Boxing Title Fight
Jul 1 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson indefinitely & withholds $20m purse for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight title fight 28 June
Mike Tyson
Evander Holyfield
- Jul 1 STS 94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit
- Jul 1 United Kingdom returns Hong Kong and the New Territories to the People's Republic of China
- Jul 3 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
- Jul 4 US space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars
- Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis (16) beats Jana Novotná 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to become the youngest Wimbledon winner in 110 years
- Jul 6 "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical" closes at Royale NYC after 109 performances
Tennis Open
Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cédric Pioline of France 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 for his 10th Grand Slam title
Pete Sampras
Cedric Pioline
Hall of Fame
Jul 6 Montreal Expos retire Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Andre Dawson's uniform #10
Andre Dawson
- Jul 6 Australian cricket batsman Steve Waugh completes twin centuries (108 & 116) in 268 run 3rd Test win v England at Old Trafford
- Jul 7 Tower, Minnesota temperature dips to 24°F
- Jul 8 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
- Jul 8 NATO invites Poland, Hungary & Czech Republic to join
- Jul 9 Baseball's triple A American Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband
- Jul 10 Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a NY Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3
- Jul 10 Louise Woodward's trial begins in Massachusetts Nanny murder trial
- Jul 10 RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads
- Jul 10 Spain, Partido Popular member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests
- Jul 12 Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive game without being no-hit
- Jul 12 Pirates Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn
- Jul 13 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert
- Jul 13 52nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas
- Jul 13 David Toms wins Quad City Golf Classic at 265
- Jul 13 Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77
- Jul 14 Bomb in Algiers kills 21 & wounds 40
- Jul 15 Jerold Mackenzie awarded $26.6M (later reduced to $625,000) for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
- Jul 17 STS 94 (Columbia 23), lands
- Jul 17 30th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
- Jul 20 126th British Golf Open: American Justin Leonard shoots a 272 to win at Royal Troon
- Jul 20 Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic
- Jul 21 NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault
- Jul 21 The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday, setting sail for the first time in 116 years
- Jul 22 Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris
- Jul 22 The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario
Event of Interest
Jul 22 Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches
Greg Maddux
- Jul 22 The first shipments of oil produced from Kazakhstan's Tengiz field arrive at terminals on the Black Sea for subsequent export through the Bosphoros Strait
- Jul 23 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
- Jul 23 The US State Department rules that Turkey's agreement to purchase $23 billion worth of natural gas from Iran does not violate the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act
Event of Interest
Jul 25 Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort $40M from Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
- Jul 25 Carroll O'Connor found not guilty of slandering Harry Perzigian
- Jul 25 Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas
- Jul 25 QB Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs
- Jul 25 Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling
- Jul 25 Vincent "The Chin" Gigante found guilty of racketeering in NYC
- Jul 25 K. R. Narayanan is sworn-in as India's 10th president and the first Dalit, formerly called "untouchable" to hold the office
- Jul 25 Scientists announce the first human stem cells to be cultured in a laboratory using tissue taken from aborted human embryos
- Jul 27 "Candide" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances
- Jul 27 "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 738 performances
- Jul 27 Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16
- Jul 27 Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267)
- Jul 27 Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
- Jul 27 Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
- Jul 27 84th Tour de France won by Jan Ullrich of Germany
Event of Interest
Jul 28 NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs
Mark Messier
Event of Interest
Jul 31 A's trade Mark McGwire to St Louis Cardinals
Mark McGwire