US cyclist Lance Armstrong looks for his fourth successive title as the Tour de France gets underway in Luxembourg

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• Friday July 5, 2002
• Robert Carlyle and wife Anastasia celebrate the birth of a baby girl
• Relatives of the victims of the air crash over Germany pay their respects at the scene of the disaster
• Spider-Man creator Stan Lee's comics, go on sale
• Surviving members of legendary band The Doors announce plans to reform
• Attacker who stabbed George Harrison in 1999 apologises after being set free
• Three people are killed and several injured as a gunman opens fire at Los Angeles airport
• American Pie star Shannon Elizabeth has married fiance Joseph Reitman in Mexico
• Injured Eastenders star Kim Medcalf airlifted back to UK following car crash in France
• US cyclist Lance Armstrong looks for his fourth successive title as the Tour de France gets underway in Luxembourg
• Eric Clapton and his young wife Melia McEnery are expecting their second child
• Latin singer Marc Anthony and wife, former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres have separated
• Thursday July 4, 2002
• George Bush celebrates the Fourth of July in West Virginia
• Lady Gabriella Windsor and brother Freddie look on from the royal box at Wimbledon as Tim Henman goes through to the semi-finals
• Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey 40 today
• Victoria Beckham faces court case over alleged claims a shop sold fake autographs of husband David
• Julia Roberts has married boyfriend Danny Moder at her ranch in New Mexico
• Football manager Gerard Houllier, who needed life-saving heart surgery last year, is presented with an honorary degree from Liverpool University
• Millionaire balloonist Steve Fossett touches down safely in Australia after completing first solo circumnavigation of the world
• Wednesday July 3, 2002
• Enrique Iglesias opens the Harrods July sale
• Tom Arnold has married girlfriend Shelby Roos in Los Angeles
• US millionaire Steve Fossett becomes the first solo balloonist to successfully circumnavigate the globe
• World Champions Brazil return home to a hero's welcome
• Princess Kalina of Bulgaria and Kitin Mu�oz to marry in Sofia in september
• The Queen and Prince Philip visit Birmingham as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee British tour
• Tom Cruise 40 today
• Tuesday July 2, 2002
• Tim Henman scrapes into the quarter-finals at Wimbledon after a five-set victory over Michel Kratochvil
• Prince Charles meets with Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh
• Greg Rusedski crashes out of Wimbledon after losing five-set thriller against Belgium's Xavier Malisse
• Rescuers search for debris and victims following tragic air crash over Germany that has left around 70 dead
• Thousands of South Koreans line the streets of Seoul to bid farewell to their coach Guus Hiddink who has announced his intention to return to Europe
• Kim Wilde at the Hampton Court Flower Show
• Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn named the best player of the 2002 World Cup
• Monday July 1, 2002
• The Glastonbury Festival comes to a successful close
• Jubilant Brazilian fans take to the streets worldwide to celebrate their country's World Cup victory
• Patrol ships remain on standby in waters off South Korea after sea skirmish with neighbours North Korea leaves four South Korean sailors dead

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