- Jul 1 Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in Oct by senate
- Jul 1 New York City radio station WFAN-AM commences first 24 hour all sports radio format
- Jul 1 WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
- Jul 2 KC Royals outfielder Jim Eisenreich hits 1st HR since 1982, in MLB comeback process, retired 1984 (Tourette syndrome)
- Jul 2 Nilde Iotti is named as the first female President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
- Jul 3 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic
Event of Interest
Jul 3 Controversial NY Mets star Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates for criticising his play, he is now an ordained minister
Darryl Strawberry
Tennis Open
Jul 4 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova earns 8th Wimbledon singles title with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Steffi Graf
Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graf
Baseball Record
Jul 5 A's 1st baseman Mark McGwire becomes first rookie to hit 30 HRs before the MLB All-Star Game as Oakland beats Red Sox, 6-2
Mark McGwire
- Jul 6 Pakistan cricket all-rounder Imran Khan reaches 300th Test wicket milestone, during 3rd Test vs England at Leeds
- Jul 6 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India
- Jul 6 USSR performs nuclear test
- Jul 7 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
- Jul 7 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North begins public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
- Jul 8 Kitty Dukakis reveals an addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
- Jul 9 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime
- Jul 9 Colonel Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence
- Jul 11 Heart's "Alone" single goes #1 for 3 weeks
- Jul 11 Orioles' Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
- Jul 12 Canadian Open Golf (du Maurier Classic), Islesmere GC: Jody Rosenthal wins by 2 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
- Jul 12 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel
- Jul 12 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar
Event of Interest
Jul 12 8th U.S. Senior Golf Open: Gary Player
Gary Player
- Jul 12 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief
Event of Interest
Jul 13 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
Bette Midler
Music Single
Jul 13 Kylie Minogue releases her debut single "Locomotion"
Kylie Minogue
- Jul 14 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
Event of Interest
Jul 14 All star MVP: Tim Raines (Montreal Expos)
Tim Raines
Event of Interest
Jul 14 Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
- Jul 14 Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
- Jul 14 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
- Jul 15 Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
- Jul 15 John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
- Jul 15 State of siege ends in Taiwan
- Jul 16 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
- Jul 16 Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81)
- Jul 16 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
- Jul 17 "Les Miserables" opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo
- Jul 17 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)
- Jul 17 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit HRs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
- Jul 17 Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time
- Jul 17 Iran and France break diplomatic relations
- Jul 18 Molly Yard elected new President of National Organization for Women
- Jul 18 NY Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games
Golf Major
Jul 19 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Briton Nick Faldo wins his 1st major title, by 1 shot from Paul Azinger & Rodger Davis
Nick Faldo
- Jul 19 Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games
- Jul 20 Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs
- Jul 21 Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA
- Jul 22 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome
- Jul 22 Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
- Jul 22 US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf
- Jul 23 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
- Jul 23 RNI (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
- Jul 23 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last year's World Series
- Jul 23 Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39)
- Jul 24 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released
- Jul 24 USSR performs underground nuclear Test
- Jul 25 Sherri Martel beats Fabulous Moolah for WWF Woman's Championship Belt
- Jul 25 USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite
- Jul 25 R. Venkataraman becomes the eighth President of India
- Jul 26 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame
- Jul 26 74th Tour de France won by Stephen Roche of Ireland
- Jul 27 John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible", testifies in Israel
- Jul 27 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive
- Jul 27 First expedited salvaging of Titanic wreck begins by RMS Titanic, Inc.
- Jul 28 42nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Laura Davies
- Jul 28 Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
- Jul 29 Ben & Jerry's and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia
- Jul 30 An ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command in Johannesburg South Africa kills 1 person and injures 68
- Jul 31 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed
- Jul 31 Guns & Roses song "Appetite for Destruction" is released
Baseball Record
Jul 31 Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs
Eddie Murray