Events in Sport
Golf Major
Jul 1 16th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
Mickey Wright
Baseball Record
Jul 2 Roger Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 homers
Roger Maris
- Jul 5 St Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 HRs & a double
Tennis Open
Jul 7 75th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (63 61 64)
Rod Laver
Chuck McKinley
- Jul 11 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
Golf Major
Jul 15 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale
Arnold Palmer
- Jul 16 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open
- Jul 16 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2"
- Jul 16 48th Tour de France won by Jacques Anquetil of France
- Jul 17 Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th
Golf Tournament
Jul 23 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
Betsy Rawls
- Jul 24 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader
- Jul 25 Roger Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a doubleheader
- Jul 29 Phillies lose 1st of 23 straight games
- Jul 30 43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL
- Jul 30 Judy Kimball wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open
- Jul 31 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston
Birthdays in Sport
Carl Lewis
Jul 1 Carl Lewis, American sprinter and long jumper (9 Olympic golds 1984-96), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Carl Lewis
- Jul 1 Malcolm Elliott, British cyclist
- Jul 2 Pat Dufficy, Westerly RI, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
- Jul 4 Connie Paraskevin-Young, sprint cyclist (Olymp-br-88, 92, 96), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 6 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, Virg, 100m hurdler (Olympic gold 1984)
- Jul 9 Mohammad Aslam, UAE cricketer batsman (1996 World Cup)
- Jul 12 Bruce Braman, Greene NY, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996)
- Jul 13 Anders Jarryd, Lidkoping Sweden, tennis star
- Jul 13 Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
Forest Whitaker
Jul 15 Forest Whitaker, actor and director (The Last King of Scotland, Platoon), born in Longview, Texas
Forest Whitaker
- Jul 19 Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
- Jul 21 Don Wilson, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
- Jul 21 Henry Ellard, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
- Jul 22 Calvin Fish, English racing driver
- Jul 23 Antoine Carr, NBA forward/center (Utah Jazz)
- Jul 24 Kerry Dixon, English footballer
- Jul 26 Yolanda Chen, triple jumper (indoor record), born in Moscow, Russia
- Jul 26 Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer
- Jul 28 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
- Jul 30 Reggie Roby, NFL punter (Tampa Bay Bucs)
- Jul 31 Chris Hinton, NFL guard (Minnesota Vikings)
- Jul 31 Susan Sanders, LPGA golfer
