Historical Events
- Jul 1 17 people are killed and 45 injured in an attack on two churches in Garissa, Kenya
Senior Players Championship
Jul 1 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Fox Chapel GC: Joe Daley wins his lone career major title by 2 strokes from Tom Lehman
- Jul 1 UEFA European Championship Final, Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine: Spain crush Italy, 4-0 to retain their title
- Jul 2 GlaxoSmithKline settles the largest healthcare fraud case in history for US$3 Billion
- Jul 2 Monsoon rain in East India kills at least 79 people and leaves 2.2 million homeless
- Jul 3 Antonio Esfandiari wins a record $18.3 million after winning the 2012 World Series of Poker $1,000,000 Buy-In
- Jul 3 Truck bombing kills 25 people and wounds 40 in Diwaniyah, Iraq
- Jul 4 12th century manuscript Codex Calixtinus from Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Spain, rediscovered, after been stolen, in the garage of an employee of the cathedral [1]
- Jul 4 Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announce the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson, the so-called 'God particle'
Election of Interest
Jul 5 Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party is elected President of Mexico after a recount following irregularities
Event of Interest
Jul 5 Former Argentine president and dictator Jorge Rafael Videla is sentenced to 50 years imprisonment for the abduction of about 400 babies born to political prisoners
- Jul 5 Harness racing trainer/driver Dave Palone sets a new North American record for wins when he drives Herculotte Hanover to the winner's circle for his 15,181st career victory
- Jul 5 South Korea announce plans to begin "scientific' whaling of minke whales
- Jul 5 The Shard, the tallest building in Europe, is opened in London, at 309.6 metres (1,016 ft)
- Jul 6 Gunmen kill 18 people in Turbat, Pakistan
- Jul 7 Floods in the Krasnodar region, Russia, kill 140 people
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to win her 5th Wimbledon singles crown; 5 hours later teams with sister Venus to win doubles title
- Jul 8 Roadside car bomb kills 14 civilians in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province
- Jul 8 Tens of thousands protest over election corruption in Mexico City after Enrique Peña Nieto's win in the country's presidential election
- Jul 8 US Open Women's Golf, Blackwolf Run: Na Yeon Choi of South Korea wins her first major championship, 4 strokes ahead of compatriot Amy Yang
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins 7th Wimbledon and 17th Grand Slam title; beats Andy Murray 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4
- Jul 10 83rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
- Jul 10 The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages
ESPY Awards
Jul 11 20th ESPY Awards: LeBron James, Brittney Griner win
Steve Nash Traded to the Lakers
Jul 11 Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers
- Jul 11 Police academy suicide bombing kills 20 in Sana'a, Yemen
- Jul 11 S/2012 P 1, the fifth moon of Pluto is discovered
- Jul 12 200 people are killed by the Syrian army in Tremseh
- Jul 12 45th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
- Jul 12 90-155 people are killed after an oil tanker crashes and explodes in Okogbe, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Jul 13 19-30 people are killed after a train collides with a truck in Malelane, South Africa
- Jul 13 China's economic growth drops to 7.6%, its lowest level for three years
- Jul 13 Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division
- Jul 14 Floods on the Japanese island of Kyushu kill 20 and displace 250,000
- Jul 14 Suicide bomber attacks a wedding reception and kills 22 people and inures 22 in northern Afghanistan
- Jul 15 39 pilgrims are killed in a bus crash in Parasi, Nepal
- Jul 15 A Russian Soyuz rocket with an international team launches for a mission to the International Space Station
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 15 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Indianwood G &CC: Englishman Roger Chapman wins by 2 strokes ahead of Bernhard Langer, Fred Funk, Corey Pavin & Tom Lehman
The Dark Knight Rises
Jul 16 "The Dark Knight Rises", directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale and Anne Hathaway, premieres in New York
- Jul 17 17 people are wounded in a bar shooting in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Jul 18 14 people are killed after a bomb explosion at Pakistan's Orakzai Agency
- Jul 18 24 people are killed after a ferry sinks off the coast of Zanzibar
- Jul 18 6 Israeli tourists are killed and 30 injured after a bomb explodes on a tourist bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria
Appointment of Interest
Jul 18 Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army
- Jul 18 Syrian suicide bombing kills three high profile government officials, including Syria's Minister of Defence
- Jul 18 Violence across Syria results in 97 deaths
- Jul 20 12 people are killed and 59 injured after a gunman opens fire at a Dark Knight movie premier in Aurora, Colorado,
- Jul 20 21 people are killed and 29 injured in a bus accident in Nayarit, Mexico
- Jul 22 99th Tour de France won by Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain
- Jul 22 At least 77 people are killed by torrential rain in Beijing, China
British Golf Open
Jul 22 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: South African Ernie Els wins his 2nd Claret Jug, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Adam Scott of Australia
- Jul 22 Car bombs kills 20 people and injures 80 in Madaen and Najaf, Iraq
- Jul 22 Hashim Amla smashes 311 not out in South Africa's inning and 12 run 1st Test win over England at The Oval; first South African to score a triple-century in Test cricket
- Jul 22 Pranab Mukherjee is elected 13th President of India
- Jul 23 A series of attacks across Iraq kill 103 people
Friends Forever: A Novel
Jul 24 Danielle Steel’s novel “Friends Forever: A Novel” is published
- Jul 24 Four barrels containing 248 human fetuses are found in Sverdlovsk, Russia
- Jul 24 John Dramani becomes President of Ghana after the death of President John Atta Mills
- Jul 25 Italy's credit rating is downgraded to CCC+ by Egan-Jones
- Jul 25 Ivica Dačić is sworn in as Prime Minister of Serbia
- Jul 25 The 2012 Summer Olympics begin (Opening ceremony 27th)
- Jul 25 The double dip recession in the UK economy continues with a fall of 0.7% in GDP in the second quarter of 2012
- Jul 25 The UK economy returns to recession with a fall of 0.2% in GDP in the first quarter of 2012 following a fall of 0.3% in the last quarter of 2011
- Jul 26 At least 200 people are killed in a day of violence in Syria
- Jul 26 Insurgent attack kills 19 people and destroys a helicopter at Baqubah, Iraq
- Jul 26 North Korea is hit by Tropical Storm Khanun, killing 88 people and leaving 60,000 people homeless
London Olympics Opening Ceremony
Jul 27 Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympics in London, United Kingdom (with some help from 007)
- Jul 28 18 people are killed and 11 injured in ethnic clashes in Ethiopia
- Jul 28 Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley (4:28.43) to take the gold medal at the London Olympics
Senior Open Championship
Jul 29 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Fred Couples wins by 2 strokes from fellow American Gary Hallberg
- Jul 29 Tropical Storm Khanun kills 88 people and leaves 60,000 homeless in North Korea
- Jul 30 General Motors (Chevrolet) sign a record breaking 7 year $559 million sponsorship deal with EPL club Manchester United
- Jul 30 Indian power grid failure leaves over 300 million without electricity
- Jul 30 Train fire kills 32 and injures 27 people in Andhra Pradesh, India
- Jul 31 A second power grid failure in India in two days leaves 670 million people without power
Music History
Jul 31 Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band perform their longest show ever, at Olympiastadion in Helsinki, Finland - clocking in at 4 hours and 6 minutes
Olympic Games
Jul 31 Germany wins London Olympic equestrian eventing final; daughter of Princess Anne, Zara Phillips part of GB silver medal winning team
Phelps Medal Record
Jul 31 Michael Phelps becomes the greatest medal winner in Olympic history as part of the winning American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team in London; Phelps' 19th career Olympic medal and 15th overall gold
- Jul 31 Two car bombs kill 21 people in Baghdad, Iraq
Famous Weddings
- Jul 4 American NFL wide receiver Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson (34) weds American "Basketball Wives" TV personality Evelyn Lozada (36) in Saint Martin; she files for divorce 5 weeks later
- Jul 4 Mexican-American "Grey's Anatomy" actress Sara Ramirez (36) weds TIMEC's business analyst Ryan Debolt in a private beachside ceremony in New York; separate in 2021
- Jul 7 "The Office" Ellie Kemper (32) weds former "Conan O'Brien" writer Michael Koman at the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church in New York City
Louis Theroux
Jul 7 Documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux (42) weds TV director Nancy Strang (37)
- Jul 21 2010 American Idol winner Lee DeWyze (26) weds model-actress Jonna Walsh at Maravilla Gardens in Camarillo, California
- Jul 26 NBA guard Rafer Alston (36) weds "Basketball Wives" star Ashley Walker at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida
- Jul 28 "Franklin & Bash" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar (38) weds advertising executive Catriona McGinn at the Sunstone winery in Santa Ynez, California
Famous Divorces
Russell Brand & Katy Perry
Jul 16 British actor-comedian Russell Brand (36) divorces American pop star Katy Perry (27) due to irreconcilable differences a year after the fairy-tale wedding in India
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano, dies at 86
- Jul 1 Loyd Gentry, American thoroughbred trainer (Kentucky Derby 1967 Proud Clarion), dies of heart failure at 86
- Jul 2 Ben Davidson, American actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R) and football player, dies from prostate cancer at 72
- Jul 3 Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock), dies from a heart attack at 86
- Jul 4 Eric Sykes, British radio, stage and television comedy writer, actor and director (Goon Show, Sykes and A...), dies at 89
- Jul 4 Jimmy Bivins [James], American Hall of Fame boxer, dies from pneumonia at 92
- Jul 4 Larance Marable, American jazz drummer (Charlie Haden's Quartet West; Stan Getz; Groove Holmes), dies at 83
- Jul 6 Charles David Ganao, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, dies at 85
- Jul 7 Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician, President Swiss Federal Council (1984), dies at 87
Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012)
Jul 8 American Academy Award-winning actor (Marty; From Here To Eternity; ; McHale's Navy; The Poseidon Adventure), dies from renal failure at 95
- Jul 9 Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, dies at 91
- Jul 9 Terepai Maoate, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, dies from prostate cancer at 78
- Jul 12 Alimuddin, Pakistani cricket batsman (25 Tests, 2 x 100s, 7 x 50s; Rajputana, Karachi), dies at 81
- Jul 13 Jerzy Kulej, Polish light welterweight boxer and politician, dies from a heart attack at 71
- Jul 13 Richard Darryl Zanuck, American Academy Award-winning film producer, dies from a heart attack at 77
- Jul 14 Sixten Jernberg, Swedish skier, dies at 83
- Jul 15 Celeste Holm, American actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve), dies at 95
- Jul 16 Bob Babbitt [Kreinar], Hungarian-American bassist (The Funk Brothers), dies of brain cancer at 74
- Jul 16 Jon Lord, English keyboardist and composer (Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"; Whitesnake), dies from a pulmonary embolism at 71
- Jul 16 Kitty Wells [Ellen Deason], American country singer ("It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"), dies from complications after a stroke at 92
- Jul 17 Ilhan Mimaroglu, Turkish electronic music composer and musician, dies at 86
- Jul 17 William Raspberry, American columnist (Pulitzer 1994), dies at 76
- Jul 18 Rajesh Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor officially titled "The First Superstar of Indian cinema", dies of kidney problems at 69
- Jul 19 Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and intelligence officer, dies from a heart attack at 76
- Jul 20 Dorothy Germain Porter, American golfer (US Curtis Cup winning captain 1966), dies at 88
- Jul 20 Simon Ward, English actor, dies at 70
- Jul 20 Sir Alastair Burnet [James William Alexander Burnet], British journalist and broadcaster (News at Ten), dies at 84
- Jul 21 Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-born American journalist, dies from cancer at 72
- Jul 21 Don Wilson, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests, 11 wickets; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 74
- Jul 21 James D. Ramage, American Naval Aviator in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War, dies at 96
- Jul 22 George A. Miller, American psychologist, dies at 92
- Jul 22 Nan Merriman, American-Dutch singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra), dies at 92
- Jul 23 Robert Cage, American blues guitarist (From Lake Mary), dies at 75
Sally Ride (1951-2012)
Jul 23 American astronaut and 1st American woman in space, dies of pancreatic cancer at 61
- Jul 24 Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], American actor (Medical Center, Airplane II), dies from lung cancer at 75
- Jul 24 John Atta Mills, Ghanaian President, dies at 68
- Jul 24 Robert Ledley, American scientist (invented the CT scanner), dies at 86
- Jul 24 Sherman Hemsley, American actor (All in the Family; The Jeffersons; Amen), dies from natural causes at 74
- Jul 26 Franz West, Austrian artist, dies at 65
- Jul 27 Geoffrey Hughes, British actor, dies from prostate cancer at 68
- Jul 27 Norman Alden, American character actor (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden), dies from natural causes at 87
- Jul 27 R G Armstrong [Robert Golden], American actor (Predator, Dick Tracey, T.H.E. Cat), dies of natural causes at 95
- Jul 27 Tony Martin, American singer, dies from natural causes at 98
- Jul 30 Maeve Binchy [Snell], Irish novelist (Light a Penny Candle), dies at 72
- Jul 31 Bobby Edwards [Moncrief], American country singer-songwriter ("You're The Reason"), dies at 86
- Jul 31 Gore Vidal, American author (Myra Breckinridge; Lincoln), dies from pneumonia at 86
