Editing 2001 (section)

===July===
* July – The largest ever recorded outbreak of [[Legionnaires' disease]] occurs in [[Murcia]], Spain. 449 cases are confirmed, with more than 800 suspected ones.<ref name="auto17"/>
* [[July 2]] – The world's first self-contained [[artificial heart]] is implanted in [[Robert Tools]] in the United States.<ref name="Jet-2001">{{cite book|author=Johnson Publishing Company|title=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-7QDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|date=10 September 2001|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|pages=22|access-date=October 31, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207101217/https://books.google.com/books?id=-7QDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 4]] – [[Vladivostok Air Flight 352]] crashes on approach while landing at [[Irkutsk Airport]], Russia, killing all 145 people aboard.<ref name="ASN">{{cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M RA-85845 Burdakovka |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010704-0 |access-date=2022-11-20 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120043737/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010704-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 7]] – [[2001 Bradford riots]]: Ethnic violence is provoked in [[Bradford]], England, by the far-right [[National Front (UK)|National Front]] and far-left [[Anti-Nazi League]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2001-07-08 |title=Race riots ignite Bradford |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/jul/08/uk.race |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120215447/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/jul/08/uk.race |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 12]] – The [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] releases its [[IPCC Third Assessment Report|Third Assessment Report]].<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=213}}
* [[July 13]] – The [[International Olympic Committee]] chooses Beijing to host the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/13/sports/beijing-is-selected-as-2008-host-city.html| title = Beijing Is Selected as 2008 Host City| first = Jere| last = Longman| website = The New York Times| date = July 13, 2001| access-date = September 18, 2017| archive-date = September 18, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170918110655/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/13/sports/beijing-is-selected-as-2008-host-city.html| url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[July 14]] – [[Agra Summit]]: India and Pakistan begin talks to improve relations. The summit ends inconclusively on July 16.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-07-17 |title=Agra summit at a glance |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1430367.stm |access-date=2022-11-24 |archive-date=January 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103201846/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1430367.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 16]] – China and Russia sign the [[2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tyler |first=Patrick E. |date=2001-07-17 |title=Russia and China Sign 'Friendship' Pact |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/world/russia-and-china-sign-friendship-pact.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120043739/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/world/russia-and-china-sign-friendship-pact.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Vladimir Putin 22 July 2001-1.jpg|thumb|Photo session of the G8 leaders in Genoa, 2001: ({{Abbr|L–R|Left to right}}) [[Junichiro Koizumi]], [[Tony Blair]], [[George W. Bush]], [[Jacques Chirac]], [[Silvio Berlusconi]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Jean Chretien]], [[Gerhard Schroeder]], [[Guy Verhofstadt]], and [[Romano Prodi]]]]
* [[July 20]]–[[July 22|22]] – The [[27th G8 summit]] takes place in [[Genoa]], Italy. Massive demonstrations, drawing an estimated 200,000 people, are held against the meeting by members of the [[anti-globalization movement]]. One demonstrator, [[Death of Carlo Giuliani|Carlo Giuliani]], is killed by a policeman, and several others are injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-07-21 |title=G8 summit death shocks leaders |url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/07/20/genoa.protests/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=CNN |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120043738/http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/07/20/genoa.protests/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]] is [[Inauguration of Megawati Sukarnoputri|inaugurated]] as the first female president of Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ningrum |first=Desi Aditia |date=2019-10-19 |title=Presiden Megawati dan Pelantikan Dalam Sunyi |trans-title=President Megawati and the Silent Inauguration |url=https://www.merdeka.com/politik/presiden-megawati-dan-pelantikan-dalam-sunyi.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=merdeka.com |language=Indonesian |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120233014/https://www.merdeka.com/politik/presiden-megawati-dan-pelantikan-dalam-sunyi.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 24]]
** [[Bandaranaike Airport attack]]: The [[Tamil Tigers]] bomb the [[Bandaranaike International Airport]] in Sri Lanka during the [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]].<ref name="Jane's Intelligence Review">{{cite web |year=2001 |title=Intelligence failures exposed by Tamil Tiger airport attack |url=http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir010903_1_n.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225162532/http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir010903_1_n.shtml |archive-date=February 25, 2008 |access-date=June 3, 2006 |publisher=Jane's Intelligence Review}}</ref>
** [[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]], deposed as the last [[Tsar of Bulgaria]] when a child, is sworn in as the democratically elected 48th [[List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria|Prime Minister of Bulgaria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1455674.stm|title=Bulgaria's ex-King swears oath to republic|website=BBC|date=25 July 2001|access-date=March 5, 2022|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107215126/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1455674.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] – Moldova joins the World Trade Organization.<ref name="auto23"/>
* [[July 28]] – [[Alejandro Toledo]] becomes the [[President of Peru]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-07-28 |title=Peru's Toledo swears in as president, vows to fight poverty |url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/07/28/peru.toledo/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=CNN |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120215448/http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/07/28/peru.toledo/ |url-status=live }}</ref>