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July 26: Launch of STS-114
July 21: Long John Baldry July 20: James Doohan July 18: Amy Gillett July 18: John Tyndall July 18: William Westmoreland July 17: Edward Heath July 11: Gretchen Franklin July 9: Rafiq Zakaria July 6: L. Patrick Gray July 6: Claude Simon July 5: James Stockdale July 4: Hank Stram July 3: Nan Kempner July 3: Gaylord Nelson July 1: Luther Vandross
August 2: Ohio Second Congressional District August 31: Singapore presidential September 12: Norwegian parliamentary September 18: German federal 2005: New Zealand general September 25: Polish parliamentary October 9: Polish presidential
May 14: ROC (Taiwan) National Assembly May 15: Ethiopian general elections May 17: British Columbia general May 29: Lebanon general May 29: French EC referendum June 1: Dutch EC referendum June 17: Iran presidential June 24: Iran presidential runoff July 3: Albanian general election July 10: Kyrgyz presidential July 16: Kuomintang Chairmanship
• Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada) • Conflict in Chechnya • Second Congo War • Conflict in Iraq (Occupation of Iraq) • Darfur conflict in Sudan • Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire
24: Pioneer Day (Utah) 31: La Hae Hawai'i (Hawai'i)
1: Civic Holiday (Canada) 9: National Day (Singapore) 14: Tisha B'Av (Jewish) 15: Assumption of Mary (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox) 29: Late Summer Holiday (UK)
5: Labor Day (Canada & USA)
Chile: Augusto Pinochet ICTY: Slobodan Milošević Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal — Saddam Hussein, among others Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri Singapore: Took Leng How UK: Railtrack shareholders UK: Roman Polanski US: Zacarias Moussaoui US: Brian Nichols US: Ali al-Tamimi
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