See European Broadcasting Union: Specification of the Broadcast Wave Format ( EBU Technical document 3285, July 1997 ).

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

Although tariff cuts that were expected in July 1996 were delayed until 1997, the Government of El Salvador is committed to a free and open economy.

Michael Richardson and his colleagues in a July 1997 issue of Anatomy and Embryology, demonstrated that Haeckel fudged his drawings in order to exaggerate the similarity of the phylotypic stage.

1st edition, 1975, ISBN 0-394-73115-8, 2nd edition, Marlowe & Co., July 1997, ISBN 1-56924-747-1 There are two very different editions.

In July 1997, Bruce Perens published the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

* July 22, 1997, The New York Times Company: Signal Travels Farther and Faster Than Light

In late July 1997, the city experienced a flash flood after and during a 31-hour period when of rain fell.

In July 1997, on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) summit in Madrid, Greek and Turkish leaders reached agreement on six principles to govern their bilateral relations.

* Sir David Omand ( July 1996 – December 1997 )

On 1 July 1997, sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), ending over one and a half centuries of British rule.

The Hong Kong 1 July March is an annual protest rally led by the Civil Human Rights Front since the 1997 handover on the HKSAR establishment day.

Hong Kong was under British rule before 1 July 1997.

The Court of Final Appeal now serves as the highest judicial authority in the jurisdiction, although, as confirmed by the Court of Appeal, decisions of the Privy Council before 1 July 1997 on appeals from Hong Kong ' continue to be binding since the resumption of sovereignty on all courts of Hong Kong, save for the Court of Final Appeal ' i. e. these decisions remain part of the common law of the Hong Kong SAR unless and until overturned by the Court of Final Appeal.

It should be noted, however, that decisions of the Privy Council before 1 July 1997 on non-Hong Kong appeals, just as decisions of British courts in general, are not strictly binding on Hong Kong courts, for all that such decisions are persuasive and will be treated with great respect by courts of Hong Kong.

Laos was admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) in July 1997 and applied to join the World Trade Organization in 1998.

After considerable progress in negotiations conducted by the United States, United Nations, Organization of African Unity, and the Economic Community of West African States, disarmament and demobilization of warring factions were hastily carried out and special elections were held on 19 July 1997 with Charles Taylor and his National Patriotic Party emerging victorious.

The LTTE has been accused of hijacking several vessels and ships in waters outside Sri Lanka, including Ocean Trader ( in October 1994 ), Irish Mona ( in August 1995 ), Princess Wave ( in August 1996 ), Athena ( in May 1997 ), Misen ( in July 1997 ), Morong Bong ( in July 1997 ), MV Cordiality ( in September 1997 ), Princess Kash ( in August 1998 ), Newko ( in July 1999 ), Uhana ( in June 2000 ), Fuyuan Ya 225 ( Chinese trawler, in March 2003 ), MV Farah III ( in December 2006 ) and City of Liverpool ( in January 2007 ).

Judit Polgár ( born July 23, 1976 ) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster.

Polgár was ranked number 36 in the world on the July 2012 FIDE rating list with an Elo rating of 2709, the woman on FIDE's Top 100 Players list, and has been ranked as high as eighth ( in 2005 ).

Polgár was born on July 23, 1976, in Budapest, to a Hungarian Jewish family.

In July 2007, Polgár played in the Biel Chess Festival which was won by 16-year-old Magnus Carlsen.

Also in July 2011, Polgár played Board 3 for Hungary in the World Team Championships.

* July 23 – Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player

He competed for the presidency of the LDP in September 1995 and July 1998, but he gained little support losing decisively to Ryutaro Hashimoto and then Keizō Obuchi, both of whom had broader bases of support within the party.

In July 1919, Philadelphia was one of more than 36 industrial cities nationally to suffer a race riot of ethnic whites against blacks during Red Summer, in post-World War I unrest, as recent immigrants competed with blacks for jobs.

In New England, on the night before the Fourth of July, towns competed to build towering pyramids, assembled from hogsheads and barrels and casks.

The finale aired on July 5, 2006, where she competed against Jason Alexander, Michael Ian Black, Ida Siconolfi, and Keegan-Michael Key.

In July 2003, Guerrero competed in a tournament for the United States Championship.

In July 1982, Lochgilphead competed against teams from Perth and Oban in the then highly popular BBC Television It's a Knockout, presented by Stuart Hall.

Mini-Marcos was also the chosen car for the " First Ladies International Race Team " ( FLIRT ), which competed at events such as the Nurburgring 1000 km race in May 1967, where they retired, the Grand Premo del Mugello in July 1967, coming 37th, and the Nurburgring 500 km race in September 1967 where two cars were fielded with Jackie Bond-Smith coming in 21st and 4th in class, and Joey Cook retiring.

A team known as the Chiefs competed in the Class A Eastern League ( then two levels below the IL ) during 1956 – 57, but moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania on July 13, 1957.

On July 4, 2011, he competed on the rooftop of a Manhattan bar, 230 Fifth, for the duration of the Coney Island contest.

Starting 11 July 2006 19 West Indies regional teams competed in what was named the Stanford 20 / 20 tournament.

On July 20, 2000, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Takeshi Morishima, Naomichi Marufuji, Kentaro Shiga, Takeshi Rikio, Mitsuo Momota, Rusher Kimura, Haruka Eigen, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Kenta Kobayashi, Takao Ōmori, Yoshihiro Takayama, Jun Izumida, Masao Inoue, Yoshinari Ogawa, Akira Taue, Jun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa competed in their last matches for All Japan Pro Wrestling at the sold-out Hakata Star Lane in Fukuoka.

Furthermore, Keiji Mutoh competed at a Pro Wrestling Noah event on July 10, 2004, teaming with fellow AJPW wrestler Taiyō Kea to face Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa.

Four of the newly updated cars competed in the Alpine rally of July 1965, and Vic Elford's car led outright, all the way.

The choir competed at the Summa Cum Laude competition in Vienna in July 2008 and it was placed 1st in the Mixed Choir category.

In July 2008 Cracknell competed in the European Triathlon Championships for GBR for his age group and in November 2009 he took part in the New York Marathon.

He competed with fellow party member Agustín Rossi in the primary elections held on 1 July 2007, and was elected candidate of the Justicialist Party for the governorship of Santa Fe by a wide margin.

In July, Fish competed in the Davis Cup against Croatia, losing to Marin Čilić in five sets.

Alexandra Fouace ( born 7 July 1979 ) is a French athlete who competed in archery at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

She competed in the 10, 000 metres event at the British national trials in July, attempting to take a spot on the Ethiopian team at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Svetoslav Stoyanov ( born 10 July 1976 ) is a male badminton player originally from Bulgaria, but later competed for France.

Stephen Giles ( born July 4, 1972 in Saint Stephen, New Brunswick ) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s.

Jessica Chase ( born July 11, 1978 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a Canadian synchronized swimmer who competed in the Sydney and Athens Olympics.

Mylanie Barré ( born July 25, 1979 ) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the mid 2000s.

The ' Edinburgh Arrow ' is an annual competition, known as the Sovereign's Prize since 28 July 1822 when it was competed for at the nearby Bruntsfield Links.