iJunoon Archives |2014 | July

Typhoon Soulik kills at least 9 people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan.

Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.

French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.

An earthquake with its epicenter in Afghanistan results in the greatest number of fatalities in a mountaineering accident in High Asian mountains when an avalanche kills 43 climbers in Camp I on Pik Lenina (Lenin Peak).

The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London, England, United Kingdom and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as other venues such as Sydney, Australia and Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.

Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ethiopian-Somali War.

Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the "Nixon tapes" to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.

In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.

World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).