Editing 2019 (section)

=== July ===
* July – The [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) reports, on August 15, that July 2019 has been the hottest month on record globally, at 0.95&nbsp;°C (1.71&nbsp;°F) above the [[List of periods and events in climate history|20th-century average]].<ref>{{cite news |title=July 2019 was hottest month on record for the planet |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190815130854.htm |date=August 15, 2019 |work=Science Daily |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815225609/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190815130854.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Global Climate Report – July 2019 |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201907 |date=August 15, 2019 |work=NOAA |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815225619/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201907 |archive-date=August 15, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=July 2019 was hottest month on record for the planet |url=https://www.noaa.gov/news/july-2019-was-hottest-month-on-record-for-planet |date=August 15, 2019 |work=NOAA |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816001155/https://www.noaa.gov/news/july-2019-was-hottest-month-on-record-for-planet |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 1]] 
** [[Finland]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]], after the [[2019 Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Romanian presidency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/finland-takes-over-presidency-of-eu-council/1519871|title=Finland takes over presidency of EU Council|date=July 1, 2019|language=en|website=aa.com.tr}}</ref>
** Japan resumes [[Whaling in Japan|commercial whaling]] after a 30-year moratorium, following its withdrawal from the [[International Whaling Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48821797|title=Japanese whalers set sail for commercial hunting|date=July 1, 2019|access-date=July 1, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=July 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701041833/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48821797|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/01/japan-resumes-commercial-whaling-for-first-time-in-30-years|title=Japan resumes commercial whaling for first time in 30 years|date=July 1, 2019|access-date=July 1, 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=July 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701025458/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/01/japan-resumes-commercial-whaling-for-first-time-in-30-years|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Japan announces tightening high-tech exports to South Korea, thus begin the [[Japan–South Korea trade dispute|trade dispute between the two countries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-japan-laborers/japan-to-tighten-export-rules-for-high-tech-materials-to-south-korea-media-idUSKCN1TV089|title=Japan to tighten export rules for high-tech materials to South Korea: media|date=July 1, 2019|website=[[Reuters]]|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903212909/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-japan-laborers/japan-to-tighten-export-rules-for-high-tech-materials-to-south-korea-media-idUSKCN1TV089|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] confirms that [[Iran]] has breached the limit on its stockpile of [[enriched uranium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-48784786|title=Iran nuclear deal: Enriched uranium limit breached, IAEA confirms|date=July 1, 2019|access-date=July 1, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=July 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701110338/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-48784786|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]]: During the annual July 1 protests that mark the anniversary of the [[Handover of Hong Kong|British handover of the city to China]], a group of a few hundred protesters stormed the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]], defacing various portraits and destroying furniture before being dispersed by police using [[tear gas]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/world/asia/china-hong-kong-protest.html|title=Hong Kong Protesters Storm Legislature, Dividing the Movement|last=Hernández|first=Javier C.|date=July 1, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 3, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702232351/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/world/asia/china-hong-kong-protest.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** A fire on the Russian deep-diving submarine ''[[Russian submarine Losharik|Losharik]]'' kills 14 crew members. Submarine commander Denis Dolonsky is among those killed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Will |title=Seven captains from secret unit killed in Russia sub disaster |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/seven-captains-killed-in-russia-sub-disaster-after-risking-lives-to-save-vessel-a4181271.html |access-date=July 3, 2019 |work=Evening Standard |date=July 12, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703162247/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/seven-captains-killed-in-russia-sub-disaster-after-risking-lives-to-save-vessel-a4181271.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 2]] – A total [[Solar eclipse of July 2, 2019|solar eclipse]] occurs over [[South America]]. It is the 58th solar eclipse from [[Solar Saros 127|Saros cycle 127]].<ref>{{citation |title=NASA – Total Solar Eclipse of 2019 July 02 |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=20190702 |date=January 29, 2018 |access-date=December 29, 2018 |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122182454/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=20190702 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.axios.com/total-solar-eclipse-graces-south-american-sky-1e9373af-0dbe-4472-bb9d-477e6196eab9.html|title=Total solar eclipse graces South American skies|date=July 2, 2019|work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312050442/https://www.axios.com/total-solar-eclipse-graces-south-american-sky-1e9373af-0dbe-4472-bb9d-477e6196eab9.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 3]] – [[2019 Tajoura migrant center airstrike]]: An airstrike by Field Marshal [[Khalifa Haftar]]'s [[Libyan National Army]] hits the Tajoura Detention Center outside [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], [[Libya]], while hundreds of people are inside the facility, killing at least 53 of them and injuring 130 others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libya migrants 'fired on after fleeing attack' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48871430 |access-date=July 12, 2019 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=July 4, 2019 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202220841/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48871430 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 7]] – [[2019 Greek legislative election]]: The [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party wins 158 of 300 seats in the [[Hellenic Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2019-07-11 |title=Greece elections: Centre-right regains power under Kyriakos Mitsotakis – BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48902766 |access-date=2022-01-28 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711134534/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48902766 |archive-date=11 July 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nationwide {{!}} National elections – July 2019|url=https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/home/en/parties/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=ekloges.ypes.gr|archive-date=January 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123233755/https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/v/home/en/parties/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 10]] – The last [[Volkswagen Beetle]] rolls off the line in [[Puebla (city)|Puebla]], Mexico. The last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.<ref>{{citation|website=Sin Embargo|url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/13-07-2019/3611865|title=De los nazis a los hippies: el fin de la ruta del escarabajo se dio en México, donde se reprodujo por miles|date=July 13, 2019|access-date=July 14, 2019|language=es|trans-title=From Nazis to Hippies, end of the road for "Beetle" in Mexico, where it had been produced by the thousand|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601154034/https://www.sinembargo.mx/13-07-2019/3611865|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] – [[Asasey Hotel attack]]: A car bomb and a gun attack kill at least 26 people, including two prominent journalists and nine foreigners, in [[Kismayo]], [[Somalia]]. Islamist group [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]] claims responsibility.<ref>{{citation|title=Kismayo attack: At least 26 dead as gunmen storm Somali hotel|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48969781|work=[[BBC News]]|date=July 13, 2019|access-date=July 13, 2019|archive-date=July 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713000817/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48969781|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 13]] – [[Hurricane Barry (2019)|Hurricane Barry]] strikes the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]], killing one and causing over $500 million (2019 USD) in damages.
* [[July 16]] – The [[European Parliament]] elects [[Ursula von der Leyen]] as the new [[President of the European Commission]]. Succeeding [[Jean-Claude Juncker]], she will be sworn in on December 1, 2019. She is the first female to be elected to this office in EU history.<ref>{{citation|title=Von der Leyen elected EU Commission head after MEPs vote|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49010801|work=[[BBC News]]|date=July 16, 2019|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-date=September 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901070402/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49010801|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Germany's Ursula von der Leyen elected first female European Commission President|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/16/europe/ursula-von-der-leyen-european-union-president-intl/index.html|work=[[CNN]]|date=July 16, 2019|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716203416/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/16/europe/ursula-von-der-leyen-european-union-president-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 17]]
**''[[United States v. Guzmán]]'': [[Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán]], former head of the [[Sinaloa Cartel]], which became the biggest supplier of drugs to the U.S., is sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.<ref>{{citation|title=El Chapo trial: Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán gets life in prison|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49022208|work=[[BBC News]]|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=July 17, 2019|archive-date=July 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717144211/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49022208|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) declares the [[Kivu Ebola epidemic]] to be a [[public health emergency of international concern]].<ref>{{citation|title=DR Congo Ebola declared public health emergency|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49025298|work=[[BBC News]]|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=July 17, 2019|archive-date=July 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717180245/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49025298|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 18]] – 36 people are killed and more than 30 others injured after an [[Kyoto Animation arson attack|arson attack]] at an animation company in [[Kyoto]], Japan.<ref>{{citation|title=Kyoto Animation studio fire: more than 20 dead after arson attack in Japan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/18/dead-suspected-arson-attack-kyoto-animation-japan|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=July 18, 2019|access-date=July 18, 2019|archive-date=July 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718113140/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/18/dead-suspected-arson-attack-kyoto-animation-japan|url-status=live}}</ref> It is one of the [[List of massacres in Japan|deadliest massacres]] in the country's history since the end of [[World War II]] and the deadliest building fire in the country in 18 years, since the [[Myojo 56 building fire]] in 2001.<ref>
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* [[July 19]] – The [[Iran]]ian [[Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] captures [[United Kingdom|British]] tanker ''Stena Impero'' and temporarily seizes British-operated and [[Liberia]]n-flagged tanker ''Mesdar'' in the [[Persian Gulf]]. The British [[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Foreign Secretary]], [[Jeremy Hunt]], warns there will be "serious consequences" if Iran does not release the tanker.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-british-tanker-july-2019/index.html| title=Tensions soar after Iran seizes tanker: Live updates| website=[[CNN]]| date=July 19, 2019| access-date=July 22, 2019| archive-date=July 22, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722141924/https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-british-tanker-july-2019/index.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/second-tanker-gulf-turns-sharply-190455521.html| title=Second tanker in Gulf turns sharply towards Iran, Refinitiv data shows| work=Yahoo Finance| date=July 19, 2019| access-date=July 22, 2019| archive-date=July 20, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720152158/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/second-tanker-gulf-turns-sharply-190455521.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49053383|title = Iran seizes British tanker in Strait of Hormuz|work = [[BBC News]]|date = July 20, 2019|access-date = July 22, 2019|archive-date = July 22, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190722043922/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49053383|url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[July 21]] – A mob of over 100 suspected [[Triad (organized crime)|triad]] members dressed in white and armed with batons [[2019 Yuen Long attack|attack commuters indiscriminately]] at MTR [[Yuen Long station]] in [[Hong Kong]], injuring 45, including a pro-democracy legislator and a pregnant woman. [[Hong Kong Police Force|Hong Kong police]] have been accused of allowing the violence to happen due to their delayed response and decision to limit emergency services in the area. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/22/where-were-the-police-hong-kong-outcry-after-masked-thugs-launch-attack (''The Guardian'')] [https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3019524/least-10-injured-baton-wielding-mob-suspected-triad (SCMP)]
* [[July 24]] – [[Boris Johnson]] becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] after defeating [[Jeremy Hunt]] in a [[2019 Conservative Party leadership election|leadership contest]], succeeding [[Theresa May]].<ref>{{citation|title=Boris Johnson becomes UK's new prime minister|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49102466|work=[[BBC News]]|date=July 24, 2019|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815030954/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49102466|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 26]]–[[August 11]] – The [[2019 Pan American Games]] are held in [[Lima]], [[Peru]].
* [[July 30]] – India bans [[Triple talaq in India|triple ''talaq'']].<ref>{{citation|title=History is written, India bans Triple talaq|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/programme/news-today/video/triple-talaq-bill-passed-by-parliament-is-it-a-day-to-celebrate-for-gender-justice-1575378-2019-07-30|access-date=August 6, 2019|work=India Today|date=July 30, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805092032/https://www.indiatoday.in/programme/news-today/video/triple-talaq-bill-passed-by-parliament-is-it-a-day-to-celebrate-for-gender-justice-1575378-2019-07-30|url-status=live}}</ref>