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Events in July 2024 22
1928 – 2024Ruth Westheimer (1928-2024)Died 12 July 2024, aged 96German-American sex therapist and broadcaster known to millions as Dr Ruth.
1929 – 2024Bob Newhart (1929-2024)Died 18 July 2024, aged 94American comedian whose deadpan, mild-mannered delivery made him a star in stand-up and two long-running sitcoms.
1930 – 2024Edna O'Brien (1930-2024)Died 27 July 2024, aged 93Irish novelist whose The Country Girls was banned at home for its sexual candour and who became one of Ireland's great writers.
1933 – 2024John Mayall (1933-2024)Died 22 July 2024, aged 90British musician whose Bluesbreakers were the school through which Clapton, Green and Taylor all passed.
1934 – 2024Jim Inhofe (1934-2024)Died 9 July 2024, aged 89American Republican senator for Oklahoma from 1994 to 2023, and Congress's most prominent climate sceptic.
1935 – 2024Abdul Duke Fakir (1935-2024)Died 22 July 2024, aged 88American singer and the last surviving original member of the Four Tops, one of Motown's greatest acts.
1936 – 2024Ismail Kadare (1936-2024)Died 1 July 2024, aged 88Albanian novelist and poet whose work explored his country's history under dictatorship and reached a world readership.
1937 – 2024Robin Warren (1937-2024)Died 23 July 2024, aged 87Australian pathologist who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for showing that bacteria cause stomach ulcers.
1948 – 2024Richard Simmons (1948-2024)Died 13 July 2024, aged 76American fitness instructor whose exuberant personality made exercise television a mass phenomenon.
1962 – 2024Ismail Haniyeh (1962-2024)Died 31 July 2024, aged 62Palestinian politician and Hamas leader, prime minister of the Palestinian Authority in 2006-07, assassinated in Tehran.
2024OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges acquiredNew York signs OG Anunoby to a five-year deal and trades a large package of first-round picks for Mikal Bridges, overhauling the roster around Brunson.
2024Wimbledon 2024Men: Carlos Alcaraz · Women: Barbora KrejčíkováAlcaraz defended his title, defeating Djokovic again.
2024Despicable Me 4#2 film of 2024 — $969m worldwideDirected by Chris Renaud. Gru and his family go on a new adventure as they are forced into the Witness Protection Programme.
2024Labour wins a landslide in the United KingdomKeir Starmer becomes prime minister after fourteen years of Conservative ruleThe Labour Party won a landslide in the United Kingdom general election on 4 July 2024, ending fourteen years of Conservative government. Keir Starmer became prime minister the following day.
2024SDP candidate -- Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandIn the 2024 general election Liddle stands as the SDP candidate for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. He wins 1,835 votes and finishes fourth. The seat -- held by the Conservatives -- is won by Labour. It is a quixotic gesture entirely in character: a polemicist testing his arguments against the electorate, in the part of England he has made his home, under the banner of a party most voters have never heard of.
2024Olympic gold medal — ParisLeBron carries the US flag at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony and is named tournament MVP as Team USA wins gold. He is 39 years old.
2024Assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, PennsylvaniaA rally shooting that killed one attendeeDonald Trump was wounded in the ear by gunfire at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July 2024. One attendee was killed and the gunman was shot dead by the Secret Service.
2024Trump Assassination AttemptShot at a rally in PennsylvaniaFormer President Donald Trump was shot and wounded during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. A bullet grazed his right ear. The shooter, a 20-year-old man, was killed by Secret Service snipers. One rally attendee was killed and two others critically injured. The image of Trump raising his fist with blood on his face became one of the most iconic photographs in American political history.
2024Joe Biden withdraws from the presidential raceKamala Harris endorsed as the Democratic nomineePresident Joe Biden announced on 21 July 2024 that he would not seek re-election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. It was the first time since 1968 that an eligible incumbent stood aside.
2024Billy Joel plays his 150th residency showEnd of the residencyThe final show of a ten-year residency.
20242024 Summer OlympicsXXXIII Olympiad - ParisOpening ceremony held on the river Seine. Winner: USA.
2024Paris Olympics open on the SeineA ceremony staged along the river rather than in a stadiumThe Paris Olympics opened on 26 July 2024 with a ceremony staged along the Seine, the first summer opening ceremony held outside a stadium.