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| July 1st, 2007 | Event | Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. With the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK. The ban is also put into effect in Australia. |
| July 1st, 2006 | Event | The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People s Republic of China. |
| July 1st, 2004 | Event | Saturn Orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC. |
| July 1st, 2002 | Event | The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. |
| July 1st, 2002 | Event | A Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71. |
| July 1st, 2000 | Event | Vermont s civil unions law goes into effect. |
| July 1st, 2000 | Event | The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic. |
| July 1st, 1999 | Event | The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. |
| July 1st, 1997 | Event | The People s Republic of China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. |
| July 1st, 1991 | Event | The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague. |
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