Historical Events
- Jul 1 Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii
- Jul 1 KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 1 US Open Women's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Mickey Wright wins her 3rd Open by 6 strokes, despite a 2nd round 8-over par 80
Baseball Record
Jul 2 Amidst 5 NY Yankee homers v Washington, Roger Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 for the season
- Jul 4 Walt Disney is one of the two main speakers on the Independence Day in The Rebuild Hills at Skørping in Denmark
- Jul 5 80 die in collisions in Algiers
- Jul 5 KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Jul 5 St Louis Cardinals first baseman Bill White smashes 3 HRs & a double in 9-1 rout of LA Dodgers
- Jul 6 Portuguese ship explodes near Mozambique, kills 300
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 7 75th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Rod Laver of Australia beats American Chuck McKinley 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 for his 1st of 4 Wimbledon singles titles
- Jul 7 James R Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters
- Jul 8 Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies
- Jul 8 Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-British final Angela Mortimer wins her 3rd Grand Slam singles title; beats Christine Truman 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
British Golf Open
Jul 15 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Arnold Palmer wins the first of 2 consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Welshman Dai Rees
- Jul 15 Spain accepts equal rights for men and women
Tour de France
Jul 16 48th Tour de France: Jacques Anquetil of France scores his second Tour general classification category title
Sports History
Jul 16 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2"
- Jul 17 John Chancellor becomes news anchor of "Today Show"
- Jul 19 1st in-flight movie shown on TWA
- Jul 20 French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte
- Jul 20 Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley's musical "Stop The World - I Want To Get Off" premieres at Queen's Theater in London's West End
- Jul 21 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom
- Jul 22 WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting
Music Concert
Jul 23 American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, she earns 42 curtain calls
- Jul 24 Beginning of a trend, a US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba
- Jul 24 Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of NBC's "Today Show"
Event of Interest
Jul 25 In a speech, US President John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO
- Jul 25 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader sweep of the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium, NYC
- Jul 25 Roger Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 off of 4 Chicago White Sox pitchers in a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, NYC
- Jul 29 Philadelphia Phillies lose, 4-3 to SF Giants at Connie Mack Stadium; 1st of MLB record 23 straight defeats
- Jul 29 Wallis and Futuna Islands become French overseas territory
- Jul 31 31st MLB All Star Game (2nd), Fenway Park, Boston: First tie in history; called due to rain after 9 innings with the score, 1–1
- Jul 31 Israel welcomes its one millionth immigrant
- Jul 31 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Jerry Barber wins his only major title in a Monday 18-hole playoff with Don January (67-68)
Famous Birthdays
Carl Lewis (62 years old)
Jul 1 American sprinter and long jumper (9 Olympic gold 1984, 88, 92, 96), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Diana Spencer (1961-1997)
Jul 1 English Princess of Wales, born in Sandringham, England
- Jul 1 Kalpana Chawla, American astronaut (STS 87) and the first woman of Indian descent to go to space, born in Karnal, East Punjab, India (d. 2003)
- Jul 1 Malcolm Elliott, British road cyclist (Tour of Britain 1988), born in Sheffield, England
- Jul 2 Alba Parietti, Italian TV presenter and actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima), born in Torino Italy
- Jul 2 James McNichol, American actor (Fitzpatricks, California Fever), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 3 Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer, born in Lisbon, Portugal
- Jul 3 Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs), born in Carshalton, Surrey, England
- Jul 3 Vince Clarke [Martin], British rock keyboardist, and songwriter (Depeche Mode; Erasure), born in South Woodford, Essex, England
- Jul 4 Connie Paraskevin-Young, American sprint cyclist (Olymp-br-88, 92, 96), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 4 M. M. Keeravani, Indian composer, producer and singer (Naatu Naatu), born in Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Jul 4 Richard Allen Garriott, English-American computer game designer (Origin), born in Austin, Texas
- Jul 5 Isabelle Poulenard, French contemporary soprano, born in Paris, France
- Jul 5 Zlatko Saračević, Croatian handball player (145 caps Yugoslavia, 75 Croatia; Olympic gold 1996 Croatia), born in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina (d. 2021)
- Jul 6 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, American 100m hurdler (Olympic gold 1984), born in Warrenton, Virginia
- Jul 6 Kimberly Foster, American actress (It Takes Two), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Jul 6 Richard Mofe-Damijo, Nigerian actor (The Black Book), born in Aladja, Nigeria
- Jul 7 Michael Kieran Harvey, Australian classical and contemporary music pianist and composer (GRETA - Concerto in No Need of an Orchestra), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jul 8 Andy Fletcher, Britich synthesizer and bass player (Depeche Mode - "Just Can't Get Enough"), born in Nottingham, England (d. 2022)
- Jul 8 Graham Jones, British rock guitarist (Haircut 100 - "Love Plus One")
Toby Keith (1961-2024)
Jul 8 American country singer ("Should've Been A Cowboy"; "She Never Cried In Front Of Me"), and actor (Broken Bridges), born in Clinton, Oklahoma [1]
- Jul 9 Ronnie Bowman, American bluegrass singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bassist (Lonesome River Band, 1990-2001; Band of Ruhks), born in Mount Airy, North Carolina
- Jul 10 Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (Bullet in the Head), born in Hong Kong
- Jul 13 Anders Jarryd, Lidkoping Sweden, tennis star
- Jul 13 Lawrence Donegan, Scottish rock bassist (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions) and author, born in Stirling, Scotland
- Jul 13 Stelios Manolas, Greek soccer defender (71 caps; AEK Athens 447 games) and manager (Niki Volos, AEK Athens), born in Naxos, Greece
- Jul 13 Tim Watson, Australian rules footballer
- Jul 14 Jackie Earle Haley, American actor (Breaking Away), born in Northridge, California
Forest Whitaker (62 years old)
Jul 15 American actor and director ("The Last King of Scotland"; "Platoon"), born in Longview, Texas
- Jul 15 Jean-Christophe Grangé, French writer and screenwriter
- Jul 15 Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress (Blaze, Jungle2Jungle), born in London, Ontario
- Jul 15 Scott Ritter, American UN weapons inspector in Iraq and convicted sex offender, born in Gainesville, Florida
- Jul 17 Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor, born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 18 Elizabeth McGovern, American actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Jul 19 Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director, born in Virton, Belgium
- Jul 19 Campbell Scott, American actor, director and producer (Saint Ralph, Big Night), born in New York City
- Jul 19 Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director, born in Okayama, Japan
- Jul 19 Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast (Olympic 1976, 80 Gold), born in Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
- Jul 21 Amar Singh Chamkila [Dhanni Ram], Punjabi folk singer "The Elvis of Punjab", born in Dugri, Punjab, India (d. 1988)
- Jul 21 Don Wilson, American CFL football linebacker, 1987-98 (Edmonton Eskimos; Toronto Argonauts, British Columbia Lions), born in Washington, DC
- Jul 21 Henry Ellard, American NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins), born in Fresno, California
- Jul 21 Jim Martin, American rock guitarist (Faith No More - "Real Thing"), born in Oakland, California
- Jul 21 Mokgweetsi Masisi, Botswana politician (President of Botswana 2018-), born in Moshupa, Bechuanaland
- Jul 22 Calvin Fish, English racing driver
- Jul 22 Keith Sweat, American new jack swing singer, born in Harlem, New York
- Jul 23 André Ducharme, Canadian (Québécois) humorist (Rock et Belles Oreilles) and author, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jul 23 Martin Gore, English rocker (Depeche Mode - "Just Can't Get Enough"), born in Dagenham, Essex, England
Woody Harrelson (62 years old)
Jul 23 American Emmy Award-winning actor (Cheers - "Woody Boyd"; Natural Born Killers), born in Midland, Texas
- Jul 24 Kerry Dixon, English footballer, 1979-97, and manager, born in Luton, England
- Jul 24 Paul Geary, American heavy metal drummer (Extreme), born in Medford, Massachusetts
- Jul 25 Bobbie Eakes, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Warner Robins, Georgia
- Jul 25 Illeana Douglas [Hessellberg], American actress (Picture Perfect; To Die For; Six Feet Under), born in Quincy, Massachusetts [some sources give birth year as 1965, some New Haven as birthplace]
- Jul 25 Katherine Kelly Lang, American actress (Bold & Beautiful - "Brooke"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 26 Andy Connell, British musician and composer (Swing Out Sister), born in Manchester, England
- Jul 26 Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos F.C), born in Athens, Greece
- Jul 26 Gary Cherone, American rock vocalist (Extreme - "More Than Words"; Van Halen), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jul 26 Keiko Matsui (née Doi), Japanese jazz pianist and composer, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jul 26 Yolanda Chen, Russian triple jumper (indoor record), born in Moscow, Russia
- Jul 27 Daniel C. Burbank, American astronaut, born in Manchester, Connecticut
- Jul 27 Ed Orgeron, American College football coach (NCAA National C'ship 2019, Louisiana State University), born in Larose, Louisiana
- Jul 28 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter, born in Grodno, Soviet Union
- Jul 28 David Huff, American drummer (Giant)
- Jul 28 Scott E Parazynski, American astronaut (STS 66, 86, sk:95), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
Laurence Fishburne (62 years old)
Jul 30 American actor (The Matrix, CSI, Apocalypse Now), born in Augusta, Georgia
- Jul 30 Reggie Roby, American football punter (3 × Pro Bowl; All-Pro 1984, 94; NFL 1980s All-Decade Team; Miami Dolphins), born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2005)
- Jul 31 Chris Hinton, American NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Weddings
Martha Stewart
Jul 1 Business magnate Martha Stewart (19) weds Andrew Stewart
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (Die Nacht), dies at 67
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Jul 2 American author (The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel Prize for Literature - 1954), dies from suicide at 61
- Jul 4 William Franklin "Frank" Smith, American actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days), dies of lung cancer at 83
- Jul 6 Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter and illustrator, dies at 93
- Jul 6 Enrique Larreta [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat and writer, dies at 86
- Jul 6 Scott LaFaro, American jazz bassist (Bill Evans Trio), dies in a car accident at 25
- Jul 8 Julián Bautista, Spanish orchestral and film score composer, and conductor, dies at 60
- Jul 9 Alan Marshal, Australian actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies from a heart attack at 52
- Jul 11 Erskine Butterfield, American swing and boogie-woogie jazz pianist, singer, and composer, dies at 48
- Jul 12 Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b. 1879)
- Jul 15 John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
- Jul 16 [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88
Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
Jul 17 American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (AL MVP 1911; Triple Crown 1909; 12 × AL batting champion; Detroit Tigers) and manager (Detroit Tigers 1921-26), dies of cancer at 74
- Jul 18 Kit Guard, Danish actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous), dies of cancer at 67
- Jul 23 Esther Dale, American actress (Curly Top; The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), dies after surgery at 75
- Jul 27 Theodore Chanler, American composer, dies at 59
- Jul 31 Jesse Harper, American College Football HOF coach (Notre Dame 57–17–7 [football; 67–29 [basketball]; 88–53–1 [baseball]), dies at 77
