Historical Events
- Jul 1 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC
- Jul 1 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
Sports History
Jul 1 Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of his record 2,216 consecutive MLB starts at shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.
- Jul 1 Challenger moves overland to Dryden
- Jul 1 General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as President of Argentina
- Jul 1 Kosmos 1383, 1st search & rescue satellite, launched
- Jul 1 PEC Zwolle '82 soccer club renamed when purchased by Dutch businessman Marten Eibrink
- Jul 2 In South Africa, the Internal Security Act is passed, giving massive powers to the authorities to investigate any organization or publication
- Jul 2 Larry Walters rises to 16,000 feet over Los Angeles using a lawn chair and 42 helium balloons, [1]
- Jul 2 Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth
- Jul 3 Riot at building site of Stopera concert hall in Amsterdam causes Ÿ1 million in damages
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 for the first of 6-straight Wimbledon singles titles
- Jul 4 4th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 4 (STS-4) lands at Edwards AFB
Canadian Women's Open
Jul 4 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), St George's CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Daniel
- Jul 4 Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president of Mexico
- Jul 4 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-American classic final, Jimmy Connors beats John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 for his second and final Wimbledon title
- Jul 5 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
- Jul 7 English athlete David Moorcroft beats Kenyan Henry Rono's 5000m world record by nearly 5 seconds, 13:00.41 in Oslo, Norway
- Jul 8 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 performances
- Jul 8 15th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
Sports History
Jul 8 Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
- Jul 8 Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property
- Jul 8 Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized
- Jul 9 Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England v India at The Oval
- Jul 9 Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and enters the Queen's bedroom in Buckingham Palace, London
- Jul 9 Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in a storm in Kenner, Louisiana, shortly after take-off, killing 153
- Jul 10 Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze
- Jul 10 Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week
Event of Interest
Jul 10 Samuel Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000
- Jul 10 Zimbabwe beats Bermuda by 5 wickets to win ICC Trophy
- Jul 11 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 5 performances
- Jul 11 FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany, 3-1 in front of 90,000
- Jul 11 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Portland GC: Miller Barber wins by 4 strokes from Dan Sykes & Gene Littler; his first of 3 Senior Open titles
- Jul 12 Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
- Jul 12 FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
- Jul 13 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
- Jul 13 All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cincinnati Reds)
- Jul 13 Iran launches first attack into Iraq
- Jul 13 Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Jul 14 Musical film adaptation of "Pink Floyd - The Wall", directed by Alan Parker, starring Bob Geldof, and written by Roger Waters, premieres at the Empire, Leicester Square, in London,
- Jul 15 Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
- Jul 15 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
Event of Interest
Jul 15 Senate confirms George P. Shultz as US 60th Secretary of State by vote of 97-0
- Jul 16 CDC report on AIDS symptoms in three hemophiliacs
- Jul 16 George P. Shultz is sworn in as the 60th US Secretary of State
- Jul 16 NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth
Event of Interest
Jul 16 Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud
- Jul 18 "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 performances
British Golf Open
Jul 18 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Tom Watson wins his 4th Open Championship, 1 stroke clear of Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price
Sports History
Jul 19 1st annual Cracker Jack Old-Timers Baseball Classic: 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 275-foot HR off Warren Spahn, as AL beats NL 7-2; participants included Hank Aaron, Lou Brock, Bert Campaneris, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Don Newcombe, and Early Wynn (RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.)
- Jul 19 Bolivian government resigns
- Jul 19 David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon
- Jul 20 Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London
- Jul 20 T Macauly & D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London
- Jul 21 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 22 Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle
- Jul 23 FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo
- Jul 23 International Whaling Commission votes for total ban on commercial whaling (starting 1985)
- Jul 24 "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill NYC after 63 performances
- Jul 24 Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299
- Jul 24 KHJ (LA) & KFRC (San Francisco) become 2nd & 3rd stereo AM stations
- Jul 24 Single "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor from "Rocky III" soundtrack starts 6-week run at #1 on US charts (Grammy for Best Rock Performance)
- Jul 25 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0)
Tour de France
Jul 25 69th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
- Jul 25 France performs nuclear Test
- Jul 25 US Open Women's Golf, Del Paso CC: Janet Anderson shoots final round 68 (−4) to claim her only LPGA Tour win, 6 strokes ahead of Beth Daniel, Donna White, JoAnne Carner and Sandra Haynie
- Jul 25 Zail Singh is sworn in as the seventh President of India
- Jul 26 Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket
Film & TV History
Jul 26 Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan is seriously injured filming a fight scene for the movie "Coolie"
- Jul 26 Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe
Little Shop of Horrors
Jul 27 Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors" opens Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre in NYC
Event of Interest
Jul 27 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's first visit to the US in almost 11 years
- Jul 30 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats
- Jul 30 USSR performs underground nuclear Test
- Jul 31 46 kids & 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide near Beaune, France
- Jul 31 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF)
- Jul 31 USSR performs nuclear Test
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Carmella DeCesare, American model and Playmate of the Year 2004, born in Avon Lake, Ohio
- Jul 1 Hilarie Burton, American actress (One Tree Hill), born in Sterling, Virginia
- Jul 1 Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player (3 ATP titles), born in Lund, Sweden
- Jul 3 Kanika, Indian actress (Five Star), born in Thiruvananthapuram, India
- Jul 5 Alberto Gilardino, Italian soccer striker (57 caps; Parma, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Genoa) and coach (Rezzato, Pro Vercelli, Siena, Genoa), born in Biella, Italy
- Jul 5 Philippe Gilbert, Belgian road cyclist (World C'ship gold road race 2012; UCI World Tour & Vélo d'Or 2011), born in Verviers, Belgium
- Jul 7 Cassidy [Barry Adrian Reese], American rapper, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 7 George Owu, Ghanaian footballer, born in Accra, Ghana
- Jul 7 Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail), born in Livingston, New Jersey
- Jul 7 Tom Sandoval, American actor and reality star (Vanderpump Rules), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Jul 8 Joshua Alba, American actor, brother of Jessica Alba, born in Biloxi, Mississippi
- Jul 8 Sophia Bush, American actress (One Tree Hill), born in Pasadena, California
- Jul 9 Alecko Eskandarian, Armenian-American footballer
- Jul 9 Ashly DelGrosso, American ballroom dancer
- Jul 9 Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver
- Jul 10 Alex Arrowsmith, American pop-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Shaky Hands), born in Hood River, Oregan
- Jul 10 Sebastian Mila, Polish soccer midfielder (38 caps; WKS Śląsk Wrocław), born in Koszalin, Poland
- Jul 11 Chris Cooley, American NFL tight end (2-time Pro Bowl; Washington Redskins), born in Powell, Wyoming
- Jul 12 Antonio Cassano, Italian soccer forward (39 caps; Roma, Real Madrid, Sampdoria, Parma), born in Bari, Italy
- Jul 13 Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
- Jul 13 Joost van den Broek, Dutch symphonic metal and progressive rock keyboard player (After Forever), born in The Netherlands
- Jul 13 Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player
- Jul 13 Simon Clist, English footballer (Bristol City), born in Bournemouth, England
- Jul 13 Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball catcher (9 x MLB All Star; World Series 2006, 11; 9 x Gold Glove; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Jul 14 Dmitry Chaplin, Russian dancer and choreographer (So You Think You Can Dance finalist), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- Jul 16 Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer (Pars Jonoubi), born in Santa Ana, Costa Rica
- Jul 17 Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten - "Whole Again"), born in Liverpool, England
- Jul 17 Omari Banks, West Indian cricket all-rounder (10 Tests, 1 x 50, 28 wickets; Leeward Islands, Leicestershire CCC, Anguilla, Somerset CCC), born in Anguilla, Leeward Islands
- Jul 18 Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
Priyanka Chopra (41 years old)
Jul 18 Indian actress, singer and beauty queen (Miss World, 2000), born in Jamshedpur, India
- Jul 18 Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter ("Take It All Away"), born in Dallas, Texas
- Jul 19 Jared Padalecki, American actor (Supernatural), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Jul 19 Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer, born in Gosford, Australia
- Jul 19 Stuart Parnaby, English footballer and coach (Middlesbrough), born in Durham, England
- Jul 20 Percy Daggs III, American actor (Wallace in "Veronica Mars"), born in Long Beach, California
- Jul 22 Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri lankan cricketer
- Jul 23 Gerald Wallace, American basketball player (Charlotte Bobcats), born in Childersburg, Alabama
- Jul 23 Paul Wesley [Paweł Wasilewski], American actor (The Vampire Diaries), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Jul 23 Schottzie Schott, dog mascot of Cincinnati Reds (d. 1991)
- Jul 24 Anna Paquin, Canadian-born New Zealand Oscar-winning actress (The Piano, True Blood), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Elisabeth Moss (41 years old)
Jul 24 American actress (Mad Men), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 24 Elise Crombez, Belgian model
- Jul 24 Thiago Medeiros, Brazilian racing driver
- Jul 24 Tord Øverland Knudsen, Norwegian bassist (The Wombats), born in Elverum, Norway
- Jul 25 Brad Renfro, American actor (The Client), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2008)
- Jul 25 Monde Zondeki, South African cricketer, born in King William's Town, Cape Province
- Jul 26 Chez Starbuck, American actor (The Thirteenth Year), born in Lakewood, Colorado
- Jul 28 Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress, born in Reykjavik, Iceland
- Jul 28 Cain Velasquez, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, born in Salinas, California
- Jul 28 Tom Pelphrey, American actor, born in Howell Township, New Jersey
- Jul 29 Allison Mack, American actress (Smallville), and cult member (NXIVM), born in Preetz, West Germany
- Jul 29 Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer, born in Ljubljana
- Jul 29 Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer, born in Fortaleza, Brazil
- Jul 30 Jimmy Anderson, English cricket fast bowler (most wickets for England in both Test and ODI cricket), born in Burnley, Lancashire
- Jul 30 Martin Starr [Schienle], American actor (Freaks and Geeks; Silicon Valley), born in Santa Monica, California
- Jul 30 Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress (Chuck, The Handmaid's Tale), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jul 31 Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Bikita, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
- Jul 31 DeMarcus Ware, American Pro Football HOF outside linebacker (Super Bowl L; 4 × First-team All-Pro; 9 x Pro Bowl; Denver Broncos), born in Auburn, Alabama
Famous Weddings
- Jul 1 Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at NYC Madison Square Garden
Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne
Jul 4 British former "Black Sabbath" lead singer Ozzy Osbourne (33) weds second wife British music manager and concert promoter Sharon Arden (29) in Maui, Hawaii
Sun Myung Moon
Jul 22 Biggest mass wedding, Rev Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in NYC
Sally Ride
Jul 24 Physicist and astronaut Sally Ride (31) weds astronaut Steven Hawley (30) in Salina, Kansas
- Jul 29 British "Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor (21) weds hair stylist and photographer Tracy Wilson in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 John Everett Watts, American composer (Elegy for Chimney),new music promoter (Composers & Choreographers Theater), synthesizer player, and educator (New School, 1969-82), dies at 51
- Jul 1 Ray Scarborough, American MLB pitcher (All Star 1950), dies at 64
- Jul 1 Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86
- Jul 2 Poul Rovsing Olsen, Danish composer, dies at 59
- Jul 3 Henry King, US film director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies at 96
- Jul 4 Antonio Guzman Fernandez, Dominican politician (President of the Dominican Republic 1978-82), found shot to death (presumed suicide) at 71
- Jul 4 Terry Higgins, early British AIDS death (b. 1945)
- Jul 6 Bob Johnson, American baseball outfielder (8 x MLB All Star; Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox), dies at 76
- Jul 6 Russell Thorson, American radio and television actor (One Man's Family; The Detectives), dies at 72
- Jul 7 Bep Bakhuys, Dutch soccer striker (23 caps, 28 goals; Metz), dies at 73
- Jul 7 Fred Stuthman, actor (Henry Adler-Hello Larry), dies at 63
- Jul 8 Isa Miranda, Italian model and actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77
- Jul 8 Virginia Hall [Goillot], American spy with British Special Operations during WWII (1940-66), dies at 76
- Jul 9 Joseph "Wingy" Manone American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader ("Tar Paper Stomp"; "Downright Disgusted Blues"), dies at 82
- Jul 10 Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79
- Jul 10 Maria Jeritza [Marie Jedličková], Czech soprano, known as the Moravian Thunderbolt (Vienna Opera, 1912-34, 1953-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1921-32, 1951); dies at 94
- Jul 12 Kenneth More, British actor (39 Steps, Doctor in the House), dies of Parkinson's disease at 67
- Jul 13 Edith Heerdegen, German actress (Serpent's Egg, Monpti), dies at 69
- Jul 13 John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85
- Jul 13 Michael Blankfort, American writer, producer and director, dies at 74
- Jul 14 George Tremblay, Canadian-American composer, dies at 71
- Jul 15 Bill Justis, American musician and producer (Raunchy), dies of cancer at 58
- Jul 15 Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
- Jul 15 Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
- Jul 16 C. R. Swart, South African politician (1st State President of South Africa 1961-67), dies at 88
- Jul 16 Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italian-American writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano), dies at 100
- Jul 16 Leendert Braat, Dutch sculptor and writer (White World), dies
- Jul 16 Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine & Co), shoots self at 35
- Jul 18 Lionel Daunais, French Canadian singer and composer, dies at 80
- Jul 18 Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language), dies at 85
- Jul 19 John Harvey, stage and film actor (b. 1911)
- Jul 20 Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
- Jul 21 Dave Garroway, American TV host (Today Show, 1951-61), dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound at 69
- Jul 21 Jean J A Girault, French director and screenwriter (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies of tuberculosis at 58
- Jul 22 Lloyd Waner, American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (MLB All Star 1938; batting average over .300 x 10; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from emphysema at 76
- Jul 22 Sonny Stitt [Edward Hammond Boatner Jr], American jazz saxophonist (Blows the Blues), dies of cancer at 58
- Jul 23 Betty Parsons, American artist and art dealer, dies at 82
- Jul 23 Vic Morrow [Morozoff], American film and television actor Combat!; Cimmaron; Roots), killed by helicopter crash during the filming of "The Twilight Zone: The Movie" at 53
- Jul 25 Beene Dubbelboer, Dutch writer (Turfgasgenerator), dies at 76
- Jul 25 Hal Foster, Canadian-American cartoonist (Prince Valiant) (b. 1892)
- Jul 26 Betty Walker, American actress and comedienne, dies of pancreatic cancer at 53
- Jul 27 Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer (Olympic gold 1980), dies at 28
- Jul 28 George Kleinsinger, American composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68
- Jul 28 Keith Green, American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and pianist ("There Is a Redeemer"; "(Until) Your Love Broke Through"), and minister, dies in plane crash at 28
- Jul 28 Nick Lucas [Dominic Lucanese], American jazz guitarist and singer ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips"; "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine"), dies of double pneumonia at 84
- Jul 29 Cor Kieboom, Dutch president of Feyenoord football club, dies at 81
- Jul 29 Harold Sakata [Toshiyuki], American actor (Gold Finger, Dimension 5), dies of liver cancer at 62
- Jul 29 Richard Gale, English general and airborne commander (Normandy), dies at 86
Vladimir Zworykin (1888-1982)
Jul 29 Russian-American inventor who developed the cathode ray tube for television, dies at 94 [1]
- Jul 30 Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies
- Jul 30 Roberta Pedon, American glamour model, dies at 28
