2015 Event Debt rating company Moody's downgrades Greece to a Caa3 rating after the country misses its $1.6 billion payment to the IMF; Greek citizens will vote July 5th on whether to accept austerity conditions in exchange for bailout funds 2015 Event The Greek Parliament votes in favor of holding a referendum on July 5th regarding whether the country should accept reforms in exchange for continued bailouts; current bailouts expire on June 30th, the day that a $1.8 billion debt payment is due 2015 Event Online preorders begin for the Apple Watch, initially planned for sale on April 24th; however, the volume of orders has already pushed delivery dates into June or July for the various models, which are priced from $349 to $17,000 2015 Event The National Baseball Hall of Fame elects four players: Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, and Craig Biggio; the induction ceremony will take place in July 2014 Event NFL player Ray Rice will be allowed to resume playing in the league; Rice was suspended in July after video surfaced in which he knocked out his fiancee (now wife) by punching her in an elevator 2014 Event JPMorgan Chase discloses that a July data breach resulted in exposure of contact information for 83 million households; the bank states that security information, such as passwords and birth dates, did not appear to have been compromised 2014 Event Tennis champion Serena Williams beats Karolina Pliskova in her first game since leaving the Wimbledon games on July 1st due to illness; Williams will undergo future medical tests to confirm whether the illness was caused by a virus 2014 Event Iran balks at the terms for peaceful nuclear development suggested by Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States; the nations hope to reach a deal by July 20th; in exchange, sanctions against Iran will be removed 2014 Event Eric Cantor, majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will step down from his leadership position at the end of July following a surprising primary election defeat by Tea Party candidate David Brat 2014 Event Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally, will retire in July and be replaced by Mark Fields; Mulally restored profitability and distinguished the company as the only Big Three automaker to refuse government bailouts during the 2008-2009 recession 2014 Event Five cities have submitted bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics: Oslo, Norway; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing, China; Krakow, Poland and Lviv, Ukraine; the winner will be selected in July 2015 2013 Event Only 162,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in July, falling short of expert predictions of an increase of 175,000 - 185,000 new jobs 2013 Event Caterpillar, a heavy construction equipment manufacturer, announces plans to lay off 300 additional employees at its Decatur, Illinois facility by July 2013 2013 Event In Birmingham, United Kingdom, eleven members of a terror cell are jailed for planning an attack to exceed the atrocities committed on July 7 and 9/11 2013 Event After measuring its spin and parity, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider firmly believe the particle discovered in July 2012 is a Higgs boson 2013 Event The famous painting, 'Liberty Leading the People' by Eugene Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 is vandalized while on loan to the Louvre-Lenz museum in Lens, France 2012 Event The 2012 Summer Olympics is credited with helping the UK economy emerge from recession; official GDP figures show 1 percent growth from July to September 2011 Event The Southern United States experiences a heat alert for fourteen states; several dozen heat-related deaths occurred since July 2011 Event In Guinea, up to 80 people, including soldiers, are arrested for a failed assassination attempt on President Alpha Conde, which occurred July 19 2011 Event Due to a range of safety concerns, all Tiger Airways flights in Australia are grounded until July 9th by the country's Civil Aviation Safety Authority 2010 Event A free trade accord between India and Malaysia is announced; it would become effective July 2011 2009 Event Six people sentenced to death over ethnic rioting in July that killed almost 200 in the region of Xinjiang 1994 Event Arcen Limburg averages 71.6 degrees F (22.0 degrees C) in July: record 1994 Event Netherlands averages 21.4 degrees C; their warmest July since 1783 1994 Event Stockholms avgs 21.5 degrees C; their warmest July since 1855 1994 Event 23rd and last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter, since July 16th 1994 Event Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd) 1994 Event 1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd) 1994 Event Israel and Jordan agree to talks in Washington D.C. on July 25th 1991 Event Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns 1990 Event West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st 1990 Event U.S.S.R. agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991 1990 Event 47th Golden Globes: Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy win 1988 Event Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989 1988 Event John Franco saves record 13th game of July 1983 Event Dutch July avg temp is 20.1 degrees C; warmest July since 1852 1983 Event George Brett's 2 run home run against Yankees on July 24 (pine tar game) 1980 Event Ianford Wilsons "5th of July," premieres in New York City 1976 Birthday Daphnee Lynn Duplaix, Manhattan, New York, playmate, July 1997 1972 Birthday Wendy Kaye, born in Memphis, Tennessee, playmate, July, 1991 1969 Birthday Traci Adell, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, playmate, July, 1994 1968 Birthday Henrik Holm, born in Taby, Sweden, professional tennis player, won five doubles titles, achieved highest ATP-ranking of 17th in the world, July 1993 1968 Event 41 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1966 Birthday Hope Marie Carlton, born in Riverhead, New York, playmate July, 1985 1963 Birthday Carmen Berg, Bismark ND, playmate, July, 1987 1963 Birthday Jacqueline Sheen, born in Dallas, Texas, playmate July, 1990 1963 Birthday Kate Gompert, born in Ames lowa, professional tennis player, career record 77 - 78, ranked 18th in the World for singles in July, 1987 1961 Birthday Liz Stewart, born in San Francisco, California, playmate, July, 1984 1959 Birthday Teri Peterson, Santa Monica Cal, playmate, July, 1980 1958 Birthday Ruth Guerri, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, July, 1983 1957 Birthday Jerry Levine, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, actor, Born on 4th of July 1956 Birthday Sondra Theodore, San Bernadino Cal, playmate, July, 1977 1955 Event Fidel Castro forms "July 26th Movement" 1953 Birthday Martha Smith, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Animal House, playmate, July 1973 1953 Event Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime 1951 Birthday Gordon Prentice, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, serves as Member of Parliament for Pendle, joined Graham Stringer in calling for resignation of Gordon Brown in July, 2008 1948 Birthday Carol O'Neal, playmate, July, 1972 1946 Birthday Ron Kovic, disabled vietnam vet, Born on 4th of July 1946 Birthday Tish Howard, playmate, July, 1966 1945 Death Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged 1945 Death Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged 1945 Death Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies 1945 Death Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60 1945 Death Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37 1944 Event July 20th Plot trial under Roland Freis in Berlin begins 1944 Death Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Henning von Tresckow, General-Major, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide 1944 Event July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 Death Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies 1944 Death Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Death Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Event 1,100 U.S. guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy 1943 Event Joint Chiefs of Staff determine invasion in Sicily for July 10th 1941 Event 103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1941 Event FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 1937 Event Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936) 1934 Birthday Janet Pilgrim, playmate, July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956 1933 Event 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair 1933 Event Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th) 1923 Birthday Nadine Gordimer, South African author, July's people, Nobel 1991 1922 Event German parliament mandates Ebert president until July 1925 1907 Birthday Helmuth J. von Moltke, German politician, July 20th plot 1905 Birthday H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist, Feast for July, Love for Lydia 1891 Event 61 degrees F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore and Philadelphia 1888 Birthday Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter 1887 Birthday Raymond Walburn, Plymouth, Indiana, actor, Christmas in July 1884 Birthday Karl F Goerdeler, mayor, Leipzig, "July 20th Plot" 1881 Birthday Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, July 20th plot 1880 Birthday Ludwig Beck, chef Germany general staff, "July 20th plot" 1866 Birthday Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990, 124 years 1861 Event 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record 1855 Event Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4 degrees C avg) 1852 Event Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4 degrees F (20.2 degrees C) avg) 1849 Event Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence 1610 Event German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610
