Current Events of Week 27/28

July 2 - Live 8, billed as the greatest rock concert in the world, features 260 acts at 10 venues (London, England; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; Rome, Italy; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Barrie, Ontario; Johannesburg, South Africa; Tokyo, Japan; Moscow, Russia and at the Eden project in Cornwall, England) on four continents in a bid to end world poverty.
July 2 - Venus Williams beats No. 1 Lindsay Davenport 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 9-7 to regain the Wimbledon title (2000, 2001, and 2005).
July 3 - Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick 6-2 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 to complete a hat-trick of Wimbledon titles.
July 6 - Start of the G8 Summit 2005 at Gleneagles, Scotland.
July 6 - The International Olympic Committee declared from Singapore that London would host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
July 7 - A series of bomb attacks on London's transport network has killed more than 50 people and injured about 700 others.
July 8 - Cory Aquino calls on President Gloria Macapagal to make the ultimate sacrifice and resign. GMA says, "I will not."
July 16 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) goes on sale.