Tennis Open
Jul 1 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Hometown favourite Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Virginia Wade
- Jul 1 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.88) in Dresden, Germany
- Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg beats American Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 for the second of 5 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles
- Jul 3 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Lachute GC: Judy Rankin wins by 3 strokes from Pat Meyers and Sandra Palmer
- Jul 3 The Senegalese Republican Movement (MRS) is founded
- Jul 3 Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew's 9-race win streak ends in the Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park, finishes 4th
- Jul 4 Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie
- Jul 4 Red Sox end 9-game losing streak by smashing a MLB-record 8 HRs in a 9-6 win vs Toronto at Fenway Park
- Jul 5 Pakistani army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
- Jul 6 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 7 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City
Film Premier
Jul 7 "The Spy Who Loved Me", 10th James Bond film starring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach, premieres in London
Barbara Bach
Roger Moore
- Jul 8 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
Golf Major
Jul 9 British Open Golf, Turnberry: Tom Watson wins second of 5 Open titles by a stroke from Jack Nicklaus; pair play together in final 2 rounds; separate themselves from field under rare clear skies, remembered as the "Duel in the Sun"
Tom Watson
- Jul 10 "Happy End" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 75 performances
Event of Interest
Jul 11 US Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr.
- Jul 12 John Edrich scores his 100th 100, Surrey v Derbyshire at The Oval
- Jul 13 NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
- Jul 14 North Korea shoots down US helicopter, killing 3
- Jul 14 US House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Jul 16 Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad & Tobago crowned 26th Miss Universe
- Jul 18 Hugh Leonard's "Da" premieres in London
- Jul 18 Vietnam becomes a member of the UN
- Jul 19 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, NY
- Jul 19 All star MVP: Don Sutton (LA Dodgers)
- Jul 19 Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kill 76
- Jul 20 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causes $350 million damage
- Jul 20 The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments
- Jul 20 10th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
- Jul 21 Libyan-Egyptian border fights
Election of Interest
Jul 21 Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike loses general election
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Event of Interest
Jul 24 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez
- Jul 24 Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 2/3 innings of perfect relief tying 2 game record of retiring 33 consecutive batsmen
- Jul 24 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France
- Jul 26 USSR performs underground nuclear Test
- Jul 26 The 'Committee of 10' formed by prominent Soweto residents, issues a programme for the election of a new community board to have total autonomy in Soweto, South Africa
- Jul 27 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US
- Jul 28 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska
- Jul 28 Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin Hooks
Event of Interest
Jul 28 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian 1st innings in a 7 wicket 3rd Test win at Trent Bridge
Ian Botham
