Baseball Record
Jul 2 Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens (14-0) suffers his 1st loss (4-2 v Toronto), one win short of AL record for consecutive wins to start season
Roger Clemens
Augusto Pinochet
Event of Interest
Jul 3 US President Reagan presides over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
Ronald Reagan
- Jul 4 England cricket captain Mike Gatting smashes 183 not out in the drawn 3rd Test vs India at Birmingham
Tennis Open
Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Hana MandlĂková 7-6, 6-3 for her 7th Wimbledon singles title
Martina Navratilova
Hana Mandlikova
- Jul 5 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74)
Event of Interest
Jul 5 Nancy Reagan cuts a red, white and blue ribbon to reopen Statue of Liberty after refurbishment
Nancy Reagan
- Jul 6 100th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Germany's Boris Becker successfully defends his title beating Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
- Jul 6 Atlanta infielder Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a MLB game during Braves 11-8 loss v Montreal
- 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
Event of Interest
Jul 7 It is reported that Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction
Boy George
Event of Interest
Jul 7 Soviet General and spy for the US Dmitri Polyakov arrested in retirement in Russia (executed 1988)
Dmitri Polyakov
- Jul 7 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow
- 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
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 14 US Open Women's Golf, NCR CC: Jane Geddes wins in a playoff with Sally Little
Jane Geddes
Event of Interest
Jul 14 Paul McCartney releases "Press"
Paul McCartney
- 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
British Golf Open
Jul 18 British Open Golf, Turnberry: Australian Greg Norman wins his first major championship at even-par, 5 strokes clear of runner-up Gordon J. Brand
Greg Norman
Boxing Title Fight
Jul 19 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
Frank Bruno
Meeting of Interest
Jul 23 Moroccan King Hassan II meets with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres
Golf Major
Jul 27 Canadian Open Golf (du Maurier Classic), Board of Trade CC: Pat Bradley wins in a playoff with Ayako Okamoto of Japan
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