Editing 2011 (section)

===July===
* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Pyeongchang County|PyeongChang]] the right to host the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[South Sudan]] secedes from [[Sudan]], per the result of the [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum|independence referendum]] held in January.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|title=South Sudan: New nation|date=July 24, 2013|work=[[BBC]]|access-date=October 23, 2013|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912211654/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14069082|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The planet [[Neptune]] completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|title=Neptune Completes First Orbit Since Its Discovery in 1846|work=Space.com|date=July 12, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2015|archive-date=October 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029065245/http://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[South Sudan]] joins the [[United Nations]] as the 193rd member.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Worsnip|first1=Patrick|last2=Davies|first2=Megan|title=South Sudan admitted to U.N. as 193rd member|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-un-membership-idUSTRE76D6F920110715#ULtdLzo0E4gtVS8b.97|access-date=November 29, 2015|work=Reuters|date=July 14, 2011|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002121503/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/15/us-sudan-un-membership-idUSTRE76D6F920110715#ULtdLzo0E4gtVS8b.97|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 14]]&ndash;[[July 23|23]] – Two frontal systems enter south-central Chile causing [[July 2011 Chilean winter storm|great snowfalls that leaves thousand of people isolated]].<ref>{{Citation
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* [[July 20]]
** [[Goran Hadžić]] is detained in Serbia, becoming the last of 161 people indicted by the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gN0BSyDw5sirbLulQXqgi4DslMtQ?docId=9188fbcd8b194ff79407247b3df94840|title=The Associated Press: Serbia arrests last Balkan war crimes fugitive|access-date=2011-07-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720111844/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gN0BSyDw5sirbLulQXqgi4DslMtQ?docId=9188fbcd8b194ff79407247b3df94840| archive-date=July 20, 2011| url-status= dead}}</ref>
** The [[United Nations]] declares a [[2011 East Africa drought|famine]] in southern [[Somalia]], the first in over 30 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/somalia-on-verge-of-famine-1.1065398|title=Somalia on verge of famine|date=July 18, 2011|work=CBC News|access-date=July 18, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720035002/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/07/18/un-famine-east-africa.html| archive-date=July 20, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>
** [[Mauno Koivisto]] becomes the oldest living [[President of Finland]] in the history of the nation, surpassing [[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]].
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] lands successfully at [[Kennedy Space Center]] after completing [[STS-135]], concluding NASA's [[Space Shuttle]] program.<ref name="landing times">{{cite web|title=Atlantis Completes Final Space Shuttle Program Landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=July 21, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726190430/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html| archive-date=July 26, 2011| url-status= live|date=July 21, 2011}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; In [[Norway]], [[Anders Behring Breivik]] kills 8 people in a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, then kills 69 at a massacre at a [[Workers' Youth League (Norway)|Workers' Youth League]] camp on the island of [[Utøya]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| title=Norway massacre: 'We could hear the gunshots getting closer'| work=BBC News| date=October 19, 2017| access-date=October 13, 2018| archive-date=November 3, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103011607/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010| url-status=live}}</ref>
*  [[July 23]] &ndash; In [[London]], singer [[Amy Winehouse]] dies at [[27 Club|age 27]] due to alcohol poisoning.
** [[Wenzhou train collision]]; 2 high speed trains in [[Wenzhou]], [[China]] collided on a viaduct, sending multiple cars off the viaduct and crushing some. 40 people were killed and 192 people were injured.<ref name="q762">{{cite web | title=China bullet train crash 'caused by design flaws' | website=BBC News | date=2011-12-28 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-16345592 | access-date=2024-11-20}}</ref>
* [[July 31]] &ndash; In [[Thailand]] over 12.8 million people are affected by [[2011 Thailand floods|severe flooding]]. The [[World Bank]] estimates damages at 1,440 billion [[Thai baht|baht]] (US$45 billion).<ref name="time">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2101273,00.html |title=Thailand cleans up; Areas remain flooded |agency=Associated Press |magazine=Time |date=December 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108085747/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2101273,00.html |archive-date=January 8, 2012  }}</ref> Some areas are still six feet under water, and many factory areas remain closed at the end of the year. 815<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/12/30/death-toll-thai-floods-rises-790.html |title=Death toll of Thai floods rises to 790 |work=The Jakarta Post |date=2011-12-30 |access-date=2012-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217204007/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/12/30/death-toll-thai-floods-rises-790.html |archive-date=February 17, 2012 }}</ref> people are killed, with 58 of the country's 77 provinces affected.<ref>{{cite news |last=Daniel |first=Zoe |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-05/27worst27-thai-floods-kill-2242c-threaten-bangkok/3221304/?site=sydney |title=Hundreds killed in flood-hit Thailand |newspaper=ABC News Australia |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006150901/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-05/27worst27-thai-floods-kill-2242c-threaten-bangkok/3221304/?site=sydney |url-status=live }}</ref>