Historical Events
- Jul 1 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Salem CC: Bruce Fleischer wins his lone major title by 1 stroke from Gil Morgan and Isao Aoki of Japan
- Jul 2 AbioCor self contained artificial heart created.
- Jul 2 Bush Administration announce that it will seek to let oil companies drill on about 1,500,000 acres of the Gulf of Mexico
- Jul 2 UN Security Council, facing an almost certain Russian veto, agrees to postpone indefinitely a vote on the US-led "smart sanctions" package for Iraq
- Jul 3 A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people
- Jul 3 At a meeting of its oil ministers, OPEC agrees to maintain current production quotas; ministers indicate that, if Iraqi oil returns to the market, they may cut production in response to maintain their desired level of prices
- Jul 4 In a world record fee for a soccer goalkeeper, Juventus signed Parma's Gianluigi Buffon in a £32.5m deal including midfielder Jonathan Bachini
- Jul 5 Australia and East Timor sign an agreement to share royalties from oil and natural gas production in the Timor Sea, which separates the two countries
- Jul 7 Australian cricketer Karen Rolton smashes an unbeaten 209 to set a new world record for highest score in a women's Test in Australia's 9 wicket win v England at Headingley
- Jul 7 In his first appearance at Daytona since the death of father Dale Earnhardt Sr., Dale Jr. wins Pepsi 400 coming from 7th with 9 laps remaining to beat teammate Michael Waltrip
Tennis Open
Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams wins 3rd career Grand Slam singles title; beats Justine Henin 6-1 3-6 6-0; Henin first Belgian player (male or female) to reach Wimbledon singles final
Venus Williams
- Jul 9 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Goran Ivanišević wins his lone major title beating Patrick Rafter of Australia 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7
Film Premier
Jul 9 "The Office" mockumentary created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, starring Ricky Gervais and Martin Freeman premieres on BBC Two in the UK
Ricky Gervais
- Jul 10 72nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Safeco Field, Seattle
- Jul 10 Amerada Hess agrees to acquire Triton Energy for $2.7 billion in cash
- Jul 11 Iraq resumes oil exports, ending a 5-week halt in protest of a US and British-sponsored UN Security Council resolution
- Jul 13 International Olympic Committee votes to award Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
- Jul 15 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Allen Doyle wins his 2nd Champions Tour major with par on first extra hole of a playoff with Doug Tewell
Event of Interest
Jul 17 Craig David releases “Born to Do It” in the United States
Craig David
- Jul 19 Michael Brunet discovers the skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis in the Djurab Desert, Chad. One of the oldest known species in the human family tree, 6-7 million years ago years old
- Jul 19 34th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
- Jul 20 The London Stock Exchange goes public.
- Jul 20 Italy: The 27th Annual G8 summit opens in Genoa. An Italian protester in Genoa, Carlo Giuliani, is shot by police.
Event of Interest
Jul 20 "Spirited Away " written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki is released in Japan (Academy Award Best Animated Feature 2003)
Hayao Miyazaki
- Jul 22 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: David Duval wins his only major title by 3 shots from Niclas Fasth of Sweden
- Jul 24 Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
- Jul 24 An Iranian warship in the Caspian Sea threatens a BP oil exploration ship off the coast of Azerbaijan
- Jul 25 Faced with declining oil prices, OPEC ministers agree to cut crude oil production quotas by about 4%, or 1 million barrels per day
Event of Interest
Jul 29 88th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
Lance Armstrong
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Jul 7 "Charlie's Angels" star Drew Barrymore (26) weds actor-comedian Tom Green (29) in Malibu
Drew Barrymore
Wedding of Interest
Jul 28 Six-time golf winner Nick Faldo (44) weds third wife Valerie Bercher on a lavish ceremony in Windsor, England
Nick Faldo
Famous Divorces
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Nicolay G. Basov, Soviet physicist who specialized in quantum electronics (laser, maser) and 1964 Nobel laureate, dies at 78
- Jul 3 Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (b. 1931)
- Jul 3 Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1940)
- Jul 3 Delia Derbyshire, English musician and composer (Doctor Who theme, White Noise), dies of renal failure at 64
- Jul 4 Keenan Milton, Professional Skater (b. 1974)
- Jul 5 Ernie K-Doe, African-American singer (Mother-in-Law), dies of cirrhosis at 65
- Jul 7 Edward Fiennes-Clinton, Australian-born 18th Earl of Lincoln, dies at 88
- Jul 7 Frederick "Fred" Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and dolphin conservationist (Everybody's Talkin'), dies from skin cancer at 65
- Jul 8 John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)
- Jul 8 Christl Haas, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 57
- Jul 8 Ernst Baier, German figure skater (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 95
- Jul 11 Herman Brood, Dutch singer and artist (b. 1946)
- Jul 16 Maurice De Bevere, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
- Jul 16 Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
- Jul 17 Katharine Graham, American publisher (The Washington Post during Watergate), dies at 84
- Jul 18 Mimi Fariña, American rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind), dies at 56
- Jul 18 James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958)
- Jul 18 Fabio Taglioni, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1920)
- Jul 18 Roy Gilchrist, West Indian cricketer (volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s), dies at 67
- Jul 19 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, dies from complications from a car accident at 62
- Jul 20 Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (b. 1978)
- Jul 21 Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
- Jul 21 Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor (b. 1927)
- Jul 22 Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (History of the Greeks), dies at 92
- Jul 22 Frances Horwich, American educator and television personality (Ding Dong School), dies at 94
- Jul 23 Eudora Welty, American novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973), dies at 92
- Jul 24 Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931)
- Jul 26 Rex Barber, American WWII aviator (b. 1917)
- Jul 26 Peter von Zahn, German journalist (b. 1913)
- Jul 27 Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies at 49
- Jul 27 Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- Jul 29 Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- Jul 29 Wau Holland, German computer hacker (b. 1951)
- Jul 29 Alex Nicol, American actor (The Screaming Skull, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet), dies of natural causes at 85
- Jul 31 Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)
- Jul 31 Francisco da Costa Gomes, President of Portugal’s ruling military junta (1974-76), dies at 87
- Jul 31 Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)