July 10 - At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting " The Massacre of the Innocents " is sold for Ģ49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson
July 13 - A lighting strike sets off the Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which is left to burn 499,570 acres (2,022 kmē) when finally contained on September 5.
July 15 - So-called "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and for the possession of explosives during the commission of a felony. Lindh agrees to serve 10 years in prison for each of the charges
July 27 - Air show disaster : A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes at an air show in the Ukraine killing 78 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
