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===July=== *[[July 1]] β [[Greek government-debt crisis]]: [[Greece]] becomes the first advanced economy to miss a payment to the [[International Monetary Fund]] in the 71-year history of the IMF.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bad5c392-1f45-11e5-ab0f-6bb9974f25d0.html#axzz3eauRYIYW |title=Payment failure pitches IMF into uncharted territory |work=Financial Times |date=June 30, 2015|last1=Donnan|first1=Shawn}}</ref> *[[July 5]]β[[July 13|13]] β Greek government-debt crisis: After six months of clashes and futile negotiations between Greece's [[January 2015 Greek legislative election|newly elected]], leftist government and the country's creditors, over the austerity measures imposed through bailout programmes, tension peaks as Greece [[2015 Greek bailout referendum|votes]] in a referendum to reject the terms offered in a third programme;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33403665 |title=Greece debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer |work=BBC |date=July 6, 2015 |access-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613220022/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33403665 |url-status=live }}</ref> however, the government eventually proceeds to concur to [[Third Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece|harsher terms]] than those offered before, in what was widely characterized as a coup on the creditors' part.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/12/thisisacoup_n_7781736.html |title=German-Led Eurozone Launching Coup Against Greek Government |work=Huffington Post |date=2015-07-12 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301100520/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/12/thisisacoup_n_7781736.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 14]] ** NASA's ''[[New Horizons]]'' spacecraft performs a close flyby of [[Pluto]], becoming the first spacecraft in history to visit the distant world.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Horizons: Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33524589 |date=July 14, 2015 |work=BBC |access-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603052313/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33524589 |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[Iran]] [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|agrees]] to long-term limits of its [[nuclear program of Iran|nuclear program]] in exchange for sanctions relief.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Michael |last2=Sanger |first2=David |title=Deal Reached on Iran Nuclear Program; Limits on Fuel Would Lessen With Time |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-deal-is-reached-after-long-negotiations.html?_r=0 |access-date=July 15, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 14, 2015 |archive-date=July 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715164527/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-deal-is-reached-after-long-negotiations.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 20]] β [[Cuba]] and the [[United States]], ending 54 years of hostility between the nations, [[Cuban thaw|reestablish full diplomatic relations]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33590417 |title=Cuban flag flies in Washington as relations restored |date=2015-07-20 |work=BBC News |access-date=2015-07-21 |archive-date=July 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720075249/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33590417 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 24]] β [[Turkey]] begins [[Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War|a series of airstrikes]] against [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]] and [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] targets after the [[2015 SuruΓ§ bombing]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/mideast-crisis-turkey-idUSKCN0PZ0A120150725 |title=Turkey strikes Islamic State, Kurdish militants in drive for "safe zone" |last=Toksabay |first=Ece |date=2017-07-25 |work=Reuters |access-date=2017-02-26 |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613222728/https://www.reuters.com/article/mideast-crisis-turkey-idUSKCN0PZ0A120150725 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 29]] β [[Microsoft]] releases the desktop operating system [[Windows 10]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=David |date=2015-06-01 |title=Microsoft announces Windows 10 release date: July 29 |url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/01/technology/windows-10-release-date/index.html |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=CNNMoney |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027201613/https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/01/technology/windows-10-release-date/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 31]] β The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Beijing]] the right to host the [[2022 Winter Olympics]].<ref name="CNN 2021 v007">{{cite web | title=2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Fast Facts | website=CNN | date=May 26, 2021 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/world/2022-beijing-winter-olympics-fast-facts/index.html | access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref>
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