Historical Events
- Jul 1 1st color television transmission in Canada is broadcast from Toronto
- Jul 1 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St in San Francisco to build the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART)
- Jul 1 NASA launches spacecraft Explorer 33
- Jul 1 US national health insurance program Medicare goes into effect
- Jul 1 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Spaniard Manuel Santana wins last of 4 major titles beating American Dennis Ralston 6-4, 11-9, 6-4
- Jul 2 1st France nuclear test on Mururoa atoll
- Jul 2 West Indian cricket batsman Basil Butcher scores career best 209 not out to guide tourists to a 139-run 3rd Test win over England at Trent Bridge
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Billie Jean King beats Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 for the first of her 12 Grand Slam singles titles
- Jul 3 Atlanta Braves Tony Cloninger, 1st NL player and only pitcher to hit 2 grand slams in a MLB game (17-3 v SF Giants)
- Jul 3 Race riots in Omaha, Nebraska
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 3 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: American Sandra Spuzich wins by 1 from Carol Mann for her only LPGA major title
Beatles Attacked
Jul 4 Beatles attacked in the Philippines after (unintentionally) insulting Imelda Marcos
- Jul 5 NASA launches Saturn IB rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida
- Jul 5 National Guard mobilizes in Omaha, Nebraska, after 3rd night of rioting
- Jul 5 NYC Transit Authority raises basic bus and subway fare from 15 cents to 20 cents
- Jul 6 Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes president
Event of Interest
Jul 7 Obscenity ban for "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs overturned by the Massachusetts Supreme Court after testimony by Allen Ginsberg and Norman Mailer
- Jul 8 King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi
- Jul 8 US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
British Golf Open
Jul 9 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders & Dave Thomas by 1 stroke to become only 4th in history to win all 4 majors
- Jul 12 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall in Sandusky,Ohio (state record, until broken in 1995)
- Jul 12 37th All-Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 inninngs, at Busch Memorial Stadium, St Louis
Sports History
Jul 12 Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson voted MLB All Star game MVP
- Jul 12 Start of 3 day race riot in Chicago, looting brings out National Guardsmen
- Jul 12 US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia and Denver mints
- Jul 13 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founds the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishna movement) in New York City
- Jul 14 53rd Tour de France won by Lucien Aimar of France
- Jul 14 Richard Speck rapes and kills 8 nurses in a Chicago dormitory
- Jul 16 David Heneker's musical "Half a Sixpence", starring Tommy Steels, and based on H.G. Well's 1905 novel "Kipps", closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 511 performances
- Jul 16 Nigeria becomes the first Anglophone independent state in Africa to become an associate member of European Economic Community
- Jul 16 Number of banned persons in South Africa totals 936; the individuals are banned under various laws, most prominently the Suppression of Communism and Riotous Assembly Acts
It's a Bird... It's A Plane...It's Superman
Jul 17 Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical "It's a Bird... It's A Plane...It's Superman" closes at Alvin Theatre, NYC. after 129 performances
- Jul 17 Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit
- Jul 17 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)
Event of Interest
Jul 18 Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
Event of Interest
Jul 18 Gemini 10 launches John Young & Michael Collins
- Jul 19 France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island
- Jul 19 Governor James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)
- Jul 21 Gemini X returns to Earth
- Jul 21 USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jul 23 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
#1 in the Charts
Jul 23 Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers In The Night" hits #1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)
- Jul 23 John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m)
- Jul 23 Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"
- Jul 24 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: American Al Geiberger wins his only major title by 4 shots from Dudley Wysong
Music Concert
Jul 25 Brian Jones' final performance as a Rolling Stone
Event of Interest
Jul 25 Mao Zedong swims the Yangtze River
You Can't Hurry Love
Jul 25 The Supremes release single "You Can't Hurry Love"
- Jul 26 Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent
- Jul 26 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Jul 29 In Nigerian counter-coup, Head of State General Aguiyi Ironsi is assassinated by a group of Northern Nigerian officers and soldiers
- Jul 30 Beatles' "Yesterday... & Today" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
- Jul 30 FIFA World Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, England: Striker Geoff Hurst scores a hat trick as England beats West Germany, 4-2 after extra time
- Jul 30 US airplanes bomb the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam
Ban the Beatles
Jul 31 Two Alabama radio hosts, Tommy Charles and Doug Layton of WAQY in Birmingham ask listeners to send in Beatles albums and merchandise to burn in response to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark that "Christianity will go" [1]
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Larisa Savchenko-Neiland, Latvian tennis player (6 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Lviv, Ukraine
- Jul 1 Patrick McEnroe, American tennis player (French Open doubles & Tour Finals doubles 1989), coach (US Davis Cup 2007) and broadcaster (ESPN, CNN, CBS), born in Manhasset, New York
Moises Alou (57 years old)
Jul 3 American baseball outfielder (6 x MLB All Star; Silver Slugger Award 1994, 98; World Series 1997 Florida Marlins; Montreal Expos), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jul 3 Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster (WTVF, Nashville), born in Morristown, New Jersey
- Jul 4 Adrian Caldwell, American NBA forward/center (Indiana Pacers), born in Falls County, Texas
- Jul 4 Lee Reherman, American actor, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2016)
- Jul 5 Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer and coach (Chelsea), born in Oliena, Italy
- Jul 5 Jim Himes, American banker, businessman, and politician (US Rep-D-Connecticut 2009-), born in Lima, Peru
- Jul 5 Susannah Doyle, British actress (Drop the Dead Donkey - "Joy"), and playwright, born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
- Jul 6 Brian Posehn, American actor (Jim Kuback-Mission Hill), born in Sacramento, California
- Jul 7 Gundula Krause, German folk violinist, born in Göttingen, Germany
- Jul 7 Hector Burba, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Dayton, Ohio
- Jul 7 Jeff Shaw, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Washington Court House, Ohio
- Jul 7 Jim Gaffigan, American comedian (Mr Universe), born in Elgin, Illinois
- Jul 7 Neil Tobin, American magician, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 9 Pamela Adlon, American voice actress
- Jul 10 Johnny Grunge, American pro wrestler (4 x ECW World Tag Team C'ship, WCW World Tag Team C'ship [with Rocco Rock], born in Sulphur, Louisiana (d. 2006)
- Jul 11 (Melanie) "Mel" Appleby, English pop singer (Mel & Kim - "Coming to America"), born in Hackney, London, England
- Jul 11 Debbe Dunning, actress (Tool Time Girl-Home Improvement), born in Burbank, California
- Jul 11 Greg Grunberg, American actor
- Jul 11 Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga author (Berserk), born in Chiba, Japan (d. 2021)
- Jul 11 Mick Molloy, Australian comedian and TV presenter, born in Canberra, Australia
- Jul 11 Rod Strickland, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Wash Wizards)
- Jul 12 Allegra Curtis, model and daughter of Christine Kaufmann and Tony Curtis, born in London, England
- Jul 12 Annabel Croft, English tennis player and broadcaster (Eurosport, Sky Sport, BBC), born in Farnborough, England
- Jul 13 Gerald Levert, American R&B singer ("Casanova"; "In My Songs"), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 2006)
- Jul 13 Myong Hui Choe, North Korea, gymnast (Olympic-1980)
- Jul 14 Brian Selznick, American author and illustrator (The Invention of Hugo Cabret), born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey
- Jul 14 D. J. Johnson, American NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Jul 14 Ellen Reid, Canadian keyboard and accordion player (Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"), born in Selkirk, Manitoba
- Jul 14 Matthew Fox, American actor (Party of 5, Lost), born in Abington, Pennsylvania
- Jul 14 Tayna Donelly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Throwing Muses; Belly), born in Newport, Rhode Island
- Jul 15 Irene Jacob, French-Swiss actress (Three Colours: Red, Othello), born in Suresnes, France
- Jul 15 Kristoff St John, American actor (Adam-Generations, Young & Restless), born in New York City
- Jul 15 Rickey Foggie, American CFL quarterback (Hamilton Tiger Cats), born in Laurens, South Carolina
- Jul 15 Stephen Dodd, Welsh golfer (British Senior Open 2021), born in Cardiff, Wales
- Jul 16 Chip Lohmiller, NFL kicker (New Orleans Saints), born in Woodbury, Minnesota
- Jul 16 Johnny Vaughan, English writer and broadcaster (Capital Breakfast), born in Barnet, London
- Jul 16 Jyrki Lumme, Finnish NHL defenseman (Canucks, Finland Olympic bronze 1998), born in Tampere, Finland
- Jul 16 Mike Horn, South African explorer, 1st to reach North Pole without dog or motorized transport, born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Jul 16 Scott Derrickson, American filmmaker (The Exorcism of Emily Rose; The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008); Doctor Strange), born in Denver, Colorado
- Jul 17 Michael Bradley, American golfer (4 PGA Tour wins), born in Largo, Florida
- Jul 17 Nemesio Cervantes [El Mencho], Mexican drug lord, most-wanted man in Mexico, responsible for 1/3 all drugs into US, born in Aguililla, Mexico
- Jul 17 Sten Tolgfors, Swedish politician, born in Forshaga, Sweden
- Jul 18 Dan[iel Dion] O'Brien, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1996), born in Portland, Oregon
- Jul 19 David Segui, infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Kansas City, Kansas
- Jul 19 Nancy Carell [Walls], American actress (Saturday Night Live), born in Cohasset, Massachusetts
- Jul 20 Beth Coats, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Jul 20 Carlo L'Ami, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
Enrique Peña Nieto (57 years old)
Jul 20 President of Mexico (2012-18), born in Atlacomulco, State of Mexico, Mexico
- Jul 20 Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m)
- Jul 21 Larisa Neiland, Ukrainian tennis player (1996 Essen winner), born in Lvov, Ukraine
- Jul 22 Anna Wood (née Cox), Dutch-Australian canoeist (Olympics bronze 1988, 1996; World Championship, 1998, 1999), and kayaker, born in Roeumond, Netherlands
- Jul 22 Tim Brown, American Pro and College Football Hall of Fame wide receiver (Heisman Trophy 1987, Notre Dame; 9X Pro Bowl, LA/Oakland Raiders), born in Dallas, Texas
- Jul 23 Micheal Williams, American basketball point guard (NBA record consecutive free throws during regular season [97] 1993), born in Dallas, Texas
- Jul 24 Martin Keown, English soccer defender (43 caps; Arsenal, Aston Villa), born in Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Jul 25 Christine C. Quinn, American Democratic Party politician and Speaker of the New York City Council, born in Glen Cove, New York
- Jul 25 Lynda Lemay, French Canadian chanson singer, born in Portneuf, Quebec
- Jul 25 Maureen Herman, American bassist (Babes in Toyland) and writer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 27 Al Charron, Canadian rugby union forward, born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Jul 28 Liz Cheney, American politician (Rep-R-WY 2017-2023), daughter of Dick Cheney, born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Jul 28 Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jul 29 Jeff Herrod, American NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Martina McBride (57 years old)
Jul 29 American country singer and songwriter ("Independence Day"; "This One's For The Girls"; virtual duet with Dean Martin - "Baby It's Cold Outside"), born in Sharon, Kansas
- Jul 29 Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voice actor, born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 29 Sally Gunnell, British 400m hurdler, (Olympic gold 1992), born in Chigwell, England
- Jul 30 Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong
- Jul 31 Dean Cain, American actor (Clark/Superman in Lois & Clark), born in Mt Clemens, Michigan
- Jul 31 Marina Ogilvy, British daughter of Princess Alexandra, born in London, England
Famous Weddings
- Jul 6 American sci-fi writer "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Philip K Dick marries 4th wife Nancy Hackett
Tom Seaver
Jul 9 American MLB pitcher Tom Seaver (21) weds Nancy Lynn McIntyre in Jacksonville, Florida, until his death in 2020
Brigitte Bardot
Jul 14 Sex symbol of the 1960s Brigitte Bardot (31) weds German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs (33) in Las Vegas
Frank Sinatra
Jul 19 American saloon singer Frank Sinatra (50) marries American actress Mia Farrow (21) at the Las Vegas, Nevada home of casino executive Jack Entratter; divorce in 1968
Famous Divorces
Jayne Mansfield
Jul 20 American actress Jayne Mansfield and American film producer and director Matt Cimber file for divorce, after less than 2 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Pauline Boty, English artist, dies of cancer at 29
- Jul 2 Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (The Beetle), dies at 67
- Jul 3 (Joseph) Deems Taylor, American music critic (New York World), composer (Through The Looking Glass; Peter Ibbetson), and promoter of classical music (Fantasia), dies at 80
- Jul 3 André Gailhard, French classical music composer, dies at 81
- Jul 3 Kees Boeke, Dutch reformist educator (Cosmic View), dies at 81
- Jul 4 Dorothy Aldis, American children's writer, dies at 70
- Jul 5 George de Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry -1943), dies at 80 [1]
- Jul 6 "Sad" Sam Jones, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1923; World Series 1918, 23; Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees), dies at 73
- Jul 6 Ann Nagel [Anna Marie Dolan], American actress (Don Winslow of the Navy, The Green Hornet), dies of cancer at 50
- Jul 7 Carmelita Geraghty, dies of a heart attack at 65
- Jul 9 Mule Suttles, American Baseball HOF infielder (5 x NgL All Star; NL batting champion 1926, 28; NgL Triple Crown 1926; St. Louis Stars), dies of cancer at 65
- Jul 11 Delmore Schwartz, American poet, short story writer and critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52
- Jul 12 D. T. Suzuki, Zen Japanese-American Buddhist scholar, dies in Tokyo, Japan at 96
- Jul 13 Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 82
- Jul 14 Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
- Jul 17 August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi Suite), dies at 71
- Jul 18 Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist ("I Fought The Law"), found dead in his car at 23
- Jul 18 German Germanovich Galynin, Russian composer, dies at 44
- Jul 20 Julien Carette, French actor (Sylvia & the Phantom), dies of burns at 68
- Jul 22 Edward Gourdin, American athlete (long jump WR 7.69 m 1921; Olympic silver 1924) and jurist, dies at 68
- Jul 23 Donald Novis, British singer and actor (Monte Carlo; The Singing Plumber), dies at 60
- Jul 23 Douglass Montgomery, American actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane), dies from spinal cancer at 56
- Jul 23 Montgomery Clift, American actor (From Here to Eternity, Judgement at Nuremberg), dies of a heart attack at 45
- Jul 24 Tony Lema, American golfer (British Open 1964), dies in a plane crash at 32
- Jul 25 Frank O'Hara, American writer and poet, dies after being hit by a car at 40
- Jul 26 Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (French Open doubles 1924, US Open doubles 1926; Wimbledon singles 1926 runner-up), dies at 66
- Jul 29 Pal Jardanyi, Hungarian composer, dies at 44
- Jul 30 Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On the art of theatre), dies at 94
- Jul 31 Alex von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II), dies at 87
