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July 12th -18th |
The world this week
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Monday July 12th
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Obscure Celebrations |
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An annual event that creates some brilliant work of art - all painted onto the body! Seeboden, Austria Until 18th
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Tuesday July 13th
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World's Greatest Festivals and Carnivals |
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The Mongolian Olympics Final Day A three day sporting spectacle of wresting, archery and horse skills. All over Mongolia, with the biggest festival in Ulaanbaatar
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· Baseball Mayor League All Star Game between the best players of the National League and the American League Angel Stadium, Los Angeles |
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Wednesday July 14th
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Bastille Day
French national holiday held on the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille and celebrated by French communities around the world. The main event on the Champs-Élysées Avenue includes a military parade and fireworks.
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Birthdays |
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Actor Harrison Ford
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Rubik cube inventor Erno Rubik
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Modern Pentathlon European Championship Debecen, Hungary Until 20th |
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Thursday July 15th
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Nature and conservation |
Fashion |
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The wildebeest migration should have gathered in the Masi Mara, Kenya. This is when - in some years - they make the dramatic crossing of the River Mara.
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Miami
Fashion Week until 19th |
Actor
Forest Whitaker
(1961)
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British Open
Swimming Open Water World Championships Roberval, Canada, 9 days
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Friday July 16th
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100 Movies to watch out for |
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Leonardo DiCaprio in a science fiction action movie
Nicolas Cage as a modern day sorcerer in Manhattan
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Athletics Diamond league Paris |
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Saturday July 17th
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Festivals and Carnivals |
The Big Yacht events |
Birthdays |
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Festa del Redentore The festival dates to 1576 when the people of Venice gave thanks for the passing of the plague. Hundreds of boats and gondolas gather to celebrate the festival.
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Clipper Round the World Race The ships finish their 10 month round the world race today. The Humber, England |
Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany (1954)
Camilla Parker Bowles wife of Prince Charles (1947)
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21st Central American and Caribbean Games until 1st August |
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Sunday July 18th
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200 National Celebrations around the World |
Birthdays |
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Constitution Day
Uruguay
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Nelson Mandela (1981)
Astronaut John Glenn Jr (1921)
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The world this week
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