Historical Events in July 1990

Jul 1 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Ridgewood CC: Lee Trevino wins by 2 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his first Champions Tour major title

Jul 1 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Westmount GC: Cathy Johnston wins by 2 strokes from Patty Sheehan for her only LPGA Tour win

Jul 2 Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering

Jul 5 Steffi Graf's record run of 13 consecutive tennis Grand Slam singles finals ends, beaten in Wimbledon semi-finals 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 by American Zina Garrison

Jul 6 "Jetsons the Movie" by Hanna-Barbera with Tiffany, premieres

Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her record 9th Wimbledon singles title beating American Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1

Jul 7 First Three Tenors concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti at Baths of Caracalla in Rome - recording of is world's best-selling classical record

Jul 9 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets

Jul 12 Boris Yeltsin quits the Soviet Communist Party

Jul 15 US Open Women's Golf, Atlanta Athletic Club: Defending champion Betsy King wins consecutive titles, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan, the leader after each of first 3 rounds

Jul 16 The ANC send a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas of South Africa

Jul 17 NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer

Jul 19 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion

Jul 19 Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee

Jul 21 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood

Jul 22 British Open Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty & Payne Stewart

Jul 25 KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle

Jul 25 Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres game

Jul 26 US President George H. W. Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act

Jul 27 Graham Gooch scores 333 v India at Lord's

Jul 28 Alberto Fujimori installed as President of Peru

Jul 29 LPGA Championship, Bethesda CC: Beth Daniel wins her only major title by 1 stroke from fellow American Rosie Jones

Jul 30 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as prinicipal partner of NY Yankees

Jul 31 Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games