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
Roger Clemens
Augusto Pinochet
Statue of Liberty
Jul 3 US President Reagan presides over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
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- Jul 4 England cricket captain Mike Gatting smashes 183 not out in the drawn 3rd Test vs India at Birmingham
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
Martina Navratilova
Hana Mandlikova
Event of Interest
Jul 5 Nancy Reagan cuts a red, white and blue ribbon to reopen Statue of Liberty after refurbishment
Nancy Reagan
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
Boris Becker
Ivan Lendl
- 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
- Jul 7 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
Event of Interest
Jul 7 It is reported that Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction
Boy George
Event of Interest
Jul 7 Soviet General and spy for the US Dmitri Polyakov arrested in retirement in Russia (executed 1988)
Dmitri Polyakov
- Jul 7 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 2nd government of Lubbers sworn in
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
Jane Geddes
Event of Interest
Jul 14 Paul McCartney releases "Press"
Paul McCartney
- Jul 14 Richard Miller becomes the 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage
- Jul 14 Shalamar's Howard Hewett acquitted in Miami of drug charges
- Jul 15 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
- Jul 15 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)
Event of Interest
Jul 17 Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time
Susan Lucci
Boxing Title Fight
Jul 19 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
Frank Bruno
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
Greg Norman
Meeting of Interest
Jul 23 Moroccan King Hassan II meets with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres
Golf Major
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
Pat Bradley
- Jul 27 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0)
- Jul 27 Iraqi jets attack central Iranian city of Arak; Iran threatens missile attack of gulf states supporting Iraq
- Jul 27 73rd Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
- 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 MLB outfielder (NL Batting champion 2017), born in Dallas, Texas
Lindsay Lohan
Jul 2 Lindsay Lohan, American actress (Alli Fowler-Another World), born in NYC, New York
Lindsay Lohan
- Jul 4 Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jul 4 Terrance Knighton, American NFL Player, born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Jul 6 Derrick Williams, American football player
- Jul 6 David Karp, American web developer and founder of the blogging site Tumblr, born in NYC, New York
- Jul 6 Luigi Di Maio, Italian politician, Leader of 5-Star, born in Avellino, Italy
- Jul 8 Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Jul 8 Kevin Chappell, American golfer (US Open 2011 3rd), born in Fresno, California
- Jul 9 Dominic Cervi, American footballer
- Jul 9 Kiely Williams, American singer and actress (Cheetah Girls), born in Alexandria, Virgina
- Jul 11 Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer
- Jul 11 Ryan Jarvis, English footballer
- Jul 12 JP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer
- Jul 12 Krystal Forscutt, Australian model/reality TV contestant
- 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 17 Dana, Korean singer and actress (TSZX), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jul 23 Ayaka Komatsu, Japanese model and actress
- Jul 23 Nelson Philippe, French racing driver
- Jul 23 Reece Ritchie, English actor
- Jul 24 Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater
- Jul 24 Megan Park, Canadian actress
- 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
Wedding of Interest
Jul 25 Four-time Grand Slam winning tennis player Hana Mandlíková (24) weds restaurateur Jan Sedlak at Prague's old town hall
Hana Mandlikova
- Jul 27 "Say Anything" director Cameron Crowe (29) weds "Heart" guitarist Nancy Wilson (32)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
- Jul 2 Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, dies at 68
- Jul 3 Rudy Vallee, American singer (Vagabond Dreams), 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 Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (b. 1909)
- Jul 9 Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered
- Jul 9 Le Duan, Vietnamese politician, 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 Florence Halop, American actress (Night Court, St Elsewhere), dies of lung cancer at 63
- 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 18 Stanley Rous, British soccer official, 6th President of 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 Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed
- Jul 21 Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 60
- Jul 21 Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
- Jul 23 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, Finnish composer, dies at 73
- Jul 24 Fritz A Lipman, discoverer (co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87
- Jul 24 Laurie Nash, Australian cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1932-36), dies at 76
- Jul 25 Theodore H "Ted" Lyons, pitcher (Chicago White Sox), dies at 85
- Jul 25 Vincente Minnelli, American director (Gigi, Goodbye Charlie), dies in LA at 76
- Jul 26 Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY 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 Syd Curnow, South African cricketer (168 runs in 7 Tests), dies
- Jul 28 Cliff Melton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1942; NL saves leader 1937; NY Giants), dies at 74
- Jul 29 Gordon Mills, British songwriter (Tom Jones - "It's not Unusual"), dies of cancer at 51
- Jul 31 Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, American jazz pianist and arranger (Billie Holiday; Benny Goodman), dies of stomach cancer at 73
- Jul 31 Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
