July
- 2 July – Sydney, Australia: The 2008 State of Origin is won by Queensland in the third and deciding match of the series against New South Wales at ANZ Stadium before 78,751.
- 26 July – Sydney, Australia: New Zealand international, Sonny Bill Williams departed Australia from Sydney Airport, leaving the NRL for an immediate switch to French rugby union club Toulon, walking out 18 months into a 5-year contract with the Bulldogs club.
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“Children are as destined biologically to break away as we are, emotionally, to hold on and protect. But thinking independently comes of acting independently. It begins with a two-year-old doggedly pulling on flannel pajamas during a July heat wave and with parents accepting that the impulse is a good one. When we let go of these small tasks without anger or sorrow but with pleasure and pride we give each act of independence our blessing.”
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“I will soon be going out to shape all the singing tomorrows.”
—Gabriel Péri, French Communist leader. Letter, July 1942, written shortly before his execution by the Germans. Quoted in New York Times (April 11, 1943)
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Within her bosom is September,
But in her heart a cold December.”
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