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1927 – 2025Cleo Laine (1927-2025)Died 24 July 2025, aged 97British singer and actress who mastered many styles but was known above all as the Queen of Jazz.
1934 – 2025Cecile Dionne (1934-2025)Died 28 July 2025, aged 91Canadian woman, one of the Dionne quintuplets, the first quintuplets known to have survived infancy.
1935 – 2025Jimmy Swaggart (1935-2025)Died 1 July 2025, aged 90American televangelist and gospel performer defrocked by the Assemblies of God in 1988 after a sex scandal.
1937 – 2025Connie Francis (1937-2025)Died 16 July 2025, aged 87American singer whose recordings spanned country, rock and roll and traditional pop. In 1960 she became the first woman to top the Billboard singles chart.
1942 – 2025Muhammadu Buhari (1942-2025)Died 13 July 2025, aged 82Nigerian military leader who was head of state in 1984-85 and returned as a democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023.
1948 – 2025Ozzy Osbourne -- the Prince of DarknessJohn Michael 'Ozzy' Osbourne (3 December 1948 - 22 July 2025) was an English singer, songwriter and media personality who co-founded Black Sabbath and helped create heavy metal music. His wailing vocals on songs like Paranoid, Iron Man and War Pigs defined the genre, while his solo career produced further classics including Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley. His drug-fuelled exploits, outrageous stage antics and later reinvention as a reality television star made him one of the most recognisable figures in popular culture. He sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he performed a final reunion show with Black Sabbath in Birmingham on 5 July 2025 and died seventeen days later, aged 76.
1953 – 2025Hulk Hogan (1953-2025)Died 24 July 2025, aged 71American professional wrestler whose 1980s popularity sparked Hulkamania and drove the rise of what became World Wrestling Entertainment.
1959 – 2025Ryne Sandberg (1959-2025)Died 28 July 2025, aged 65American baseball player, second baseman for the Chicago Cubs from 1982 to 1997 and a Hall of Fame inductee in 2005.
1968 – 2025Black SabbathEnglish heavy metal bandTony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — the Birmingham band that created heavy metal.
1969 – 2025Felix Baumgartner (1969-2025)Died 17 July 2025, aged 56Austrian skydiver who in 2012 jumped from a balloon at 39,000 metres, becoming the first person to break the sound barrier unaided.
1970 – 2025Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970-2025)Died 20 July 2025, aged 54American actor, director and musician best known for The Cosby Show, one of the most popular sitcoms in television history.
1996 – 2025Diogo Jota -- Liverpool and Portugal forwardDiogo Jose Teixeira da Silva, known as Diogo Jota (4 December 1996 - 3 July 2025), was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a forward for Liverpool and the Portugal national team. Known for his intelligent movement, clinical finishing and tireless work rate, he scored 65 goals in 182 appearances for Liverpool, helping them win the Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup. He won 49 caps for Portugal and was part of two UEFA Nations League-winning squads. He died at 28 in a car accident in Spain alongside his brother Andre, just two weeks after his wedding.
2025Axiom Mission 4 launches to the space stationThirty-one countries represented in the science programmeAxiom Mission 4 launched to the International Space Station on 25 June 2025 under commander Peggy Whitson, with Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. Shukla became the second Indian national in space. The mission returned on 15 July.
2025"Basketball is my 9-to-5"In the aftermath of the horse race viral moment, Jokic tells ESPN that while basketball is his profession and he takes it seriously, horses represent his deepest personal joy — a statement of identity as unusual as his game.
2025Wimbledon 2025Men: Jannik Sinner · Women: Iga ŚwiątekSinner won his first Wimbledon, ending Alcaraz's reign. Świątek won the women's title 6-0, 6-0 — a historic double bagel, Poland's first Wimbledon champion.
2025Wins Duzijanac harness race with "Demon Dell'Est"Jokic's horse Demon Dell'Est wins the Duzijanac — the most prestigious harness race in Subotica, Serbia. Jokic, usually stone-faced after NBA championships, breaks down in tears of joy and runs onto the track to embrace the jockey. The contrast goes global.
2025BTS reunite after military serviceA world tour and album announced for 2026The members of BTS reunited on 1 July 2025 after completing mandatory military service, announcing a world tour and new album for 2026.
2025Comet 3I/ATLAS discoveredPossibly the oldest comet ever observedThe ATLAS survey telescope discovered Comet 3I/ATLAS on 1 July 2025, an interstellar object thought to be possibly the oldest known comet.
2025USAID is shutteredAn agency founded in 1961 closed downThe US Agency for International Development was closed on 1 July 2025 after being targeted by President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency. Founded in 1961, it had worked in more than 100 countries.
2025The Dalai Lama confirms he will reincarnateSole authority for the succession given to his own trustThe 14th Dalai Lama announced on 2 July 2025 that he would reincarnate, confirming there would be a 15th Dalai Lama, and granted his own institutional trust sole authority to identify his successor.
2025Diogo Jota dies in SpainOn 3 July 2025, eleven days after his wedding, Jota and his 26-year-old brother Andre Silva were killed when their Lamborghini veered off the A-52 highway near Palacios de Sanabria in the province of Zamora, Spain, after a suspected tyre blowout. The car caught fire and both men were pronounced dead at the scene. Liverpool said the club was 'devastated'. Cristiano Ronaldo said: 'It doesn't make sense.' His funeral in Gondomar was attended by Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, manager Arne Slot and teammates past and present. During the 2026 World Cup, Portugal carried his number 21 shirt as a permanent tribute.
2025Flash floods devastate central TexasAt least 135 killed, including campers at Camp MysticExtreme rainfall caused deadly flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas between 4 and 7 July 2025. At least 135 people were killed, among them 27 campers and staff from Camp Mystic, with damage estimated at $18-22 billion.
2025Back to the Beginning -- final show, Birmingham, 5 July 2025On 5 July 2025, Osbourne performed his final concert, Back to the Beginning, in his hometown of Birmingham, reuniting with all three original Black Sabbath bandmates -- Iommi, Butler and Ward -- for the first time in decades. The show was announced as his farewell performance due to his deteriorating health. Sharon later said it was the perfect way to end a career that had begun in the same city nearly sixty years earlier.
2025Black Sabbath's farewell concert Back to the BeginningVilla ParkA last reunion of the original four in Birmingham.
2025Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne diesAged 76Dies weeks after the farewell concert.
2025Ozzy Osbourne dies at home in BuckinghamshireOzzy Osbourne died on 22 July 2025 at his home in Jordans, Buckinghamshire, seventeen days after his final performance. His cause of death was cardiac arrest caused by acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease. His family announced: 'He was with his family and surrounded by love.' Black Sabbath's official page posted two words: 'Ozzy Forever.' His funeral procession passed through Birmingham, and the hearse paused at the Black Sabbath bench on Broad Street.
2025NISAR satellite launched by NASA and ISROThe first radar satellite using dual microwave frequenciesNASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation launched NISAR on 30 July 2025, the first satellite to use dual microwave frequencies for radar observation of changes in the Earth's surface.