Muggle World: A smoking ban came into effect in all enclosed public places in England. The Concert for Diana was held in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. Death of Gottfried von Bismarck, German aristocrat and socialite (born 1962).
Prompt: July 1 is Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day and Build A Scarecrow Day.
02 Sun
Muggle World: Michael Mullen, 21, of Leeds, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of his two-year-old niece Casey Leigh Mullen, who died at her home in the city on 11 February this year. The trial judge recommended that Mullen should serve a minimum of 35 years before being considered for parole. Demolition work began on the historic HP Sauce factory in Birmingham, which closed in May with the loss of 125 jobs and the end of more than 100 years of manufacturing when the production facility was transferred to the Netherlands. Venus and Saturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs. Deaths of Vojislav Nikcevic, Montenegrin professor and linguist (born 1935), Beverly Sills, American soprano (born 1929), Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (born 1940) and Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (born 1907).
Prompt: July 2 is Visitation Of The Virgin Mary Day.
03 Mon
Birthday: Evan Vaisey (1982)
Muggle World: Deaths of Claude Pompidou, wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (born 1912) and Boots Randolph, American saxophone player (born 1927).
Prompt: July 3 is Stay Out Of The Sun Day and Compliment Your Mirror Day.
04 Tue
Muggle World: Deaths of Johnny Frigo, American jazz violinist and bassist (b.1916) and Bill Pinkney, American singer (born 1925).
Prompt: July 4 is National Country Music Day and Tom Sawyer Fence-Painting Day.
05 Wed
Muggle World: Deaths of George Melly, jazz singer (born 1926) and Régine Crespin, French soprano (born 1927).
Prompt: July 5 is Workaholics Day.
06 Thu
Muggle World: 6–8 July – The British Grand Prix was held at the Silverstone Circuit, and was won by Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen with home hero Lewis Hamilton finishing third behind McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso. Deaths of Lois Wyse, American advertising executive, author, and columnist (born 1926) and Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, U.S.American novelist (born 1939).
Prompt: July 6 is National Fried Chicken Day.
07 Fri
Birthday: Rachel Cooper (1986)
Muggle World: Live Earth took place at the newly opened Wembley Stadium.
Prompt: July 7 is National Strawberry Sundae Day.
08 Sat
Prompt: July 8 is Video Games Day.
09 Sun
Muggle World: Death of Charles Lane, American actor (born 1905).
Prompt: July 9 is National Sugar Cookie Day.
10 Mon
Muggle World: Deaths of Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat (born 1944) and Corbin Harney, an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (born 1920).
Prompt: July 10 is Clerihew Day.
11 Tue
Birthday: Daisy McLaggen (2004)
Muggle World: Deaths of Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the United States (born 1912), Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (born 1913), Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1914), Shag Crawford, American umpire in Major League Baseball (born 1916) and Richard Franklin, Australian film director (born 1948).
Prompt: July 11 is National Cheer Up The Lonely Day.
12 Wed
Birthday: Samir Karim (1978)
Muggle World: The first MORI poll of Gordon Brown's reign as prime minister showed the Labour government six points ahead of the Tories on 41%. Deaths of Nigel Dempster, British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (b.1941), Pat Fordice, First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000 (born 1935), Jim Mitchell, pioneer in the pornographic film industry (born 1945), Larry Staverman, American professional basketball player and coach (born 1936) and Stan Zemanek, Australian radio broadcaster (born 1947).
Prompt: July 12 is National Pecan Pie Day.
13 Thu
Prompt: July 13 is Fool's Paradise Day.
14 Fri
Muggle World: Death of John Ferguson, Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (born 1938).
Prompt: July 14 is National Nude Day.
15 Sat
Prompt: July 15 is National Tapioca Pudding Day and Respect Canada Day.
16 Sun
Prompt: July 16 is International Juggling Day.
17 Mon
Muggle World: TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns the runway of São Paulo–Congonhas Airport and crashes, killing all 187 and 12 others on the ground. Death of Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (born 1956).
Prompt: July 17 is National Peach Ice Cream Day.
18 Tue
Muggle World: Stadium mk, a 22,000-seat multi purpose stadium, is opened in Milton Keynes. Its main tenants are Milton Keynes Dons F.C.. Death of Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (born 1908).
Prompt: July 18 is National Ice Cream Day and National Caviar Day.
19 Wed
Muggle World: Death of A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (born 1945).
Prompt: July 19 is Flitch Day.
20 Thu
Prompt: July 20 is Ugly Truck Contest Day.
21 Fri
Muggle World: [Not game-canon but still worth mentioning: The final book in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is released and sells over 11 million copies in the first 24 hours, becoming the fastest selling book in history.]
Prompt: July 21 is National Tug-Of-War Tournament Day.
22 Sat
Muggle World: Floods caused chaos through wide areas of Britain, especially the counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, and left hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads. Deaths of László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1933), Ulrich Mühe, German actor (born 1953), Peter Lennox-Kerr, British Journalist (born 1926), Jean Stablinski, French cyclist of Polish origin (born 1932) and Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animation film director (born 1950).
Prompt: July 22 is Ratcatcher's Day.
23 Sun
Muggle World: Deaths of Benjamin Libet, American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (born 1916) and Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (born 1914).
Prompt: July 23 is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day.
24 Mon
Muggle World: Five Bulgarian nurses were released from Libyan prison after eight and a half years spent behind the bars in Benghazi and Tripoli. The release marked the end of the famous HIV trial in Libya, known also as "Bulgarian nurses affair". Death of Albert Ellis, American psychologist (born 1913).
Prompt: July 24 is Amelia Earhart Day.
25 Tue
Prompt: July 25 is Threading The Needle Day.
26 Wed
Prompt: July 26 is All Or Nothing Day.
27 Thu
Muggle World: Death of James Oyebola, British heavyweight boxer (born 1961).
Prompt: July 27 is Take Your Pants For A Walk Day.
28 Fri
Prompt: July 28 is National Milk Chocolate Day.
29 Sat
Muggle World: Deaths of Phil Drabble, author and television presenter (born 1914), Mike Reid, comedian and actor (born 1940) and Tom Snyder, American talk show host (born 1936).
Prompt: July 29 is Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day.
30 Sun
Birthday: Neville Longbottom (1980)
Muggle World: Deaths of Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (born 1912), Teoctist Arapasu, Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (born 1915) and Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director (born 1918).
Prompt: July 30 is National Cheesecake Day.
31 Mon
Birthday: Harry Potter (1980)
Muggle World: Death of R. D. Wingfield, novelist and radio dramatist (born 1928).