Historical Events
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 1 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Ridgewood CC: Lee Trevino wins by 2 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his first Champions Tour major title
Jack Nicklaus
Golf Major
Jul 1 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Westmount GC: Cathy Johnston wins by 2 strokes from Patty Sheehan for her only LPGA Tour win
Patty Sheehan
Event of Interest
Jul 2 Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering
Imelda Marcos
- Jul 2 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Jul 3 Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida
- Jul 3 Liberian President Samuel Kanyon Doe offers to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country; he is later kidnapped and executed
- Jul 4 400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minnesota
- Jul 4 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 4 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address
Event of Interest
Jul 5 Steffi Graf's record run of 13 consecutive tennis Grand Slam singles finals ends, beaten in Wimbledon semi-finals 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 by American Zina Garrison
Zina Garrison
Steffi Graf
Film Premier
Jul 6 "Jetsons the Movie" by Hanna-Barbera with Tiffany, premieres
Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Tennis Open
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her record 9th Wimbledon singles title beating American Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1
Martina Navratilova
Zina Garrison
- Jul 7 New Jersey Devils sign star Russian defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov & Sergei Starikov to NHL contracts despite criticism they are taking North American jobs
Music Concert
Jul 7 First Three Tenors concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti at Baths of Caracalla in Rome - recording of is world's best-selling classical record
Luciano Pavarotti
- Jul 8 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
- Jul 8 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
- Jul 8 FIFA World Cup Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: 85th minute penalty by Andreas Brehme gives West Germany, 1-0 win over Argentina
- Jul 8 Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
- Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 for his 2nd Wimbledon singles crown
Event of Interest
Jul 9 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets
Richard Hadlee
- Jul 10 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
- Jul 10 All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)
- Jul 10 Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show
- Jul 10 Final day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand go down by 114 runs in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston
- Jul 11 NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
- Jul 11 Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
- Jul 12 "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington
Event of Interest
Jul 12 Boris Yeltsin quits the Soviet Communist Party
Boris Yeltsin
- Jul 12 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)
- Jul 12 In Soweto, South Africa, Shanty town women strip to the waist and confront bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes
- Jul 14 "Howard Stern's Summer Show" premieres on WWOR-TV (NYC)
- Jul 14 Sara Martin, of Illinois, crowned America's Junior Miss
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 15 US Open Women's Golf, Atlanta Athletic Club: Defending champion Betsy King wins consecutive titles, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan, the leader after each of first 3 rounds
Betsy King
Patty Sheehan
- Jul 16 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in Philippines
- Jul 16 Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA
- Jul 16 Civil trial by parents of Suicide victims against Judas Priest begins
- Jul 16 NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-no fatalities
- Jul 16 Rick Dee's "Into the Night" premieres on ABC-TV
- Jul 16 Ukraine declares independence
Event of Interest
Jul 16 The ANC send a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas of South Africa
F. W. de Klerk
- Jul 17 Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq
Baseball Record
Jul 17 NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
Deion Sanders
- Jul 19 Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California
Event of Interest
Jul 19 Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee
Whitey Ford
Event of Interest
Jul 21 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
British Golf Open
Jul 22 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty & Payne Stewart
Nick Faldo
Payne Stewart
- Jul 22 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson
- Jul 22 77th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
- Jul 23 Rosie Jones (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
- Jul 23 South Africa workers' union leader Billy Nair arrested
- Jul 24 Ms. Magazine hits newstands again after an 8 month hiatus
- Jul 24 US warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait
- Jul 25 "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver
Event of Interest
Jul 25 KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle
George Brett
- Jul 25 Nadezhda Ryashkina of USSR sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23)
Event of Interest
Jul 25 Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres game
Roseanne Barr
Event of Interest
Jul 26 US President George H. W. Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act
George H. W. Bush
- Jul 26 US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
Event of Interest
Jul 27 Graham Gooch scores 333 v India at Lord's
Graham Gooch
Event of Interest
Jul 28 Alberto Fujimori installed as President of Peru
Alberto Fujimori
LPGA Championship
Jul 29 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Beth Daniel wins her only major title by 1 stroke from fellow American Rosie Jones
Beth Daniel
- Jul 29 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game
- Jul 29 South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference
- Jul 29 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Norcross, Georgia: US retains title with 2-1 victory over Soviet Union; Gigi Fernández & Zina Garrison-Jackson clinch final with 6-4, 6-3 win against Larisa Neiland & Natasha Zvereva
- Jul 30 Five Bank of Credit & Commerce members found guilty of money laundering
- Jul 30 Graham Gooch scores 123 v India to follow up 1st innings 333
- Jul 30 Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die
Event of Interest
Jul 30 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as prinicipal partner of NY Yankees
George Steinbrenner
Event of Interest
Jul 31 Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan records his 300th career victory, an 11-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; 20th MLB pitcher to reach the milestone
Nolan Ryan
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 2 Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer (The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus), born in Dalby, Queensland
- Jul 9 Fábio and Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballers
- Jul 11 Connor Paolo, American actor
- Jul 11 Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player (Australian Open 2018), born in Odense, Denmark
- Jul 13 Matt Weinberg, American actor
- Jul 15 Damian Lillard, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers), born in Oakland, Californai
- Jul 15 Olly Alexander [Oliver Thornton], British actor, singer-songwriter (Years & Years), and LGBT activist, born in Harrogate, England
- Jul 18 Canelo Álvarez, Mexican boxer (multiple weight division world champion), born in Guadalajara, Mexico
- Jul 19 Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor
- Jul 24 Evan James Springsteen, American rocker and Bruce Springsteen's son, born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 24 Daveigh Chase, American actress
- Jul 27 Cheyenne Kimball, American musician (Gloriana), born in Wilmington, North Carolina
- Jul 27 Nick Hogan, American reality TV star, born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 27 Indiana Evans, Australian actress (Home and Away), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Jul 28 Soulja Boy [DeAndre Cortez Way], American rapper, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 28 Shana Swash, English actress (EastEnders), born in London Borough of Camden, London
- Jul 31 Olga Galchenko, Russian juggler, born in Penza, Russia
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Jul 1 Country singer-songwriter Hank Williams Jr (41) weds model Mary Jane Thomas at a Congregational church near his ranch in Missoula, Montana
Hank Williams Jr
- Jul 17 PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis
Wedding of Interest
Jul 17 Record producer Berry Gordy (60) weds Grace Easton
Berry Gordy
Wedding of Interest
Jul 17 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (56) weds Suha Tawil (27)
Yasser Arafat
Wedding of Interest
Jul 27 NBA star Patrick Ewing (27) weds Rita Williams
Patrick Ewing
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
- Jul 1 Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies
- Jul 2 Muntu Myeza, South African anti-apartheid activist and General Secretary of SASO, dies in automobile accident at 39
- Jul 2 Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee), dies at 76
- Jul 3 Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70
- Jul 3 Maurice Girodias, French publisher and founder (Olympia Press), dies at 71
- Jul 5 Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
- Jul 6 Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41
- Jul 6 Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
- Jul 6 Nathaniel Wyeth, American chemist and inventor (created PET plastic beverage bottle), dies at 78
- Jul 7 Bill Cullen, game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer
- Jul 7 Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, German Jesuit priest and Buddhism Zen teacher, dies at 92
- Jul 7 Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer, dies at 32
- Jul 8 Howard Duff, American actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing), dies of a heart attack at 76
- Jul 8 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies at 61
- Jul 9 Brigitte D'Ortschy, German author, trnslator and Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69
- Jul 10 Hans Faverey, Dutch poet, dies at 55
- Jul 10 Irene Champlin, dies after long illness at 59
- Jul 11 Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift), dies at 67
- Jul 12 Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71
- Jul 12 João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager, dies at 73
- Jul 13 Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81
- Jul 14 Dallas Alinder, American actor, dies at 58
- Jul 14 Philip Leacock, dies of collapsed lungs at 73
- Jul 15 Alison Leggatt, British character actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86
- Jul 15 Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall
- Jul 15 Margaret Lockwood, British actress (Cast a Dark Shadow, The Lady Vanishes), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 73
- Jul 16 Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (International Baccalaureate Organisation), dies at 62
- Jul 16 Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and organist (b. 1908)
- Jul 17 Bernard Cowan, TV announcer, dies of kidney disease at 68
- Jul 17 Tony Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)), dies at 88
- Jul 18 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Astérix, Tintin), dies at 79
- Jul 18 Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
- Jul 18 Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b. 1897)
- Jul 18 Gerry Boulet, Quebec rock singer (b. 1946)
- Jul 19 Eddie Quillan, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Julia, Hell Town), dies of cancer at 83
- Jul 19 Herbert Nelson, actor (Guilding Light), dies of a stroke at 76
- Jul 19 Johnny Wayne, comedian (Wayne & Shuster), dies of cancer at 72
- Jul 20 Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies
- Jul 20 Herbert Jenkins, Atlanta's longest serving police chief (b. 1907)
- Jul 21 Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57
- Jul 21 Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70
- Jul 21 Stanley Shapiro, dies of leukemia at 65
- Jul 22 George Wood, dies of diabetes complications at 56
- Jul 22 Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
- Jul 23 Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86
- Jul 23 Joe Turner, American jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82
- Jul 23 Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42
- Jul 23 Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese development of television (b. 1899)
- Jul 24 Alan Clarke, director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54
- Jul 26 Brent Mydland, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead), dies of a drug overdose at 38
- Jul 27 Bobby Day [Robert Byrd], American rock musician (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58
- Jul 27 Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies
- Jul 27 Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at 32
- Jul 27 Nick Pippins, actor (Simon), dies of AIDS at 35
- Jul 27 Salim Ali, Indian Ornithologist (Birdman of India), dies at 90
- Jul 28 Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124
- Jul 28 Jill Esmond, actress (13 Women, My Pal Wolfe, FP 1), dies at 82
- Jul 28 Maurice Braddell, actor (Things to Come), dies
- Jul 29 Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies
- Jul 30 Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered
- Jul 30 Karl Weber, dies of heart failure at 74
- Jul 31 Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72
- Jul 31 Albert Leduc, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)