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July 1 - The Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is
officially established.
July 4 - Yachtsman Alec Rose, 59, receives a hero's welcome as
he sails into Portsmouth, England after his 354-day round-the-world
trip.
July 15 - The soap opera One Life to Live premieres on
ABC.
July 17 - Saddam Hussein becomes Vice Chairman of the
Revolutionary Council in Iraq after a coup d'état.
July 23-July 28 - African-American militants led by Fred (Ahmed)
Evans engage in a fierce gunfight with police in the Glenville
Shootout of Cleveland, Ohio.
July 25 - Pope Paul VI publishes the encyclical entitled
Humanae Vitae, condemning birth control. Many American Catholics
defy it.
July 26 - Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to 5 years hard labor, for advocating the
formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end
to the war.
July 29 - Arenal Volcano erupts in Costa Rica for the first time
in centuries.
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