tom Aldredge, American actor (The Sopranos, What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers), dies at 83

Amy Winehouse (1983-2011)

Jul 23 British singer-songwriter ("Stronger Than Me"; "Rehab"), dies from alcohol poisoning at 27

Jul 23 John Shalikashvili, Polish-American general (NATO), dies at 75
Jul 23 Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician and producer (Wished I'd Stayed With My Mom), dies at 94
Jul 23 Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Premier of South Vietnam (1965-67), dies at 80
Jul 24 Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), dies at 60
Jul 24 Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966)
Jul 24 Jane White, African-American actress and singer (Strange Fruit, Once Upon a Mattress), dies at 88
Jul 25 Arsene Souffriau, Belgian pioneering electronic music composer, dies at 86
Jul 25 Michael Cacoyannis, Greek film director (Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women), dies at 90
Jul 25 Mihalis Kakogiannis, Cypriot filmmaker (b. 1922)
Jul 26 Margaret Olley, Australian still-life and interior painter, dies at 88
Jul 27 Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian writer (The Notebook), dies at 75
Jul 27 Bejaratana Rajasuda, Princess of Thailand (b. 1925)
Jul 27 Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American NPB and MLB baseball pitcher, 1988-2004 (New York Yankees, 1997-2002), takes his own life at 42
Jul 27 Richard Rutt, English bishop of Leicester, dies at 85
Jul 28 Abdul Fatah Younis, Former Libyan Interior Minister, assassinated for pro-Gadaffi ties (b. 1944)
Jul 29 Claude Laydu, Belgian-born Swiss actor (Diary of a Country Priest), dies at 84