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===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; In [[Nashville, Tennessee]], an inbound local train [[Great Train Wreck of 1918|collides with an outbound express]], killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Johnny Weissmuller]] swims the [[freestyle swimming|100 meters freestyle]] in 58.6 seconds breaking the world [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] record and the 'minute barrier'.
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Chiang Kai-shek]] accepts the post of commander-in-chief of the [[National Revolutionary Army]], marking the beginning of the [[Northern Expedition]] to unite [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]] under the rule of the [[Nationalist government]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilbur|first=C. Martin|title=The Nationalist Revolution in China, 1923-1928|date=1983|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=[[Cambridge]], England |isbn=9780521318648|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHrQKIKvZK8C |page=56}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThUXZA0ehXoC |title=Warlord Politics in China: 1916 – 1928 |last=Hsi-Sheng |first=Ch'I |date=1976 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford, California |isbn=9780804766197|page=225}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; The state of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] revolts against the [[Brazil]]ian Federal Government, starting the [[Constitutionalist Revolution]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; The silent film archives of [[Fox Film Corporation]] are destroyed by the [[1937 Fox vault fire]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Allied invasion of Sicily]] begins, leading to the [[25 Luglio|downfall of Mussolini]] and forcing [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] to break off the [[Battle of Kursk]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: American forces [[Battle of Saipan|take Saipan]], bringing the [[Japanese archipelago]] within range of [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress|B-29]] raids, and causing the downfall of the [[Hideki Tojo|Tojo government]].
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: [[Continuation War]]: Finland wins the [[Battle of Tali–Ihantala]], the largest battle ever fought in [[northern Europe]]. The [[Red Army]] withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the [[Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive]].
*[[1955]] &ndash; The [[Russell–Einstein Manifesto]] calls for a reduction of the risk of [[nuclear warfare]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; The 7.7 {{M|w}} [[1956 Amorgos earthquake|Amorgos earthquake]] shakes the [[Cyclades]] island group in the [[Aegean Sea]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
*[[1958]] &ndash; A 7.8 {{M|w}} strike-slip [[1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami|earthquake in Alaska]] causes a [[landslide]] that produces a [[megatsunami]]. The runup from the waves reached {{convert|525|m|abbr=on}} on the rim of [[Lituya Bay]]; five people were killed.
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Greece]] becomes the first member state to join the [[European Economic Community]] by signing the Athens Agreement, which was suspended in 1967 during the [[Greek junta]].<ref>[https://www.cvce.eu/content/publication/1999/1/1/61a2a7a5-39a9-4b06-91f8-69ae77b41515/publishable_en.pdf The accession of Greece ] cvce.eu</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Starfish Prime]] tests the effects of a [[High-altitude nuclear explosion|nuclear test at orbital altitudes]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; The [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|Pinochet dictatorship]] in Chile organises the youth event of [[Acto de Chacarillas]],<ref name="mercurio">{{cite web |url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/20802967/Los-77-de-Chacarillas |title=La Juventud en Chacarillas |work=[[El Mercurio]] |date=July 9, 1977 |accessdate=January 5, 2015}}</ref> a ritualised act reminiscent of [[Francoist Spain]].<ref name=Yanko2015>{{cite journal |last1=González |first1=Yanko |date=2015 |title=El "Golpe Generacional" y la Secretaría Nacional de la Juventud: purga, disciplinamiento y resocialización de las identidades juveniles bajo Pinochet (1973–1980) |journal=[[Atenea]] |volume=512 |issue= 512|pages=10.4067/S0718–04622015000200006 |doi= 10.4067/S0718-04622015000200006|language=es |trans-title=The "Generational Putsch" and the National youth Office: Purge, disciplining and resocialization of youth identities under Pinochet (1973–1980) |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; A car bomb destroys a [[Renault]] motor car owned by "[[Nazi hunter]]s" [[Serge Klarsfeld|Serge]] and [[Beate Klarsfeld]] outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Pan Am Flight 759]] crashes in [[Kenner, Louisiana]], killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[New Zealand Parliament]] passes the [[Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986|Homosexual Law Reform Act]] [[LGBT rights in New Zealand|legalising homosexuality in New Zealand]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Canada]] passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of [[Nunavut]], dividing the [[Northwest Territories]] into arctic ([[Inuit]]) and sub-arctic ([[Dene]]) lands based on a [[1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite|plebiscite]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Navaly church bombing]] is carried out by the [[Sri Lanka Air Force]] killing 125 [[Tamil people|Tamil]] civilian refugees.
*[[1997]] &ndash; A [[Fokker 100]] from the Brazilian airline [[LATAM Brasil|TAM]] launches engineer [[LATAM Brasil#Incidents and accidents|Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos]] into 2,400 meters of free fall after an explosion that depressurized the aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1997-07-09|title=Acidente com avião da TAM mata um em São Paulo|language=pt|work=Folha de S.Paulo|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fol/geral/ge09071.htm|access-date=2011-07-09}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Iran student protests, July 1999|Days of student protests]] begin after [[Iran]]ian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the [[University of Tehran]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; The [[African Union]] is established in Addis Ababa, [[Ethiopia]], replacing the [[Organisation of African Unity]] (OAU). The organization's first chairman is [[Thabo Mbeki]], President of [[South Africa]].
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence]] is released by the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]], casting doubt on the [[rationale for the Iraq War]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 9, 2004 |title=News Conference on Senate Intelligence Committee Report |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/09/politics/news-conference-on-senate-intelligence-committee-report.html |url-access=subscription |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412180850/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/09/politics/news-conference-on-senate-intelligence-committee-report.html |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when [[S7 Airlines Flight 778]], an [[Airbus A310]] passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at [[International Airport Irkutsk|Irkutsk Airport]] in [[Siberia]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[South Sudan]] gains independence and secedes from [[Sudan]].
*  2011   &ndash; [[Bersih 2.0 rally|A rally takes place]] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-07-09|title=Malaysia: Police fire tear gas at banned rally|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-14076424|access-date=2021-06-28}}</ref>