Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Jul 1 US Open Senior Golf, Oak Hill CC: Miller Barber wins by 2 strokes from Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
- Jul 3 After 22 years, England Test cricket spinner Derek Underwood hits a maiden 1st class century (111) for Kent v Sussex at Hastings
- Jul 3 West Indies cricket opener Gordon Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 242 balls in 9-wicket Lord's Test win v England
- Jul 4 New York Yankees pitcher Phil Niekro strikes out Larry Parish (Texas Rangers) to become the 9th player to reach the 3,000 MLB strikeout milestone
- Jul 6 New Zealand sisters Liz and Rose Signal become the first twins to play in the same cricket Test match, v England at Headingley
Tennis Open
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 7-6, 6-2 for her 26th Grand Slam title
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
Tennis Open
Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John McEnroe defends his crown, thrashing fellow American Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
John McEnroe
Jimmy Connors
- Jul 11 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
- Jul 13 Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
- Jul 15 US Open Women's Golf, Salem CC: Hollis Stacy wins her 3rd US title by 1 stroke from Rosie Jones
- Jul 20 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m
Golf Major
Jul 22 British Open Golf, St Andrews: Seve Ballesteros of Spain wins his 2nd of 3 Open titles by 2 shots from Bernhard Langer & Tom Watson
Seve Ballesteros
Bernhard Langer
Tom Watson
- Jul 26 Kuhn announces pitcher Vida Blue is suspended for the rest of 1984 due to cocaine conviction
- Jul 27 Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single (vs Philadelphia)
- Jul 28 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles
- Jul 29 Canadian Open Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. George's CC: Juli Inkster wins by 1 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
- Jul 29 American cyclists Alexi Grewal and Connie Carpenter take out the road race double around the streets of Mission Viejo at the LA Olympics
- Jul 31 US men's gymnastics team win team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 1 Donald Thomas, Bahamian high jumper (World Championship gold 2007), born in Freeport, Bahamas
- Jul 2 Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer
- Jul 2 Maarten Martens, Belgian footballer
- Jul 2 Johnny Weir, American figure skater
- Jul 3 Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Jul 3 Manny Lawson, American Football player, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina
- Jul 7 Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
- Jul 7 Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Jul 11 Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player
- Jul 11 Tanith Belbin, Canadian ice dancer
- Jul 12 Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer
- Jul 16 Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese racing driver, born in Tokyo
- Jul 17 Sotiris Leontiou, Greek footballer
- Jul 19 Lewis Price, Welsh footballer
- Jul 20 Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player
- Jul 20 Troy Smith, American football player
- Jul 21 Liam Ridgewell, English footballer
- Jul 21 Paul Davis, American basketball player
- Jul 22 Stewart Downing, English footballer (Middlesborough), born in Middlesborough, England
- Jul 23 Brandon Roy, American professional basketball player
- Jul 25 Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Greek basketball player, born in JesenÃk, Czechoslovakia
- Jul 26 Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper, born in Limassol, Cyprus
- Jul 28 DeMeco Ryans, American football player, born in Bessemer, Alabama
- Jul 28 Zach Parise, American ice hockey player, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jul 28 John David Washington, American football player and actor (BlacKkKlansman)
- Jul 29 Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
- Jul 30 Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
- Jul 31 Glenn Holt, American football player