Historical Events
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maria Sharapova becomes first Russian player to win Wimbledon beating defending champion Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4
- Jul 4 The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks)
- Jul 4 UEFA European Championship Final, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal: In a huge upset Greece beats host nation Portugal, 1-0
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 4 US Open Women's Golf, Orchards GC: Meg Mallon shoots final round 65 (−6) to win her second US title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam of Sweden
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins the second of 5 straight Wimbledon singles titles beating American Andy Roddick 4-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-4
- Jul 5 First Indonesian presidential election by the people - first round (eventually won by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono)
- Jul 11 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Legends on the Niagara GC: Meg Mallon wins by 4 strokes from Beth Daniel
- Jul 11 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Englishman Mark James wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from José Maria Cañizares of Spain
- Jul 13 75th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Minute Maid Park, Houston
Martha Stewart Sentenced
Jul 16 Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators
Millennium Park Opened
Jul 16 Millennium Park, considered the first and most ambitious architectural project in the early 21st century for Chicago, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Mandela Calls for Action Against AIDS
Jul 17 Former South African President Nelson Mandela calls for commitment by the world to take action against AIDS
ESPY Awards
Jul 18 12th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Diana Taurasi win
British Golf Open
Jul 18 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Todd Hamilton wins his only major title, defeating 2002 champion Ernie Els of South Africa by a stroke in a 4-hole playoff
- Jul 21 The United Kingdom government publishes Delivering Security in a Changing World, a paper detailing wide-ranging reform of the country's armed forces
- Jul 22 37th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
- Jul 25 91st Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
Senior Open Championship
Jul 25 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush: Pete Oakley wins by 1 stroke from fellow American Tom Kite and Eduardo Romero of Argentina
- Jul 25 Copa América Final, Estadio Nacional, Lima: Brazil beats Argentina, 4-2 on penalties; 2-2 after extra time
Sports History
Jul 29 Marco van Basten is named the manager of the Netherlands national team
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 26 Dilano van 't Hoff, Dutch racingcar driver (F4 Spanish Championship, 2021), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 2023)
Famous Weddings
- Jul 2 Actress Mira Sorvino (36) weds actor Christopher Backus (23) in a private civil ceremony at the Santa Barbara Courthouse
- Jul 3 Actress Tori Spelling (31) weds actor-writer Charlie Shanian (35) at her parents 56,000-square foot mansion in Bel Air, California
- Jul 3 The Bachelor actor Bob Guiney (33) weds "All My Children" soap opera actress Rebecca Budig (31) in Long Lake, Michigan
Dennis Quaid
Jul 4 American actor Dennis Quaid (50) weds real estate agent Kimberly Buffington (32) at his 500-acre Montana ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana; divorce in 2018
- Jul 10 "The West Wing" actor Dule Hill (29) weds actress Nicole Lyn (26) in Montego Bay, Jamaica
- Jul 24 "The Calling" singer Alex Band (23) weds "Cleopatra 2525" actress Jennifer Sky (27) in West Palm Beach, Florida
- Jul 24 Former MSNBC news anchor Ashleigh Banfield (36) weds real estate financier Howard Gould (31) in Kenora, Ontario
Nicolas Cage
Jul 30 Actor Nicolas Cage (40) weds Alice Kim (20) at a private ranch in Northern California
- Jul 31 "Ed" actor Tom Cavanagh (35) weds "Sports Illustrated" photo editor Maureen Grise (33) at a 19th-century, cedar-shingled Roman Catholic church in Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Jul 31 Lady Davina Windsor (26) weds surfer and the first Maori to marry into the Royal Family Gary Lewis (33) at the chapel in Kensington Palace in London
Famous Deaths
Marlon Brando (1924-2004)
Jul 1 American actor (The Godfather; A Streetcar Named Desire; On the Waterfront), dies at 80
- Jul 1 Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931)
- Jul 1 Todor Skalovski, Macedonian shoral and orchestral conductor, and composer, dies at 95
- Jul 2 John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist, dies at 85
- Jul 2 Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian writer and editor (Twilight in Jakarta), dies at 82
- Jul 2 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and children's author (The Sea Girl), dies at 84
- Jul 3 Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 3), dies at 73
- Jul 3 John Barron, British actor (Emergency - Ward 10; The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), dies at 83
- Jul 4 Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), an eccentric street entertainer in Nottingham, England (b. 1932)
- Jul 4 Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor, dies at 84
- Jul 5 Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
- Jul 5 Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921)
- Jul 6 Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
- Jul 6 Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (1992-2004), dies at 71
- Jul 8 Jean Lefebvre, French actor (Diabolical, Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?), dies at 84
- Jul 8 Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
- Jul 8 Pieter Brattinga, Dutch graphic artist, dies at 73
- Jul 9 Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
- Jul 9 Isabel Sanford, American actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family), dies at 86 (b. 1917)
- Jul 9 Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
- Jul 11 Laurance Rockefeller, American CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank) and philanthropist, dies at 94
- Jul 12 Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)
- Jul 12 Jean Ruth Adams, American entomologist (insect pathogens and viruses), dies at 75 or 76
- Jul 13 Arthur Kane, American musician (New York Dolls), dies from advanced leukemia at 55
- Jul 13 [Karl] Carlos Kleiber, Austrian-Argentine conductor (Bavarian State Orchestra, 1968-97), dies at 74
- Jul 16 Bella Lewitsky, American modern dance choreographer, dies at 88
- Jul 16 George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
- Jul 17 Julian Hodge, British financier and multi-millionaire (Hodge Group), dies at 99
- Jul 17 Pat Roach, British professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937)
- Jul 18 Émile Peynaud, French oenologist, dies at 92
- Jul 18 Paul Foot, British journalist (b. 1937)
- Jul 19 Reverend Francis Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b. 1924)
- Jul 19 Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
- Jul 20 Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fiji chieftainess, wife of Kamisese Mara (b. 1931)
- Jul 21 Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1918)
- Jul 21 Jerry Goldsmith, American pianist and composer (The Twilight Zone; Planet Of The Apes), dies of colon cancer at 75
- Jul 21 Julian Ridsdale, British politician (C), Member of Parliament for Harwich (1954-92), dies at 89
- Jul 22 (Jean-Baptiste) Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist ("Flying Home"), dies of a heart attack at 81
- Jul 22 George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
- Jul 22 Sacha Distel, French singer ("Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" cover), dies at 71
- Jul 23 Carlos Paredes, Portuguese musician and composer (b. 1925)
- Jul 23 Mehmood [Ali], Indian actor, singer, director and producer (Do Phoo!, Vardaan), dies at 71
- Jul 23 Piero Piccioni, Italian jazz pianist, lawyer, film score composer (Swept Away), and conductor, dies at 82
- Jul 23 Serge Reggiani, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
- Jul 24 Claude André François Ballif, French composer, dies at 80
- Jul 24 Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Basketball HOF coach (NJCAA C'ship 1966, 67, Moberly Area CC; Kansas State; NBA: Phoenix Suns; Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs), dies of lung cancer and stroke at 72
- Jul 26 Sipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, lung cancer (birthdate unknown)
- Jul 27 Bob Tisdall, Irish athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1932 WR 51.7s; first man under 52s), dies after a fall at 97
- Jul 28 Eugene Roche, American actor (Foul Play, Slaughterhouse Five), dies at 75
- Jul 28 George Williams, American soul singer (The Tymes), dies at 68
- Jul 28 Sam Edwards, American actor (Captain Midnight, Twelve O'Clock High), dies at 89
- Jul 28 Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist (b. 1938)
- Jul 29 James Hubert "Huby" Heard, American singer-songwriter (The God Squad), dies at 73
- Jul 29 Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
- Jul 30 Andre Noble, Canadian actor (b. 1979)
- Jul 30 Jan Hanus, Czech composer, dies at 89
- Jul 31 Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927)
- Jul 31 Virginia Grey, American actress, dies at 87
