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July 2008 is the seventh month of the current leap year and has yet to occur. It will begin on a Tuesday and will end after 31 days on a Thursday.

International holidays

Scheduled events

• July - The Large Hadron Collider (located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland) is scheduled to begin operation, it will become the world’s largest particle physics laboratory when it begins operations.
• July 1 - Smoking will be banned in all public places (including bars and restaurants) in the Netherlands.^{citation needed}
• July 7–July 9 - 34th G8 summit will be held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō in Japan
• July 8–July 20 - World Gliding Championships will be held in Rieti, Italy.^[1]
• July 14 - The 57th Miss Universe pageant will be broadcasted live from Nha Trang, Vietnam.^[2]
• July 15–July 20 - World Youth Day will take place in Sydney, Australia, the largest youth gathering in the Southern Hemisphere with the visit of Pope Benedict XVI.^[3]
• July 17–July 20 - The 137th British Open will be held in England.^[4]
• July 30–August 5 - The XXII World Congress of Philosophy will take place in Seoul, the capital of South Korea
• July 31 - After three decades as the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates will step down from daily duties.^[5]

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