Historical Events
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Jul 1 "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong premieres at Century City, California
Film & TV History
Jul 2 Donald Trump proposes to Marla Maples and gives her a 7.5 carat diamond ring
Boyz n the Hood
Jul 2 Film "Boyz n the Hood" directed by John Singleton, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube is released
- Jul 3 Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease for the Cleveland Indians to play MLB at Jacobs Field
- Jul 4 24th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Pan Pacific Hotel
- Jul 5 American jockey Ray Sibille wins his 3,000th career race, aboard Sporting Surf at Pleasanton, California
- Jul 5 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 5 MLB owners approve Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins as new NL franchises to start play in 1993
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina 6-4, 3-6, 8-6 for her 3rd Wimbledon crown
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In the first ever all-German final Michael Stich beats Boris Becker 6-4, 7-6, 6-4
Sports History
Jul 9 All star MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Baltimore Orioles)
- Jul 9 New York City Opera's limited run production of Stephen Sondhiem's musical "A Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater ,NYC, for 7 performances
- Jul 9 South Africa re-admitted to Olympics
Election of Interest
Jul 10 Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected President of the Russian Federation
- Jul 10 Foreign Minister R.F. Botha of South Africa signs accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on behalf of South Africa
- Jul 10 L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13
- Jul 11 Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy
- Jul 11 Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
- Jul 11 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii
- Jul 13 Bob Milacki & 3 other Baltimore Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0
- Jul 14 Failed military coup in Mali
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 14 US Open Women's Golf, Colonial CC: Meg Mallon shoots final round 67 (−4) to finish 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Pat Bradley
- Jul 15 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 15 Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit
- Jul 15 US troops leave northern Iraq
- Jul 15 World's first off-shore wind farm begins generating electricity off the coast of Vindeby, Denmark [1]
- Jul 18 Florida Marlins' logo unveiled
Meeting of Interest
Jul 18 Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants
- Jul 19 Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game
- Jul 19 Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington)
- Jul 19 With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
- Jul 20 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant
- Jul 21 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood
Baseball Hall of Fame
Jul 21 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck, Jr are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
- Jul 21 Sharmell Sullivan (Gary Indiana), 20, crowned 23rd Miss Black America
Event of Interest
Jul 22 Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 men in 1978
- Jul 23 James Farentino of "Dynasty" arrested in Canada for cocaine possession
- Jul 23 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5
- Jul 24 Ottawa Rough Riders Board of Directors resign
- Jul 24 Universityof Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of solar system
- Jul 25 Howard Stern adds a 4th radio market (KLSX FM-97.1 Los Angeles)
- Jul 25 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use
- Jul 25 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium
- Jul 26 Actor Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) is arrested for exposing himself at an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida
- Jul 26 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
- Jul 26 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th
- Jul 27 TV Guide publishes its 2000th edition
- Jul 28 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1)
- Jul 28 Buffalo Bills beat Philadelphia Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley
Baseball Record
Jul 28 Dennis Martínez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history
Federation Cup
Jul 28 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Nottingham, England: Spain wins first title with 2-1 victory over US; Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinch final 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 against Gigi Fernández & Zina Garrison-Jackson
Gypsy
Jul 28 Revival of Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Gypsy", starring Tyne Daly, closes at Marquis Theater, NYC, after 581 performances and 2 Tony Award wins
Tour de France
Jul 28 Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin beats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3' 36" for 1st of 5 consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 28 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to beat Chi Chi Rodriguez by 4 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff
- Jul 29 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0)
- Jul 30 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993
- Jul 30 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
- Jul 31 Russia and US sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact
- Jul 31 Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft
- Jul 31 The Medininkai Massacre in Lithuania. Soviet OMON attacks Lithuanian customs post in Medininkai, killing 7 officers and severely wounding one other
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Lucas Vázquez, Spanish soccer right-back, winger (9 caps; Real Madrid, Espanyol), born in Curtis, Spain
- Jul 1 Michael Wacha, American baseball pitcher (NLCS MVP 2013; MLB All Star 2015 St. Louis Cardinals), born in Iowa City, Iowa
- Jul 2 Burna Boy [Damini Ogulu], Nigerian singer-songwriter (African Giant), born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Jul 3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player (French Open 2021 runner-up), born in Samara, Russia
- Jul 3 Peggy Gou [Kim Min-ji], South Korean DJ and record producer, born in Incheon, South Korea
- Jul 5 Jason Dolley, American actor and musician (Cory in the House), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 8 Devon Conway, New Zealand cricket batsman (7th batsman to score double century on Test debut; 200 v England 2021; Gauteng, Wellington, Somerset CCC), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Jul 8 Thuso Mbedu, South African actress (Is'Thunzi), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- Jul 8 Virgil van Dijk, Dutch soccer defender (Groningen, Celtic, Southampton, Liverpool FC, Netherlands national team captain), born in Breda, Netherlands
- Jul 9 Mitchel Musso, American actor (Hannah Montana -"Oliver'; Pair of Kings), born in Garland, Texas
- Jul 12 Erik Per Sullivan, American actor (Malcolm in the Middle), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Jul 12 James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer (Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Colombia national team), born in Cúcuta, Colombia
- Jul 12 Pablo Carreño Busta, Spanish tennis player (Davis Cup 2019; US Open doubles 2016 runner-up), born in Gijón, Spain
- Jul 16 Randall Bentley, American actor, born in Marietta, Georgia
- Jul 18 Karina Pasian, American-Dominican pop and R&B singer, and pianist, born in New York City
- Jul 20 Scout Willis, American 2nd daughter of actors Bruce Willis & Demi Moore
- Jul 21 Sara Sampaio, Portuguese supermodel, born in Porto, Portugal
- Jul 24 Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress (Arrow), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jul 29 Miki Ishikawa, American actress, born in Denver, Colorado
- Jul 31 Kiara Advani, Indian actress (Good Newwz), born in Bombay, India
Famous Weddings
Mary Travers
Jul 6 American "Peter, Paul & Mary" folk singer Mary Travers (54) weds 4th husband, American restaurateur Ethan Robbins, until her death in 2009
- Jul 8 American "Sanford and Son" actor-comedian Redd Foxx (68) weds 4th wife Korean Ka Ho Cho at The Little Church of the West in Las Vegas, Nevada until his death 3 months later
- Jul 20 Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate NY
- Jul 27 American rocker Jani Lane (27), (Warrant - "Cherry Pie") marries American model Bobbie Brown (23); (divorced 1993)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Joost Baljeu, painter/founder-editor Structure, dies
Michael Landon (1936-1991)
Jul 1 American actor (Bonanza - "Little Joe"; Little House on the Prairie - "Charles"; Highway to Heaven - "Jonathan"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 54
- Jul 2 Lee Remick, American actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies of cancer at 55
- Jul 3 Irina Nijinska, Russian American dancer, dies at 77
- Jul 3 Jimmy Van Alen, American tennis official (created Simplified Scoring System), dies at 88
- Jul 4 Victor Chang, Australian physician (b. 1936)
- Jul 5 Howard Nemerow, American poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies
- Jul 5 Mildred Dunnock, dies at 87
- Jul 6 Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
- Jul 6 Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and comic strip writer (Rex Morgan, M.D.), dies at 79
- Jul 6 Thorley Walters, actor (Trog, Edwardians, Daisy), dies at 78
- Jul 8 James Franciscus, American actor (Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Mr Novak, Longstreet), dies of emphysema 57
- Jul 8 Lotte Palfi Andor, German-American actress (Lovesick, All That Jazz), dies at 87
- Jul 10 Gerome Ragni, American playwright and songwriter (Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical), dies of cancer at 55
- Jul 11 Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered
- Jul 11 James McCallion, Scottish actor (Coogan's Bluff, Vera Cruz), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Jul 11 Roger Christian, American radio personality and lyricist ("Don’t Worry Baby"; "Little Deuce Coupe"; "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"), dies from kidney and liver failure at 57
- Jul 13 Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies
- Jul 15 Bert Convy, American actor and game show host (Tattletales), dies at 57
- Jul 16 Cornelis Z Forster [Da Kuneisi], Suriname granman/gaanman, dies
- Jul 16 Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81
- Jul 16 Frank Rizzo, American politician (Mayor-D-Philadelphia, 1972-80), dies of a heart attack at 70
- Jul 16 Robert Motherwell, American painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76
- Jul 18 André Cools, Belgian Minister of Budget, murdered at 63
- Jul 18 Harold Butler, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 12 wickets; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 78
- Jul 19 Gino Negri, Italian composer, songwriter, and actor, dies at 72
- Jul 20 Earl Robinson, American composer, dies in a car accident at 81
- Jul 20 Rellys [Henri Marius Bourrelly], French actor (Letters from My Windmill), dies at 86
- Jul 21 Paul Warwick, English racing driver (b. 1969)
- Jul 21 Theodore Wilson, American actor dies after a stroke at 47
- Jul 24 Freddie Brown, English cricketer (English Test captain 1950-51), dies at 80
- Jul 24 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American Yiddish writer (Yentl, Nobel Prize for Literature 1978), dies at 87
- Jul 24 Jørn Elniff, Danish bebop jazz drummer (Music for Mice and Men; Bud Powell), dies at 53
- Jul 25 Brian Haines, English actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, It), dies at 70
- Jul 25 Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin, dies at 97
- Jul 25 Toni Gerry, American actress (Bullet for Joey, Lust for Life), dies at 61
- Jul 27 Carol Gillies, British actress (Back Home, Baby Boom), dies at 50
- Jul 27 Gino Colaussi, Italian soccer striker (26 caps; Triestina, Juventus, Vicenza, Padova), dies at 77
- Jul 27 Pierre Brunet, French figure skater (Olympic gold pairs 1928, 32 [Andrée Brunet]), dies at 89
- Jul 28 Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45
- Jul 29 Christian Castries, French general (Dien Bien Phu), dies at 88
- Jul 30 Ed Hall, American character actor (Medical Center; Mannix; Baby... I'm Back!), dies at 60
- Jul 30 Leonardus S van Egerat, travel expert, dies at 68
- Jul 30 William Ball, American actor, director and founder of the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), dies at 60
