July 5, 2003 - Joseph C. Wilson, a retired US ambassador, publicly announces that US and British officials ignored his finding that there was no Iraqi attempt to buy uranium oxide from Niger, and that they exaggerated the public case for invading Iraq.
July 21, 1945 - President Truman approves order for atomic bombs to be used against Japan.
July 26, 1945 - Potsdam Declaration calls upon Japanese government "to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces." The alternative, the Declaration states, is "prompt and utter destruction."
July 27, 1956 - A US bomber crashes into a storage igloo containing three Mark 6 nuclear bombs at Lakenheath Royal Air Force base in the United Kingdom. The resulting fire damages the bombs, but fails to ignite their conventional explosive triggers.
July 29, 1957 - The United Nations establishes the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
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