July 7
People born on this day are Cancer.
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The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
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NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
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A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
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The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
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A man goes on a killing spree in Grand Rapids, Michigan, killing seven and wounding two before killing himself.
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At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
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A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
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Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen, killing five of them, in downtown Dallas, Texas at the end of a protest of recent police killings of Black men. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.
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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted with 122 countries voting in favour.
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The United States defeated the Netherlands 2–0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final in Lyon, France.
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Haitian crisis: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated in his residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
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Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
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2005Ron Holland, American basketball player
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1999Moussa Diaby, French footballer
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1997James Marriott, English musician and online content creator
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1996Yoon Chae-kyung, South Korean singer and actress
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1994Nigina Abduraimova, Uzbekistani tennis player
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1994Timothy Cathcart, Northern Irish race car driver (died 2014)
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1994Ashton Irwin, Australian musician
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1992Dominik Furman, Polish footballer
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1991Alesso, Swedish DJ, record producer and musician
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1990Lee Addy, Ghanaian footballer
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1989Landon Cassill, American race car driver
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1989Karl-August Tiirmaa, Estonian skier
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