Historical Events
- 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 115th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Goran Ivanišević beats Pat Rafter (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
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.
- Jul 22 British Open 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
- Jul 29 British Open Seniors Golf, Royal County Down: Australian Ian Stanley wins in a playoff with Bob Charles of New Zealand
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 (b. 1961)
- Jul 17 Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
- Jul 18 James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958)
- Jul 18 Fabio Taglioni, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1920)
- 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 (b. 1909)
- Jul 22 Frances Horwich, American educator and television personality (Ding Dong School), dies at 94
- Jul 23 Eudora Welty, American author (b. 1909)
- 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, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
- Jul 31 Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)