Portal:Indonesia/Selected anniversaries/July

5 July 1959 – President Sukarno issues a decree dissolving the Constituent Assembly and reintroducing the Constitution of 1945
8 July 1976 – The Palapa A1, Indonesia's first communication satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral
12 July 1975 – The National Monument (pictured) in Jakarta is dedicated
23 July 2001 – Indonesia's first female president, Megawati Sukarnoputri, takes office
29 July 1947 – A flight carrying medical supplies is shot down over Bantul; this date is commemorated as a service day for the Indonesian Air Force