Historical Events in July 1986

Jul 2 After 14 wins, Roger Clemens suffer his 1st loss of year

Jul 2 General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile

Jul 3 US President Reagan presides over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty

Jul 5 93rd Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Hannah Mandlikova (76 63)

Jul 5 Nancy Reagan cuts a red, white and blue ribbon to reopen Statue of Liberty after refurbishment

Jul 6 100th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (64 63 75)
Jul 6 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mazda Hall of Fame Golf Championship
Jul 6 Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game
Jul 6 Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in Philippines
Jul 6 Premier Nakasone's Liberal Democratic Party wins Japan's election
Jul 7 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
Jul 7 It is reported that Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction
Jul 7 Jordan government shuts al-Fatah offices
Jul 7 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law
Jul 8 Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
Jul 8 NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance
Jul 8 Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
Jul 9 Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play ending consecutive streak at 740
Jul 9 Attorney General's Commission on pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes
Jul 9 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
Jul 9 The New Zealand parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Bill legalising consensual sex between men aged 16 and older
Jul 11 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74
Jul 11 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women)

Jul 11 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara
Jul 12 Steven McDonald, New York City Police Department patrolman, is shot and paralyzed by Shavod Jones
Jul 13 Zola Budd and Annette Cowley are banned from the Commonwealth Games, a direct consequence of Britain's refusal to support economic sanctions against the apartheid government of South Africa
Jul 14 10 killed & 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid
Jul 14 2nd government of Lubbers sworn in

Jul 14 41st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jane Geddes

Jul 14 Motley Crue's Vince Neil begins 30 day sentence for vehicular homicide
Jul 14 NASA's plan to implement recommendations of Rogers commission
Jul 14 Paul McCartney releases "Press"
Jul 14 Richard Miller becomes the 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage
Jul 14 Shalamar's Howard Hewett acquitted in Miami of drug charges
Jul 15 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
Jul 15 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)
Jul 17 Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time
Jul 18 115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld
Jul 18 Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
Jul 18 Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains
Jul 19 Indian pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game tying him with

Jul 19 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

Jul 20 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
Jul 21 Barbara Palacios Teyde, 22, of Venezuela, crowned 35th Miss Universe
Jul 21 Pleasure Island plans unveiled
Jul 22 US House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne for tax evasion

Jul 23 Moroccan King Hassan II meets with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres

Jul 24 SF Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage
Jul 24 13th Commonwealth Games open in Edinburgh, Scotland
Jul 25 Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India
Jul 26 Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
Jul 27 14th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley
Jul 27 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0)
Jul 27 Iraqi jets attack central Iranian city of Arak; Iran threatens missile attack of gulf states supporting Iraq
Jul 27 73rd Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
Jul 28 Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed
Jul 28 NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated
Jul 29 Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed
Jul 29 Dennis Amiss scores his 100th 100, Warwickshire v Lancashire
Jul 29 NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages
Jul 31 19th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego