July 2001

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This article covers breaking news and events in July 2001.

Daily events

Sunday 1st July 2001

• Brussels / Belgium : Belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden . The Office of the Government of the EC receives Guy Verhofstadt .
• Klagenfurt / Austria : The German writer Michael Lentz wins the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2001 with the text Muttersterben , whose narrator reflects on his mother's death and his own behavior .

Tuesday 3rd July 2001

• Berlin / Germany : The PDS , the successor party to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), which has ruled the GDR for over 40 years, officially condemns the construction of the Berlin Wall . Walter Ulbricht (SED) put this on August 3, 1961 when Soviet de facto - Head of State Nikita Khrushchev ( CPSU through).

Friday 6th July 2001

• Geneva / Switzerland : At a conference, several countries increase the development aid pledged by France for Burundi from US $ 440 million to US $ 830 million.

Saturday 7th July 2001

Logo of the European Football Championship

• Ulm / Germany : The German women's national soccer team becomes European champion for the fifth time at the 8th European Championship with a 1-0 after a golden goal in the final against Sweden . With 92,703 spectators in 15 games, the finals in Germany set a new record for women's European football championships.

Sunday 8th July 2001

• London / United Kingdom : The American defending champion Venus Williams wins against Justine Henin from Belgium the women's singles tournament of the Wimbledon Championships in tennis .

Monday 9th July 2001

• London / United Kingdom : Croatian tennis player Goran Ivanišević , who has been one of the best players on the ATP Tour for over ten years , wins the title for the first time in the final of the men's singles tournament of the Wimbledon Championships after five sets against Australian Patrick Rafter at a Grand Slam tournament.

Friday July 13, 2001

• Moscow / Russia : At the 112th meeting of the International Olympic Committee , Beijing , the capital of the People's Republic of China , is chosen to host the 2008 Summer Olympics .

Tuesday 17th July 2001

A “red zone” has been established around the G8 summit conference building

• Genoa / Italy : Three days before the 27th World Economic Summit with the heads of state of the Group of Eight and the President of the European Commission , economic issues are taking a back seat in the media. The focus is on the security precautions and the tenor is: "Genoa is like a fortress."

Friday July 20, 2001

Burning car in Genoa

• Genoa / Italy : During the G8 economic summit, parts of the police and demonstrators indulged in rampant brutality on the streets of the city. While a police vehicle is being attacked with wooden beams, fire extinguishers and similar objects, a 20-year-old carabinieri shoots 23-year-old Carlo Giuliani .

Saturday July 21, 2001

• Mannheim / Germany : Hertha BSC wins the sixth edition of the DFB League Cup . The game in the Carl-Benz-Stadion against FC Schalke 04 ends 4: 1.

Sunday July 22, 2001

End of the G8 summit

• Genoa / Italy : In the final declaration of the world economic summit, the participants state that fewer global trade restrictions could help end the poverty of large parts of the world's population. With respect to the environmental agreements of Kyoto , leaders acknowledge differences of opinion. The United States is considered to be the greatest critic of a climate policy based on the ideas of the United Nations .

Monday July 23, 2001

• Catania / Italy : Lava emerging from a fissure on Mount Etna flows towards Nicolosi .
• Jakarta / Indonesia : Abdurrahman Wahid loses his office as president and Megawati Sukarnoputri becomes the country's new president.

Tuesday July 24, 2001

• Sofia / Bulgaria : The former Tsar Simeon II wins the election as Bulgarian Prime Minister under his real name Simeon Sakskoburggotski.

Wednesday July 25, 2001

• Berlin / Germany : The discount law and the free allowance regulation will be abolished without replacement.

Saturday July 28, 2001

• Lima / Peru : Alejandro Toledo Manrique from the Perú Posible party becomes president .

Sunday July 29, 2001

• Bogotá / Colombia : In the final of the 40th Copa America winning football team of the host 0 against: 1 Central American visiting team from Mexico . It is Colombia's first victory in the South American Championship.
• Fukuoka / Japan : the 9th FINA World Championships the FINA going to end. The most successful nation is the United States with 26 medals. The swimmers from Germany win 19 medals, two medals go to Austria and one to Switzerland .
• Paris / France : Lance Armstrong of the United States wins for the third time the wheel - Tour Tour de France .

Monday July 30, 2001

• Mazovia / Poland : After various dike breaches on the Vistula , the situation in the Polish flood area is worsening. The peak of the tidal wave is a few hours before the capital Warsaw .

See also

• Nekrolog July 2001 for deaths that month
• List of annually recurring days of remembrance and action in July
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in July

Web links

Athens in July 2001

Commons : July 2001  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In: cvce.eu . July 28, 2016, accessed January 30, 2017 . 
2. ↑ The German author receives 300,000 S prize money. In: news.at . July 1, 2001, accessed July 16, 2017 . 
3. ↑ PDS condemns the wall as the "Cainsmark of the GDR". In: neue-deutschland.de . July 3, 2001, accessed September 16, 2016 . 
4. ↑ “Nobody intends to build a wall!” In: bundesregierung.de . Retrieved August 7, 2019 : "August 3, 1961" 
5. ↑ Müller-Tor brings the title hat trick. In: uefa.com . Retrieved July 12, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Venus Williams Wins Wimbledon. In: apnews.com . July 8, 2001, accessed August 9, 2019 . 
7. ^ How Teletubbies led to one of the greatest triumphs in tennis history. In: tennisdork.com, Peter Mendelsohn. Retrieved August 9, 2017 . 
8. ^ IOC Vote History. In: aldaver.com, Aleksandr Vernik. Retrieved July 2, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Genoa looks like a fortress even before the summit. In: tagesspiegel.de . July 17, 2001. Retrieved April 18, 2017 . 
10. ^ Genoa Summit 2001: Summit Contents. In: g8.utoronto.ca, University of Toronto . Retrieved September 23, 2018 . 
11. ↑ 10 years after Genoa - review and balance sheet. In: labournet.de . December 18, 2012, accessed September 16, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Who shot Carlo Giuliani? In: heise.de/tp . June 20, 2002, accessed April 18, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Hertha wins the preliminary soccer match. In: faz.net . July 21, 2001. Retrieved May 25, 2017 . 
14. ^ Communiqué. In: g8.utoronto.ca, University of Toronto . Retrieved April 3, 2017 . 
15. ↑ The great Etna eruption in 2001. In: vulkane.net. July 31, 2001, accessed September 16, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Colombia celebrate double triumph. In: bbc.co.uk . July 30, 2001, accessed July 1, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Australia's Thorpe wins six golds in Fukuoka. In: swimnews.com. September 2001, accessed February 28, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Clear the way for trial. In: nordkurier.de . February 14, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017 . 
19. ↑ Poland in the fight against the floods. In: faz.net . July 30, 2001, accessed September 16, 2016 .