Historical Events
Baseball Record
Jul 2 Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens (14-0) suffers his 1st loss (4-2 v Toronto), one win short of AL record for consecutive wins to start season
- Jul 2 US Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in 2 rulings
- Jul 3 Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
Statue of Liberty
Jul 3 US President Reagan presides over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
- Jul 4 England cricket captain Mike Gatting smashes 183 not out in the drawn 3rd Test vs India at Birmingham
Farm Aid Concert
Jul 4 Farm Aid II benefit concert held in Manor, Texas; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Waylon Jennings, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Nicolette Larson, Los Lobos, and Steve Earle [1]
- Jul 5 Inaugural edition of Goodwill Games open in Moscow, USSR
US History
Jul 5 Nancy Reagan cuts a red, white and blue ribbon to reopen Statue of Liberty after refurbishment
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Hana Mandlíková 7-6, 6-3 for her 7th Wimbledon singles title
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 6 100th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Germany's Boris Becker successfully defends his title beating Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
- Jul 6 Atlanta infielder Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a MLB game during Braves 11-8 loss v Montreal
- Jul 6 Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in the Philippines
- Jul 6 Premier Nakasone's Liberal Democratic Party wins Japan's election
Sports History
Jul 7 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow
- Jul 7 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
Music History
Jul 7 It is reported that Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction
- Jul 7 Jordan government shuts al-Fatah offices
Event of Interest
Jul 7 Soviet General and spy for the US Dmitri Polyakov arrested in retirement in Russia (executed 1988)
- Jul 7 Supreme Court strikes down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law
- Jul 8 Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
- Jul 8 NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance
- Jul 8 Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
Sports History
Jul 9 Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play ending consecutive streak at 740
- Jul 9 Attorney General's Commission on pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes
The Bridge
Jul 9 Columbia Records releases "The Bridge", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's tenth studio album
- Jul 9 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
- Jul 9 The New Zealand parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Bill legalising consensual sex between men aged 16 and older
World Record
Jul 11 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000m in world record 30:13.74
- Jul 11 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women)
- Jul 11 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara
- Jul 12 Steven McDonald, New York City Police Department patrolman, is shot and paralyzed by Shavod Jones
- Jul 13 Zola Budd and Annette Cowley are banned from the Commonwealth Games, a direct consequence of Britain's refusal to support economic sanctions against the apartheid government of South Africa
- Jul 14 10 killed & 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid
- Jul 14 Motley Crue's Vince Neil begins 30 day sentence for vehicular homicide
- Jul 14 NASA's plan to implement recommendations of Rogers commission
Press
Jul 14 Paul McCartney releases single "Press", from the album "Press To Play"
- Jul 14 Richard Miller becomes the 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage
- Jul 14 Second Lubbers government formed in the Netherlands
- Jul 14 Shalamar's Howard Hewett acquitted in Miami of drug charges
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 14 US Open Women's Golf, NCR CC: Jane Geddes wins by 2 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff with South African born Sally Little
- Jul 15 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston, Texas
- Jul 15 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)
Daytime Emmy Awards
Jul 17 Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time
- Jul 18 MLB Kansas City Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
- Jul 18 Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains
Boxing Title Fight
Jul 19 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
British Golf Open
Jul 20 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Australian Greg Norman wins his first major championship at even-par, 5 strokes clear of runner-up Gordon J. Brand
Meeting of Interest
Jul 23 Moroccan King Hassan II meets with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
- Jul 24 13th Commonwealth Games open in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jul 24 SF Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage
- Jul 25 Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India
- Jul 26 Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
- Jul 27 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0)
Tour de France
Jul 27 73rd Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
Canadian Women's Open
Jul 27 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Board of Trade CC: Pat Bradley wins in a playoff with Ayako Okamoto of Japan
- Jul 27 Iraqi jets attack central Iranian city of Arak; Iran threatens missile attack of gulf states supporting Iraq
- Jul 28 Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed
- Jul 28 NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated
- Jul 29 Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed
- Jul 29 Dennis Amiss scores his 100th 100, Warwickshire v Lancashire
- Jul 29 NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages
- Jul 31 19th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Charlie Blackmon, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star (2014, 17, 18, 19; NL Batting champion 2017; Colorado Rockies), born in Dallas, Texas
Lindsay Lohan (37 years old)
Jul 2 American actress (Another World; Freaky Friday; Mean Girls), born in New York City
- Jul 4 Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jul 4 Terrance Knighton, American NFL Player, born in Hartford, Connecticut
Adam Young (37 years old)
Jul 5 American singer and multi-instrumentalist (founder of Owl City), born in Owatonna, Minnesota
- Jul 6 David Karp, American web developer and founder of the blogging site Tumblr, born in New York City
- Jul 6 Luigi Di Maio, Italian politician, Leader of 5-Star, born in Avellino, Italy
- Jul 8 Kevin Chappell, American golfer (US Open 2011 3rd; Haskins Award 2008), born in Fresno, California
- Jul 8 Renata Costa [Kóki], Brazilian soccer defender (30 caps; Botucatu FC, LdB FC Malmö, FK Kubanochka Krasnodar; Olympic silver 2004, 08), born in Assal, Brazil
- Jul 9 Brandon Uranowitz, American actor (2023 Tony for "Leopoldstadt"), born in Livingston, New Jersey
- Jul 9 Dominic Cervi, American footballer
- Jul 9 Kiely Williams, American singer and actress (Cheetah Girls), born in Alexandria, Virgina
- Jul 10 Wyatt Russell, American actor (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier; Lodge 49), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 11 Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer (AC Milan, Lyon), born in Ploemeur, France
- Jul 12 JP Pietersen, South African rugby union outside back (70 Tests; Sharks, Leicester Tigers, RC Toulon), born in Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Jul 14 Dan Smith, English singer (Bastille), born in London
- Jul 15 Yahya Abdul-Mateen, American actor (Watchmen), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jul 16 Calum Gittins, New Zealand actor (The King's Speech), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Jul 16 Florent Geroux, French jockey (Breeders' Cup Classic 2017; Kentucky Derby 2021), born in Argentan, France
- Jul 17 Dana, Korean [Hong Sung-mi] South Korean singer and actress (TSZX), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jul 20 Daniel Elder, American classical composer, chiefly of choral music (The Heart's Reflection), born in Athens, Georgia
- Jul 21 Betty Gilpin, American actress (GLOW), born in New York City
- Jul 21 Diane Guerrero, American actress and singer (Encanto), born in Passaic, New Jersey
- Jul 23 Ayaka Komatsu, Japanese model and actress (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon), born in Ichinoseki, Japan
- Jul 23 Nelson Philippe, French racing driver, born in Valence, France
- Jul 23 Reece Ritchie, English actor (The Outpost), born in Lowestoft, England
- Jul 24 Alissa Firsova, Russian-British classical pianist and composer (Tree of Hope; Paradiso), and conductor, born in Moscow, Russia
- Jul 24 Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater
- Jul 24 Megan Park, Canadian actress (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), born in Lindsay, Ontario
- Jul 27 Courtney Kupets, American gymnast (World Championships champion 2002, 2003), born in Bedford, Texas
- Jul 27 Ryan Griffen, Australian rules footballer, born in Goolwa, South Australia
- Jul 28 Alexandra Chando, American actress (As the World Turns), born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Jul 31 Evgeni Malkin, Russian NHL center (World C'ship gold 2012, 14; Pittsburg Penguins), born in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Famous Weddings
Hana Mandlikova
Jul 25 Four-time Grand Slam winning tennis player Hana Mandlíková (24) weds restaurateur Jan Sedlak at Prague's old town hall
- Jul 27 "Say Anything" director Cameron Crowe (29) weds "Heart" guitarist Nancy Wilson (32)
Famous Deaths
Rudy Vallee (1901-1986)
Jul 3 American singer and one of the earliest crooners ("Vagabond Dreams"; "My Time Is Your Time"), dies at 84
- Jul 4 Flor Peeters, Flemish organist and composer (Lied Symphony), dies at 83
- Jul 4 Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (algebraic geometry), dies at 87
- Jul 6 Jagjivan Ram, Indian independence activist and politician, dies at 78
- Jul 8 Hyman G. Rickover, US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy, at 63 years the longest serving US naval officer), dies at 86
- Jul 9 Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered at 56
- Jul 9 Lê Duẩn, Vietnamese communist politician (General Secretary of Vietnam 1960-86), dies at 78
- Jul 13 Joseph "Coke" Escovedo, Mexican-American percussionist (Santana; Malo; Azteca), dies from cirrhosis at 45
- Jul 14 Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer, dies at 92
- Jul 15 Benny Rubin, American actor and comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87
- Jul 15 Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (Hambletonian x 4; Little Brown Jug x 5; Messenger Stakes x 7), dies from head injuries in fall at Yonkers Raceway at 62
- Jul 15 Florence Halop, American actress (Night Court, 1985-86 -"Florence"; St Elsewhere, 1984-85), dies of lung cancer at 63
- Jul 18 Stanley Rous, British soccer official (6th President FIFA 1961-74), dies at 91
- Jul 19 Alfredo Binda, Italian road cyclist (first to win Giro d'Italia x 5; World Road Race C'ship 1927, 30, 32), dies at 83
- Jul 20 Helen Craig, American actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night), dies at 74
- Jul 21 Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
- Jul 21 Paulo Correia, Guinea-Bissau colonel and putschist, executed (b. 1942)
- Jul 21 Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 60
- Jul 23 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, Finnish composer, dies at 73
- Jul 24 Fritz A. Lipman, German-American biochemist (discoverer co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87
- Jul 24 Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player and coach (South Melbourne), dies at 76
- Jul 25 Ted Lyons, American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB All-Star 1939; AL wins leader 1925, 27; AL ERA leader 1942; no-hitter 1926; Chicago White Sox) and manager (Chicago WS 1926-28), dies at 85
- Jul 25 Vincente Minnelli, American director (Gigi, Goodbye Charlie), dies in LA at 76
- Jul 26 W. Averell Harriman, American politician (Gov-D-NY) and ambassador to USSR (1943-46), dies at 94
- Jul 27 Leroy Holmes, American orchestra leader (The Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
- Jul 28 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter and sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91
- Jul 28 Cliff Melton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1942; NL saves leader 1937; NY Giants), dies at 74
- Jul 28 Syd Curnow, South African cricket batsman (7 Tests, HS 47; Transvaal), dies at 78
- Jul 29 Gordon Mills, British songwriter (Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual"), dies of cancer at 51
- Jul 31 Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (Vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania, 1939-41), who issued thousands of travel visas to imperiled Jews, dies at 88
- Jul 31 Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist and arranger (Billie Holiday; Benny Goodman), dies of stomach cancer at 73 [1]
