Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 1 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Hometown favourite Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Jul 1 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.88) in Dresden, Germany
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
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 Premiere
Jul 7 "The Spy Who Loved Me", 10th James Bond film starring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach, premieres in London
- Jul 8 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
British Golf Open
Jul 9 British Open Men's 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"
- Jul 10 "Happy End" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 75 performances
Historic Event
Jul 11 US Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev 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 MLB All Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP: Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P
- 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
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 24 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes from 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
Music History
Jul 27 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US
Sports History
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
