Editing 2016 (section)

=== July ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Latvia]] becomes the 35th member of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oecd.org/latvia/latvia-accession-to-the-oecd.htm |publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]]|title=Latvia's accession to the OECD|date=July 1, 2016|access-date=July 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721223018/http://www.oecd.org/latvia/latvia-accession-to-the-oecd.htm|archive-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref>
* [[July 2]] &ndash; [[2016 Australian federal election]]: [[Malcolm Turnbull]]'s [[Turnbull government|Liberal/National Coalition Government]] is narrowly re-elected,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-11/lnp-retains-capricornia-has-76-seats/7587578|title=Election 2016: LNP retains Capricornia, gives Coalition 76-seat majority government|date=July 11, 2016|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|location=Australia}}</ref> defeating the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Bill Shorten]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2016|title=2016 Federal Election|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226152312/http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2016|archive-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref> 
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s ''[[Juno (spacecraft)|Juno]]'' spacecraft enters orbit around [[Jupiter]] and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36710768|title=Juno probe enters into orbit around Jupiter|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|date=2016-07-05|website=BBC News|access-date=2016-07-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705060153/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36710768|archive-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>
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* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[augmented reality]] mobile game ''[[Pokémon Go]]'' is released, breaking numerous records in terms of sales and revenue.<ref>{{cite web|last=Swatman|first=Rachel|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/8/pokemon-go-catches-five-world-records-439327|title=Pokémon Go catches five new world records|date=2016-08-10|access-date=2018-01-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818035557/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/8/pokemon-go-catches-five-world-records-439327|archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The [[Philippines]] wins the [[Philippines v. China|arbitration case]] they filed at the [[Permanent Court of Arbitration]] regarding the legality of [[China]]'s "[[nine-dash line]]" claim over the [[South China Sea]] under the [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Tom|last2=Holmes|first2=Oliver|last3=Bowcott|first3=Owen|title=Beijing rejects tribunal's ruling in South China Sea case|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/12/philippines-wins-south-china-sea-case-against-china|access-date=2016-07-13|work=[[The Guardian]]|issn=0261-3077|date=2016-07-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712220441/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/12/philippines-wins-south-china-sea-case-against-china|archive-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Perlez|first1=Jane|title=Tribunal Rejects Beijing's Claims in South China Sea|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/world/asia/south-china-sea-hague-ruling-philippines.html?_r=0|access-date=2016-07-13|work=[[The New York Times]]|issn=0362-4331|date=2016-07-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712152027/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/world/asia/south-china-sea-hague-ruling-philippines.html?_r=0|archive-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref>
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[2016 Nice truck attack]]: 86 people are killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in [[Nice]], France, during [[Bastille Day]] celebrations.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wesel|first=Barbara|url=http://www.dw.com/en/france-remembers-nice-terror-attack-victims-but-questions-remain/a-39682325|title=France remembers Nice terror attack victims but questions remain|publisher=DW|date=2017-07-03|access-date=2018-01-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120072418/http://www.dw.com/en/france-remembers-nice-terror-attack-victims-but-questions-remain/a-39682325|archive-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref>
* [[July 15]]&ndash;[[July 16|16]] &ndash; In [[Turkey]], a faction within the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] that organized themselves as the [[Peace at Home Council]], [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt|unsuccessfully stages a coup]] against the [[Government of Turkey|state institutions]], resulting in the deaths of at least 240 people and triggering a series of unprecedented [[2016–17 purges in Turkey|purges]] throughout the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/turkey-failed-coup-attempt-161217032345594.html|title=Turkey's failed coup attempt: All you need to know|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=2017-07-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816085400/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/turkey-failed-coup-attempt-161217032345594.html|archive-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> 
* [[July 22]] &ndash; The final [[videocassette recorder]] is manufactured by the Japanese company [[Funai]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Overly |first=Steven|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/07/22/rip-to-the-vcr|title=The VCR is officially dead. Yes, it was still alive.|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2016-07-22|access-date=2016-09-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017235013/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/07/22/rip-to-the-vcr|archive-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Switzerland|Swiss]] ''[[Solar Impulse|Solar Impulse 2]]'' becomes the first [[solar-powered aircraft]] to circumnavigate the Earth.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36890563 |title=Solar Impulse completes historic round-the-world trip |date=2016-07-26 |work=BBC News |access-date=2016-07-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726020410/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36890563 |archive-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref>