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Neptune completes its first orbit of the Sun since its discovery in 1846. //www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-14/neptune-completes-one-year/2794778?WT.mc_id=newsmail (ABC Online)

The body of David Kelly, a scientist at the Ministry of Defence, is found a few miles from his home, leading to the Hutton inquiry.

The Convention on the Future of Europe finishes its work and proposes the first European Constitution.

CIA leak scandal: "Washington Post" columnist Robert Novak publishes the name of Valerie Plame, blowing her cover as a CIA operative.

During Bastille Day celebrations, Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt.

French president Jacques Chirac misses a would-be assassin's bullet during Bastille Day celebrations.

A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.

A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.

July 16 ndash At the 15th G7 summit, leaders call for restrictions on gas emissions.

France celebrates the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution.

Volkswagen closes its Westmoreland Assembly Plant after 10 years of operation (the first factory built by a non-American automaker in the U.S.).

New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon calls a snap election and is heavily defeated by opposition Labour leader David Lange.

Beverly Lynn Burns becomes the first woman Boeing 747 captain in the world.

In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sprays a McDonald's restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed.

Libya severs its diplomatic ties with Morocco.

Near Newark, New Jersey, the Plainfield, NJ, riots also occur.

U.S. spacecraft "Mariner 4" flies by Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.

The United Nations Security Council decides to send troops to Katanga to oversee the withdrawal of Belgian troops.

roups of Kurdish and communist militias rebelled in Kirkuk, Iraq against the central government.

Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.

In Joplin, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument to honor an African American.

Italy declares war on Japan.

Holocaust: By order of the Vichy France government headed by Pierre Laval, French police officers round-up 13,000–20,000 Jews and imprison them in the Winter Velodrome.

Georges Bégué and others escape from the Mauzac prison c.

WWII: Germany introduces the Ostvolk Medal for Soviet personnel in the Wehrmacht.

WWII: Vichy France signs armistice terms, ending all fighting in Syria and Lebanon.

WWII: Winston Churchill, in a worldwide broadcast, proclaims the intention of Great Britain to fight alone against Germany whatever the outcome: We shall seek no terms. We shall tolerate no parley. We may show mercy. We shall ask none.

Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.

International Left Opposition (ILO) is renamed International Communist League (ICL).

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Forming new political parties is forbidden in Germany.

Austria-Hungary ndash A press scare concerning an alleged Greater Serbia conspiracy occurs.

The British Fleet at Spithead is reviewed by the King.

Mexican Revolution: Victoriano Huerta resigns the presidency of Mexico and leaves for Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.

King George V of the United Kingdom summons a conference to discuss the Irish Home Rule problem.

The Government of Ireland Amending Bill is passed by the House of Lords.

The Signal Corps of the United States Army is formed, giving definite status to its air service for the first time.

Count István Tisza makes a statement in the Hungarian chamber regarding relations with Serbia: They must be cleared up.

St Mark's Canile in Venice collapses.

First recorded use of "lime-green" to describe a color."The Daily News" (London).

International Workers Congresses of Paris open and establish the Second International.

Sarah E. Goode is the first female African-American to apply for and receive a patent, for the invention of the hideaway bed.

German administration in Cameroon.

Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.

Dorchester Penitentiary opens in Canada.

First ascent of the Matterhorn: The summit of the Matterhorn in the Alps is reached for the first time, by a party of seven led by the Englishman Edward Whymper four die in a fall during the descent.

15 ndash In Spain, General Leopoldo O'Donnell takes control of the government, bringing an end to the "bienio progresista".

15 ndash In Spain, General Leopoldo O'Donnell takes control of the government, bringing an end to the "bienio progresista".

Organisation of the universal Catholic Apostolic Church, initially in the U.K.

August ndash H. Fox Talbot exposes the world's first known photographic negatives at Lacock Abbey in England.

Kingdom of Hawaii: The Diocese of Honolulu is founded.

Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoire about the molecular content of gases.

mdash David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Columbia River, finding Fort Astoria under construction.

Troops under Colonel Adlercreutz force the Russians to withdraw in Lapua.

The Alien and Sedition Acts become United States law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.

The Priestley Riots break out in Birmingham, England.

French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.

The French Revolution (1789–1799) begins: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners. In rural areas, peasants attack noble manors.

September ndash Construction starts on the Foundling Hospital in London.

William Pulteney is created 1st Earl of Bath in Great Britain.

August 14 ndash Vitus Bering sails northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula, through the Bering Strait, and round Cape Dezhnev.

Late Summer ndash Voltaire ends his exile in England.

Darien scheme: The first Scottish settlers leave for an ill-fated colony in Panama.

A 140,000-man Ottoman force arrives at Vienna and starts to besiege the city.

Battle of Landskrona: Sweden defeats the Danes.

Scottish poet Alexander Montgomerie is declared an outlaw after the collapse of a Catholic plot.

King Dominicus Corea (Edirille Bandara) is beheaded by the Portuguese in Colombo, Ceylon.

Pope Pius V issues "Quo Primum", promulgating the 1570 edition of the Roman Missal.

the Muscovites defeat the Lithuanians and the Poles in the Battle of Vedrosha.

August ndash Second Battle of Lepanto: The Turkish fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians. The Turks proceed to capture Modon and Coron, the two eyes of the Republic.

Battle of Shelon: The forces of Muscovy defeat the Republic of Novgorod.

March ndash Philip of Swabia is elected King of Germany by his supporters.

July ndash Otto of Brunswick is crowned King of Germany by the House of Welf.

donation of Altavilla: Bohemond I, the new crusader ruler of Antioch grants commercial privileges and the right to use warehouses (fondaco) and the church of Saint John to the Republic of Genoa. This marks the beginning of Italian merchant settlements in the Levant.

John of England captures a party of eighteen French knights many men-at-arms in the ongoing conflict against France."King John" by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 47 King Richard I of England introduces a new Great Seal in an attempt to keep the war against France funded. The government proclaims that charters previously struck with the old seal are no longer valid and must be renewed with a fresh payment."King John" by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 62 The office of Lord Warden of the Stannaries is also introduced to tax the produce of tin mines in Cornwall and Devon."King John" by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 124

Frederick II, infant son of German KingHenry VI, is crowned King of Sicily.

Pope Stephen VIII succeeds Pope Leo VII as the 127th pope.