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| **At least 16 people are killed and over 200 injured in clashes near ]. | **At least 16 people are killed and over 200 injured in clashes near ]. | ||
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**] resigns as the ] along with five other ministers who also submit their resignations after Sunday protests. | ||
| **The ] ] vows to stay in office despite the protests. | **The ] ] vows to stay in office despite the protests. | ||
| *]: Six policemen in the eastern |
*]: Six policemen in the eastern India state of ] are killed in an ] by ]. | ||
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| **Militants attack ] headquarters in the north of ] resulting in at least two deaths. , | **Militants attack ] headquarters in the north of ] resulting in at least two deaths. , | ||
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| **A wave of market bomb attacks mostly targeting ] Muslims kills 46 people | **A wave of market bomb attacks mostly targeting ] Muslims kills 46 people | ||
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| ;Law and crime | ;Law and crime | ||
| *The ] postpones enforcement of a major requirement of the ] healthcare law - that pertaining to employers offering coverage to their workers - for a full year after its planned January 1, 2014 implementation. | *The ] postpones enforcement of a major requirement of the ] healthcare law - that pertaining to employers offering coverage to their workers - for a full year after its planned January 1, 2014 implementation. | ||
| *68 Islamists accused of conspiring against the ] ], sentenced to 15 years. | *68 Islamists accused of conspiring against the ] ], sentenced to 15 years. | ||
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*Two Russian married couples are found guilty by a German court of espionage for Russia | ||
| *Court proceedings against former ]ian ] ] commence in ], with charges including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture. , , | *Court proceedings against former ]ian ] ] commence in ], with charges including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture. , , | ||
| ;Politics and elections | ;Politics and elections | ||
| *France and Portugal refuse to allow the plane of Bolivian President ] to land on their respective territories after suspicions that ] was on board. | *France and Portugal refuse to allow the plane of Bolivian President ] to land on their respective territories after suspicions that ] was on board. | ||
| *] becomes the first country in the UK to adopt a ] system of ] after members of its ] vote in favour of the system. | *] becomes the first country in the UK to adopt a ] system of ] after members of its ] vote in favour of the system. | ||
| *Portuguese political crisis, 2013: | *Portuguese political crisis, 2013: | ||
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**Portuguese ] ] quits after disagreeing with the ] choice for ], ]. The Minister for the Environment and Agriculture and the Minister of Social Security are also set to resign. , | ||
| *The ] announces a shakeup of its leadership with former President of the ] ] and several others losing roles on the Central Committee. | *The ] announces a shakeup of its leadership with former President of the ] ] and several others losing roles on the Central Committee. | ||
| ;Science and technology | ;Science and technology | ||
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*A Russian ] rocket carrying three ] navigation satellites loses control and crashes shortly after launch from ] in ]. | ||
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*The ] names ], ] and ]. | ||
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| Famous Birthdays on 5th July | |||
| All Events Birthdays | |||
| Weddings Deaths | |||
| 1321 - Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362) | |||
| 1546 - Johann Steuerlein, composer | |||
| 1586 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647) | |||
| 1653 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726) | |||
| 1654 - Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer | |||
| 1675 - Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials | |||
| 1717 - Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786) | |||
| 1718 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794) | |||
| 1729 - Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet | |||
| 1755 - Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage) | |||
| 1764 - Janos Lavotta, composer | |||
| 1775 - William Crotch, composer | |||
| 1793 - Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer | |||
| 1794 - Sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker | |||
| 1801 - David Farragut, Campbell's Station, Tennessee, US Admiral ("Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!") | |||
| 1805 - Robert Fitz Roy, British naval officer and scientist (d. 1865) | |||
| 1810 - Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey) | |||
| 1820 - William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872) | |||
| 1828 - Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher | |||
| US Civil War Admiral David Farragut (1801) 1829 - Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910) | |||
| 1841 - William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904) | |||
| 1843 - Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian | |||
| 1847 - Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer | |||
| 1852 - Stefano Gobatti, composer | |||
| 1853 - Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant | |||
| 1857 - Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist | |||
| 1858 - Maria J "Marie" Bakker, Dutch actress | |||
| 1860 - Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919) | |||
| 1867 - Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Windsor, VT, USA, American inventor of dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) | |||
| 1868 - William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren) | |||
| 1872 - Edouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957) | |||
| 1874 - Gerhard von Keussler, composer | |||
| 1874 - Eugen Fischer, Bade Germany, Nazi physician (Kaiser Wilhelm Institute), (d. 1967) | |||
| 1878 - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer | |||
| Nazi Physician Eugen Fischer (1874) 1879 - Wanda Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) | |||
| 1879 - Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup | |||
| 1879 - Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Tonhalle Orchestra) | |||
| 1880 - Jan Kubelik, composer | |||
| 1881 - Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal | |||
| 1882 - Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927). | |||
| 1885 - Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian (Traité du paysage) | |||
| 1886 - Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist (Pallieter) | |||
| 1886 - Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (PvdA, 1948-58)/Indonesia (AOW) | |||
| 1889 - Jean Cocteau, France, writer/artist/director (Le Potamak, Orphée) | |||
| 1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954) | |||
| 1891 - John Northrop, US, biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946) | |||
| 1891 - Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (d. 1955) | |||
| 1895 - Gordon Jacob, composer | |||
| 1897 - Paul Ben-Haim, , Munich Germany, Israeli composer | |||
| 1898 - Yip Man, Ving Tsun Sifu and Master of Style (Gung-Gung) (d. 1972) | |||
| 1899 - Anna Arnold Hedgeman, social activist (NYC cabinet) | |||
| 1899 - Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, composer | |||
| 1899 - Marcel Achard, French screen/playwright (Jean de la Lune) | |||
| 1900 - Bernardus J Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands | |||
| 1901 - Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992) | |||
| 1902 - Frank Waters, writer | |||
| 1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/ambassador (VP candidate 1960) | |||
| 1903 - Irwin Fischer, composer | |||
| 1904 - Don Goddard, Binghamton NY, news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59) | |||
| 1904 - Franz Adolf Syberg, composer | |||
| 1904 - Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector | |||
| 1904 - Milburn Stone, Bruton Ks, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke) | |||
| 1904 - Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005) | |||
| 1905 - Isa Miranda, , Italian model/actress (La ronde) | |||
| 1905 - Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper (captain) | |||
| 1905 - Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher (d. 1990) | |||
| 1909 - Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) | |||
| 1910 - Robert K Meston, US sociologist (functionalism) | |||
| French President Georges Pompidou (1911) 1911 - Georges Pompidou, Paris, President/Prime Minister of France (1962-74), (d. 1974) | |||
| 1913 - Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin') | |||
| 1914 - Jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi | |||
| 1915 - John Woodruff, American athlete (d. 2007) | |||
| 1917 - Glenn Reeves, Massillon OH, actor (Defending Your Life) | |||
| 1918 - George Rochberg, Paterson NJ, composer (Concord Quartet) | |||
| 1920 - Issachar Miron, composer | |||
| 1920 - Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist | |||
| 1923 - John McKay, WV, football coach (USC, Tampa Bay, 5X Rose Bowl champ) | |||
| 1924 - Beverly Tyler, Scranton Pa, actress (Fireball, Lorelei-Big Town) | |||
| 1924 - Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001) | |||
| 1924 - János Starker, Hungarian cellist, (d. 2013) | |||
| 1926 - Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament (Dutch Lib Party) | |||
| 1926 - Kenneth Gaburo, composer | |||
| 1927 - W M Diggelmann, writer | |||
| 1928 - Warren Oates, Depoy Ky, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke) | |||
| 1928 - Pierre Mauroy, French politician (Prime Minister, 1981-4), (d. 2013) | |||
| 1929 - Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer | |||
| 1929 - Katherine Helmond, Galveston Tx, actress (Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss) | |||
| 1929 - Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates | |||
| 1929 - Tony Lock, cricketer (highly successful England slow lefty bowler) | |||
| 1930 - Tommy Cook, Duluth MN, actor (Missile to the Moon) | |||
| 1930 - Yutaka Makino, composer | |||
| 1931 - James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal | |||
| 1932 - Edgar Louis Vanderstegen Millington Drake, painter | |||
| 1932 - Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948) | |||
| 1932 - Gyula Horn, Hungarian prime minister (1994-8), (d. 2013) | |||
| 1933 - Terence Cooper, Northern Ireland, actor (Casino Royale) | |||
| 1935 - Edward McInnes, German scholar | |||
| 1935 - John Gilmore, American true crime author | |||
| 1936 - Shirley Knight, Goessei Kansas, actress (Endless Love, Secrets) | |||
| 1936 - James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate | |||
| 1937 - Brooke Hayward, Los Angeles California, author (Haywire) | |||
| 1937 - Frouwke J Laning-Boersema, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber | |||
| 1937 - Nita M Lowey, (Rep-D-New York) | |||
| 1938 - Stanley Joel Silverman, composer | |||
| 1939 - Booker Edgerson, American football player | |||
| 1940 - Karen Shepherd, (Rep-D-Utah) | |||
| 1940 - Chuck Close, American painter and photographer | |||
| 1941 - Barbara Frischmuth, writer | |||
| 1942 - Ada J Bas-Jansen, Dutch MP (CDA) | |||
| 1942 - Johannes Löhr, German footballer and trainer | |||
| 1943 - Robbie Robertson, , Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Band) | |||
| 1943 - Curt Blefary , Brooklyn, New York, American baseball player (1965 AL rookie of year, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year) | |||
| 1945 - Dick Scoppettone, rocker | |||
| 1945 - Jeffrey Kramer, NYC, actor (Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning) | |||
| 1945 - Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican Politician and Attorney General of México. | |||
| 1946 - Pierre-Marc Johnson, Québécois lawyer, physician and politician | |||
| 1946 - Paul Smith, British fashion designer | |||
| 1946 - Gerardus 't Hooft, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laurete | |||
| 1948 - Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Wash DC, daughter of Richard Milhaus | |||
| 1948 - William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005) | |||
| 1949 - Benny Stolovitz, fictional character on LA Law | |||
| 1950 - Gary Matthews, baseball player (1973 NL rookie of year) | |||
| 1950 - Huey Lewis, rocker | |||
| 1950 - Michael Monarch, Los Angeles California, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf) | |||
| 1951 - Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult) | |||
| 1951 - Richard "Goose" Gossage, relief pitcher (Yankees, Padres, A's) | |||
| 1951 - Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer | |||
| 1952 - David Dreier, (Rep-R-California, 1981- ) | |||
| 1952 - Michael Don McNabb, composer | |||
| 1952 - Terence Tom Henricks, Bryan Oh, USAF/astronaut (STS 44, 55, 70, 78) | |||
| 1954 - John Wright, NZ cricketer (opening batsman 1978-92) | |||
| 1954 - Leni Björklund, Swedish politician | |||
| 1954 - Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith) | |||
| 1955 - Michael Gismondi, rock saxophonist (Michael Stanley Band) | |||
| 1956 - James Lofton, NFL wide reciever (Bills, Packers, Raiders) | |||
| 1956 - Patsy Pease, American actress | |||
| 1957 - David Hanson, politician | |||
| 1957 - David Pinkney , British Touring Car Racer | |||
| 1957 - Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player | |||
| 1958 - Meredith Ann Pierce, US, sci-fi author (Darkangel) | |||
| 1958 - Patsy Pease, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of Our Lives) | |||
| 1958 - Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician | |||
| 1958 - Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor | |||
| 1958 - Bill Watterson, American cartoonist | |||
| 1959 - Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis) | |||
| 1959 - Patricia Pease Jeffers, NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of our Life) | |||
| 1959 - Tim Shaw, cricketer (South African ODI slow lefty 1991) | |||
| 1959 - Veronica Guerin, journalist | |||
| 1960 - James M. Kelly, American politician | |||
| 1960 - Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stunt performer | |||
| 1961 - Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano | |||
| 1963 - Edie Falco, American actress | |||
| 1963 - Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor | |||
| 1964 - Mark H Lascells, grandson of English princess Mary | |||
| 1964 - Salim Raza, UAE cricket all-rounder (1996 World Cup) | |||
| 1965 - Lucy Han, Hartford, Conn, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-7th-1994) | |||
| 1965 - Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist | |||
| 1965 - Kathryn Erbe, American actress | |||
| 1966 - Susannah Doyle, British actress | |||
| 1966 - Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer | |||
| 1967 - Tim Worrell, Pasadena California, pitcher (San Diego Padres) | |||
| 1967 - Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist | |||
| 1968 - Molly Brock, Berkeley California, rower (Olympics-96) | |||
| 1968 - Nate Singleton, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers) | |||
| 1968 - Shahid Anwar, cricketer (Pakistani all-rounder 1996 England tour) | |||
| 1968 - Ken Akamatsu, Mangaka | |||
| 1968 - Kenji Ito, Japanese composer | |||
| 1968 - John Ruskin a.k.a. Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist | |||
| 1968 - Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist | |||
| 1969 - Haylea Petrie, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96) | |||
| 1969 - John Leclair, St Albans VT, NHL forward (Team USA, Philadelphia) | |||
| 1969 - John Oostendorp, Iowa City Iowa, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96) | |||
| 1969 - Joshua Crayton, Redondo Beach California, kayak (alt-Olympics-96) | |||
| 1969 - RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) | |||
| 1969 - Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer | |||
| 1970 - Doug Bochtler, West Palm Beach FL, pitcher (San Diego Padres) | |||
| 1970 - Maureen Lee, Melbourne Australia, golfer | |||
| 1970 - Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004) | |||
| 1971 - Donna Faber, East Orange NJ, tennis star | |||
| 1971 - Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer | |||
| 1972 - Michael Bays, Enrico California, actor (Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live) | |||
| 1972 - Robert Esmie, Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner (Olympics-gold-96) | |||
| 1972 - Tatsuhito Takaiwa, wrestler (NJPW) | |||
| 1973 - Christy Rowe, St Paul Minn, soccer defender (Olympics-96) | |||
| 1973 - Michael Sykora, Pardubice CZE, NHL defenseman (Sharks, Oly-gold-98) | |||
| 1973 - Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer | |||
| 1973 - Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) | |||
| 1973 - Róisín Murphy, Irish musician | |||
| 1973 - René Spies, German bobsledder | |||
| 1974 - Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer | |||
| 1975 - Ai Sugiyama, Tokyo Japan, tennis star | |||
| 1975 - Chris Gratton, Brantford, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning) | |||
| 1975 - Christoph Brandner, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998) | |||
| 1975 - Todd Macdonald, Charlestown, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers) | |||
| 1975 - Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer | |||
| 1975 - Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (Týr) | |||
| 1975 - Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor | |||
| 1976 - Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer | |||
| 1976 - Marina Dias, Brazilian model | |||
| 1976 - Bizarre, American rapper (D12) | |||
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July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks- July 2013 Egyptian protests:
- At least 16 people are killed and over 200 injured in clashes near Cairo University. (Ahram Online)
- Mohamed Kamel Amr resigns as the Foreign Minister of Egypt along with five other ministers who also submit their resignations after Sunday protests. (Reuters via MSN)
- The President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi vows to stay in office despite the protests. (The Telegraph)
- Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: Six policemen in the eastern India state of Jharkhand are killed in an attack by Naxalites. (NDTV)
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
- Militants attack NATO headquarters in the north of Kabul resulting in at least two deaths. (Reuters), (AP via Newsday)
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- A wave of market bomb attacks mostly targeting Shi'ite Muslims kills 46 people (Herald Sun)
- At least seven people are killed in Pakistan after an American drone strike targets a militant compound near the border with Afghanistan. (IBN Live)
Arts and culture
- Pending approval from Pope Francis, reports that Pope John Paul II may be canonized at the end of the year are confirmed after approval by the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints of an alleged second miracle. (CBS News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least eleven have been killed and dozens of people are injured in Indonesia's Aceh Province after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. (Xinhua)
Law and crime
- The Obama administration postpones enforcement of a major requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act healthcare law - that pertaining to employers offering coverage to their workers - for a full year after its planned January 1, 2014 implementation. (Washington Post)
- 68 Islamists accused of conspiring against the United Arab Emirates federal government, sentenced to 15 years. (BBC)
- Two Russian married couples are found guilty by a German court of espionage for Russia (BBC)
- Court proceedings against former Chadian President Hissène Habré commence in Senegal, with charges including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture. (BBC), (Euro news), (Deutsche Welle)
Politics and elections
- France and Portugal refuse to allow the plane of Bolivian President Evo Morales to land on their respective territories after suspicions that Edward Snowden was on board. (The Washington Post)
- Wales becomes the first country in the UK to adopt a presumed consent system of organ donation after members of its legislative assembly vote in favour of the system. (BBC)
- Portuguese political crisis, 2013:
- Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas quits after disagreeing with the prime minister's choice for Finance Minister, Maria Luís Albuquerque. The Minister for the Environment and Agriculture and the Minister of Social Security are also set to resign. (Euro news), (BBC)
- The Communist Party of Cuba announces a shakeup of its leadership with former President of the National Assembly of People's Power Ricardo Alarcón and several others losing roles on the Central Committee. (AP)
Science and technology
- A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites loses control and crashes shortly after launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.(Spaceflightnow.com)
- The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx. (Sydney Morning Herald)