Timeline July 2021

Events in July 2021 11

• 1942 – 2021 Carlos Reutemann (1942-2021) Died 7 July 2021, aged 79 Argentine Formula One driver and later governor of Santa Fe province.
• 1968 – 2021 Jovenel Moise (1968-2021) Died 7 July 2021, aged 53 President of Haiti from 2017 until his assassination by a commando unit at his home in Port-au-Prince.
• 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome breaks records Lytton reaches 49.6C, then burns down An extreme heat dome settled over the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021. Lytton, British Columbia, reached 49.6C, a Canadian record, and was destroyed by fire the following day. Hundreds died across the region.
• 2021 Los Lobos release Native Sons Grammy Covers of LA songs — another Grammy.
• 2021 Wimbledon 2021 Men: Novak Djokovic · Women: Ashleigh Barty Wimbledon returned after COVID cancellation in 2020. Djokovic won his 6th title. Barty claimed her first Wimbledon.
• 2021 Black Widow #3 film of 2021 — $379m worldwide Directed by Cate Shortland, starring Scarlett Johansson. Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy arises.
• 2021 Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos reach the edge of space Two crewed suborbital flights nine days apart Richard Branson flew aboard Virgin Galactic on 11 July 2021 and Jeff Bezos aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard on 20 July, opening the era of billionaire-funded suborbital tourism.
• 2021 Catastrophic floods hit Germany and Belgium More than 240 killed in a single night of rain Extreme rainfall caused flash flooding across western Germany and Belgium on 14 July 2021, killing more than 240 people in Europe's deadliest flood disaster in decades.
• 2021 Pegasus spyware investigation published Journalists and heads of state found among the targets An international consortium of newsrooms published the Pegasus Project on 18 July 2021, revealing that NSO Group's spyware had been used against journalists, activists and heads of state.
• 2021 2020 Summer Olympics XXXII Olympiad - Tokyo Postponed by one year due to COVID-19. Winner: USA.
• 2021 Death of Dusty Hill Dusty Hill died in his sleep at the age of 72. At Hill's request, his longtime bass tech Elwood Francis replaced him, and ZZ Top continued touring.