153rd Member of the WTO

Cape Verde (island located in the central Atlantic Ocean)will formally join the World Trade Organisation on 23 July 2008, becoming the 153rd Member of the global trade body. On 18 December 2007, the General Council cleared the path for Cape Verde's membership in the WTO by approving a package of agreements which spell out the terms of Cape Verde's accession.

Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched

Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS), more commonly known as Landsat 1, was carried into space aboard a Delta launch vehicle on July 23, 1972. ERTS began its journey from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and was placed in an orbit that would carry it over both the North and South Poles. This gave its special sensors an opportunity to scan every square mile of the earth’s surface.

Indian National Flag came into being in its present form

The Indian national flag was designed as a symbol of freedom. The Indian national flag, represents India's long struggle for freedom is a national treasure. It signifies the status of India as an independent republic. The Indian National Flag came into being in its present form at the meeting of Constitutional Assembly on 22nd July 1947.

Constitution of the World Health Organization had been signed

The constitution of the World Health Organization had been signed by all 61 countries of the United Nations by 22 July 1946, with the first meeting of the World Health Assembly  finishing on 24 July 1948

Rudolph Arthur Marcus

Rudolph Arthur Marcus is a Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems. He was born on July 21, 1923 .

First human on the Moon

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface.

Edmund Hillary

Edmund Percival Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. He was born on 20 July 1919. Hillary and  Nepalese mountaineer  Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit of  Mount Everest. http://datesupdates.blogspot.in/2013/05/first-people-to-ever-reach-summit-of.html He died on 11 January 2008.

Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt was born on July 19, 1814 and he was an American inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, and made the mass-production of the revolver commercially viable for the first time.He died on January 10, 1862.

Nelson Mandela

 

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.He was born on born 18 July 1918.http://datesupdates.blogspot.in/2013/02/nelson-rolihlahla-mandela-released-from.html

International Justice Day

World Day for International Justice is also referred to as Day of International Criminal Justice or International Justice Day is celebrated throughout the world on July 17 as part of an effort to recognize the emerging system of international criminal justice. July 17 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the International Criminal Court.

Roald Amundsen - First to reach South Pole

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was was born on July 16, 1872. He was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition to discover the South Pole in December 1911 and he was the first expedition leader to reach the North Pole in 1926. He died on June 18, 1928.  

Indian Rupee Sign Adopted

The rupee sign Rs was  formerly used to represent the Indian rupee until July 15, 2010, when it was replaced by a new currency symbol, and officially adopted by the Government of India.

 

Telegram service in India to close

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL- It is an Indian state-owned telecommunications company headquartered in New Delhi, India.) announced it was closing the 160-year-old telegraph service with the last transmission on July 14, 2013.

Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas

Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas was born on 14 July 1800 was a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relative atomic masses) and molecular weights by measuring vapor densities. He died on 10 April 1884. 

Stanislao Cannizzaro

Stanislao Cannizzaro was born on July 13, 1826, he was an Italian chemist. He is remembered today largely for the Cannizzaro reaction and for his influential role in the atomic-weight deliberations of the Karlsruhe Congress in 1860. He died on May 10, 1910. 

Elias James Corey

Elias James Corey is an American organic chemist. In 1990 he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis. He was born on July 12, 1928.

World Population Day

 

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989.

First black man to win Wimbledon

Arthur Robert Ashe was an American professional tennis player. He was born on July 10, 1943. He won three Grand Slam titles, ranking him among the best tennis players from the United States. He is an African American, was the first black player ever selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
He died on February 6, 1993.

1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held

 

The Wimbledon Championships or simply Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and widely considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877.The inaugural 1877 Wimbledon Championship opened on 9 July 1877.

First Rupee Symbol Coins

The first series of coins with the rupee symbol ( )was launched on 8 July 2011.