July 1 - Alliant International University is formed by combining of United States International University and California School of Professional Psychology.
July 18 - In Baltimore, Maryland , a 60-car train derailment occurs in a tunnel sparking a fire that will last days and virtually shut down downtown Baltimore
July 19 - UK politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer , sentenced to four years in prison for Perjury and perverting the course of justice.
July 20 - Vanessa Legget is found in contempt by a Federal Court for refusing to release notes made for her book on the Doris Angleton murder.
July 20 - 22 - The 27th G8 Summit takes place in Genoa , Italy . Massive demonstrations against the meeting by Anti-globalisation groups. One demonstrator, Carlo Giuliani , is shot dead by a Carabiniere and several others are badly injured during an attack by the police on a school which the protesters were using as their headquarters.
