Editing 2009 (section)

=== July ===

* [[July 4]] – [[Steve McNair]], former NFL quarterback for the [[Tennessee Titans]], is shot and killed by his girlfriend in Nashville, [[Tennessee]].
* [[July 5]] – [[July 2009 Ürümqi riots|Violent riots]] broke out in [[Ürümqi, Xinjiang]]. PRC officials said that a total of 197 people died.
* [[July 7]] – [[Michael Jackson memorial service|A public memorial service for Michael Jackson]] is held at [[Staples Center]]. It is watched by over 2.5 billion people worldwide.
* [[July 15]] – [[Caspian Airlines Flight 7908]], en route from [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], to [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]] crashes into the [[Jannatabad, Qazvin|Jannatabad village]] in [[Qazvin Province]]; killing all 168 on board.
* [[July 16]] – [[Iceland]]'s national [[parliament]], the [[Althing]]i, votes to [[Accession of Iceland to the European Union|pursue joining]] the EU.<ref name=Helgason>{{cite news|last=Helgason|first=Gudjon|author2=Meera Selva|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090716/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_eu|title=Iceland's parliament votes to join EU|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=July 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728044252/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090716/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_eu|archive-date=July 28, 2009}}</ref>
* [[July 17]] – [[2009 Jakarta bombings|Two bombs exploded]] separately at the [[JW Marriott Jakarta|JW Marriott]] and [[Ritz-Carlton Jakarta|Ritz-Carlton]] Hotels in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], killing 9 people (including 2 suicide bombers) and injuring 53.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Onishi |first=Norimitsu |date=July 17, 2009 |title=Indonesia Bombings Signal Militants' Resilience |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/world/asia/18indo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427074636/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/world/asia/18indo.html |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] – The [[Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009|longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century]], lasting up to 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds (0.14 seconds shorter than 6 minutes and 39 seconds), occurs over parts of [[Asia]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]].
* [[July 26]] – The Islamic extremist group [[Boko Haram]] initiates [[2009 Boko Haram uprising|an uprising]] in [[Bauchi State, Nigeria]] and quickly spreads throughout the northern part of the country.<ref>{{cite book| author = Abegunrin, Olayiwola | title = Africa in the New World Order: Peace and Security Challenges in the Twenty-First Century| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=9cvGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83| year = 2014| publisher = Lexington| isbn = 978-0-7391-9352-5| page = 83 }}</ref>