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July 1, 2013
- A U.S. district court rules that Apple Inc. has conspired to fix the prices of eBooks . The ruling could expose Apple to significant damages.
July 9, 2013
- Seventeen people are killed by a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan.
- A rain triggered landslide in southern China's Sichuan Province buries between 30-40 people.
July 8, 2013
- In the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, 126 mm of rain falls over a 4/6 hours span, causing major flooding bursting most rivers and creeks. It is the single highest rain total in a day since Hurricane Hazel.
- At least twelve people are killed and a dozen injured when a dilapidated hotel collapses in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
- 2013 Egyptian Protests: At least 42 people have been killed and hundreds injured after the Army raids a sit-in by supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi in the Nasr City district of Cairo.
July 7, 2013
- A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes near the Soldotna Airport in Soldotna, Alaska, killing all ten on board.
July 6, 2013
- A bomb in a market street kills 4 people and wounds 47 others in eastern Pakistan.
- Three people are killed, a hundred are missing and 2000 are evacuated after a runaway train carrying crude oil derails and explodes in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Québec, Canada.
- At least fourteen people are killed as Pakistan Railways Karakoram Express runs over a rickshaw near the city of Sheikhupura.
- Islamic extremists kill 42 people, mainly students, in an attack on the Government Secondary School boarding school in the Nigerian town of Mamudo in Yobe state.
July 5, 2013
- The Vatican declares Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII canonized as saints.
- 15 people die in a suicide bomb attack targeting a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
- 2013 Egyptian Protests: The death toll from clashes between supporters and opponents of former President Mohammed Morsi rises to 52 with another 2,500 people injured, after over 30 people are reported dead after clashes at the Cairo university. The Egyptian Army clashes with protesters supporting Morsi.
July 4, 2013
- A new species of lizard is found in Sergipe, Brazil.
- The Statue of Liberty opens for the first time since Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage to Liberty Island in New York harbor in late October 2012.
July 3, 2013
- 2013 Egyptian Protests: Egypt's military deposes President Mohamed Morsi, and installs Adly Mansour, the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, as the country's new interim leader. The Egyptian military takes control of state TV studios and places a travel ban on Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders as a military coup d'etat unfolds, following a week of anti-government unrest.
- King Albert II of Belgium announces his abdication for health reasons in favor of his son Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant.
- A 4,000-year-old pyramid at El Paraíso in Peru is destroyed by property developers.
July 2, 2013
- A wave of market bomb attacks mostly targeting Shi'ite Muslims kills 46 people
- At least eleven have been killed and dozens of people are injured in Indonesia's Aceh Province after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake.
- Court proceedings against former Chadian President Hissène Habré commence in Senegal, with charges including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture.
- The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx.
July 1, 2013
- The United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a decisive battle in the American Civil War.
- The Manning River Skull is purported to be the oldest European remains discovered in Australia and possibly rewriting Australian history.
- Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.
- At least 47 people are killed and more than 90 wounded in two separate bomb blasts in Pakistan, one in a Shiite suburb of Quetta and the other in an attack on a paramilitary convoy in the northwest of the country; a Sunni extremist group reportedly claims responsibility
- 2013 Egyptian protests:
- Demonstrations across Egypt gather about 15 million people nationwide calling for the resignation of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.
- At least 16 people, including an American, have been killed, and 800 injured, in the anti-government demonstrations that began last week.