Historical Events
- Jul 1 British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling visits N. Ireland and is reported as saying: "For God's sake bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country!"
- Jul 1 Dutch soccer club FC Utrecht is established (KNVB Cup 1985, 2003-04)
- Jul 2 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam & Brussels
- Jul 2 Neil Blaney is found not guilty of illegal arms importation to the Irish Republican Army by a Dublin jury
- Jul 2 The Prevention of Incitement to Hatred Act (Northern Ireland) is introduced; it proves difficult to secure convictions under its provisions, seldom enforced
Music History
Jul 3 Atlanta International Pop Festival opens, 200,000 attend over 3 days; performers include Allman Brothers; Grand Funk Railroad, Jimi Hendrix Experience; Richie Havens; Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys; B.B. King; Mott the Hoople; and John Sebastian
- Jul 3 British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed
- Jul 3 California Angels pitcher Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
- Jul 3 The British Army impose curfew on Falls Road area of Belfast as they search for weapons; coming under attack from the Official IRA (OIRA) and republican rioters
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Billie Jean King 14-12, 11-9 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title, and 3rd leg of her successful Grand Slam
- Jul 4 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park, NJ
Radio Premiere
Jul 4 Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
- Jul 4 Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons
- Jul 4 The Falls Road curfew in North Ireland, imposed by the British Army while searching for IRA weapons, continues throughout the day; a man is killed by the British Army
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian thriller, John Newcombe beats Ken Rosewall 5,7 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
- Jul 5 20th Berlin International Film Festival cancelled due to controversy surrounding the participation of Michael Verhoeven's anti-war film "o.k."
- Jul 5 Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 5 US Open Women's Golf, Muskogee CC: Donna Caponi successfully defends her title by 1 from Sandra Haynie and Sandra Spuzich
- Jul 6 California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law
- Jul 6 Irish Minister for External Affairs Partick Hillery pays an unofficial visit to the Falls Road area of Belfast, an areas only just subject to a curfew by British Army
- Jul 8 SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
- Jul 9 In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn
British Golf Open
Jul 12 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders by 1 stroke in event's first 18-hole playoff to win the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships
- Jul 12 Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
Event of Interest
Jul 12 Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic ocean on the raft Ra II, arrives in Barbados from Morocco after 57 days
- Jul 13 Building begins of Amsterdam metro
- Jul 13 The annual 'Twelfth' parades passes off without serious incident in Northern Ireland
Sports History
Jul 14 41st MLB All Star Game, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH: NL beats AL, 5-4; MVP: Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox, LF
- Jul 15 Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
- Jul 16 9th British Commonwealth Games open in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jul 16 Iraq's constitution goes into effect
- Jul 16 Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2
- Jul 17 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC
- Jul 18 Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily
- Jul 18 Revival of Sandy Wilson's musical "The Boy Friend", starring Judy Carne and Sandy Duncan, closes at Ambassador Theater, NYC, after 111 performances
- Jul 18 Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
Baseball Record
Jul 18 Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits
- Jul 18 WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Tour de France
Jul 19 57th Tour de France: Defending champion Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins general, mountains and combination categories
- Jul 20 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks
- Jul 21 Aswan High Dam opens in Egypt, enables human control of the flooding of the Nile
- Jul 21 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0
- Jul 21 Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property
- Jul 21 USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jul 23 A ban on parades and public processions until January 1971 is announced by the Stormont government (North Ireland Parliament)
- Jul 23 Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Sa'id ibn Taimur
- Jul 24 International Lawn Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule
- Jul 24 USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
#1 in the Charts
Jul 25 Burt Bacharach and Hal David's song "(They Long to Be) Close to You" as sung by the Carpenters reaches #1
Baseball Record
Jul 26 Reds catcher Johnny Bench, playing for the day in the outfield, goes 4 for 5 with 7 RBIs including 3 consecutive HRs off St. Louis Cardinals Steve Carlton in 12-5 win at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
- Jul 27 Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game
- Jul 27 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 27 Lou Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
- Jul 29 6 days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecicut
- Jul 30 -Aug 5] Hurricane Celia, kills 31 in Cuba, Florida and Texas
- Jul 30 30,000 arrive to attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut, despite it having been cancelled due to local residents opposition
- Jul 30 Riots hit Belfast, North Ireland
- Jul 31 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940)
Final Black Tot Day
Jul 31 Black Tot Day: the last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy (started 1740)
- Jul 31 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"
- Jul 31 Daniel O'Hagan (19), a Catholic civilian, is shot dead by the British Army during a serious riot in the New Lodge Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Henry Simmons, American actor (NYPD Blue; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,), born in Stamford, Connecticut
- Jul 1 Joni Ernst, American politician (Senator-R-Iowa 2015-), born in Rad Oak, Iowa
- Jul 2 Colin Edwin, Australian progressive rock bassist, and and guimbri player (Porcupine Tree), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Jul 2 Derrick Adkins, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1996; World C'ship gold 1995), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 2 Monie Love, English rapper
- Jul 2 Scotty 2 Hotty, American wrestler
- Jul 2 Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
Audra McDonald (53 years old)
Jul 3 American Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning theatrical and operatic singer, and stage and screen actress (Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill; Sweeney Todd; Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny; Private Practice, The Good Wife), born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany)
- Jul 3 Benedict Wong, English actor (Wong in Marvel films), born in Eccles, England
- Jul 3 Serhiy Gonchar, Ukrainian road cyclist (UCI World C'ships gold Time Trial 2000), born in Rivne, Ukraine
- Jul 3 Shawnee Smith, American actress (Saw), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Jul 3 Teemu Selänne, Finnish Hockey HOF right wing (NHL rookie points record [132] 1992-93; 6 x Olympian: 3 x bronze, 1 x silver; Winnipeg Jets, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Jul 4 Andrei Cherkasov, Russian tennis player, born in Ufa, Russia
- Jul 4 Doddie Weir, Scottish rugby union lock (61 Tests; Newcastle Falcons RFC, Border Reivers RFC), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2022)
- Jul 4 Louise Van Voorhis, American 470 sailor (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Rochester, New York
- Jul 4 Tony Vidmar, Australian soccer defender (76 caps; Adelaide City, NAC Breda, Rangers, Middlesbrough, Cardiff City), born in Adelaide, Australia
- Jul 5 Doug Bochtler, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
- Jul 5 Mac Dre [Andre Louis Hicks], American rapper and hip hop pioneer, born in Oakland, California (d. 2004)
- Jul 6 Antonio Harvey, American NBA center/forward (LA Clippers), born in Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Jul 6 Frank Salvato II, American sound engineer, keyboardist, and songwriter, born in Camden, New Jersey
- Jul 6 Inspectah Deck [Jason Hunter], American rapper and producer (Wu-Tang Clan, Czarface), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 6 Martin Smith, English Christian-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delirious?), born in Woodford Green, London, England
- Jul 7 Erik Zabel, German cyclist, born in East Berlin
- Jul 7 Michael McCrary, American NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Vienna, Virginia
- Jul 7 Min Patel, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Kent CCC, Central Districts CA), born in Mumbai, India
- Jul 7 Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer, born in Queens, New York
- Jul 7 Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Jul 8 Beck [Bek David Campbell], American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer ("Loser"; "Where It's At"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 8 Lisa Powell, Australian field hockey forward (Olympic gold 1996, 2000; World Cup gold 1994, 98; Champions Trophy gold x 5), born in Sydney, Australia
Todd Martin (53 years old)
Jul 8 American tennis player (Australian Open 1994 & US Open 1999 runner-up; World #4 1999), born in Hinsdale, Illinois
- Jul 9 Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
- Jul 9 Steve Dubinsky, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jul 9 Trent Green, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins)
- Jul 10 Gary LeVox [Vernon], American country music singer and songwriter (Rascal Flatts), born in Powell, Ohio
- Jul 10 Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and musical theatre actress (Kristina från Duvemåla; Chess), born in Sundsvall, Sweden
- Jul 10 Jason Orange, English singer and musician (Take That), born in Lancashire, England
- Jul 10 John Simm, British actor
- Jul 11 Justin Chambers, American actor
- Jul 11 Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper (1993)
- Jul 12 Brian Lee Byung-Hun, South Korean actor
- Jul 12 Chad Brown, American football linebacker (First-team All-Pro 1996, 98; Pro Bowl 1996, 98, 99; Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks), born in Altadena, California
- Jul 12 Jaason Simmons, Australian actor (Baywatch), born in Hobart, Australia
- Jul 12 Juba Kalamka, American artist and activist (Deep Dickollective), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 13 Sharon Horgan, Irish actress (Bad Sisters), born in London, England
- Jul 13 Steven J. Brown, American rock guitarist (Trixter - "Give It To Me Good"), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
- Jul 14 Mark Brandenburg, American baseball pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Houston, Texas
- Jul 14 Mark Strickland, American NBA forward (Miami Heat), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jul 14 Missy Gold, American actress (Katie-Benson), born in Great Falls, Montana
- Jul 14 Thomas Lauderdale, American musician (Pink Martini), born in Oakland, California
- Jul 15 Chi Cheng, American musician (Deftones), (d. 2013)
- Jul 16 Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), born in Bangkok, Thailand
- Jul 16 William Van Landingham, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants), born in Columbia, Tennessee
- Jul 17 Mandy Smith, English singer ("I Just Can't Wait"), born in Tottenham, England
- Jul 18 John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
- Jul 18 Patrick Dancy, American TV rocker (Guys Next Door - "I've Been Waiting For You"), born in Long Island, New York
- Jul 19 Christopher Luxon, New Zealand businessman and politician (Prime Minister of New Zealand 2023-), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Jul 19 Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish politician, First Minister of Scotland (2014-2023), born in Irvine, Scotland
- Jul 21 Bryce Florie, American pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Charleston, South Carolina
- Jul 21 Michael Fitzpatrick, French-American musician (Fitz and The Tantrums), born in Montluçon, France
- Jul 21 Shawn Stasiak, American professional wrestler (WWF), born in Hayward, California
- Jul 21 Steven "Scrappy" Segaloff, American rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Jul 22 Craig Baird, New Zealander racing driver
- Jul 22 Dan Jones, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
- Jul 22 Sergei Zubov, Russian NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Pittsburgh), born in Moscow, Russia
- Jul 22 W R Tillman, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- Jul 23 Charisma Carpenter, American actress (Angel), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jul 23 Sam Watters, American R&B singer and songwriter (Color Me Badd - "Wanna Sex You Up"), born in Camp Springs, Maryland
- Jul 23 Thea Dorn, German writer of crime fiction, born in Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Germany
- Jul 24 Blaine Bishop, American NFL safety (Houston Oilers), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Jul 24 Stephanie Adams, American Playboy playmate (Nov, 1992) who killed herself and her child, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 2018)
- Jul 25 Lord Nicholas Windsor, youngest son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, born in King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London
- Jul 26 Joan Wasser, American rock violinist, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer (Joan As Police Woman; Antony and the Johnsons), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
- Jul 26 Kenny Wilhite, American CFL defensive back, 1994-97 (Hamilton Tiger Cats and 3 other teams), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jul 26 Phil Alley, Australian cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler), born in Orange, New South Wales
- Jul 27 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor (Game of Thrones), born in Rudkøbing, Denmark
- Jul 27 Tom Europe, Canadian football defensive back (Montreal Alouettes), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 28 Michael Amott, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Arch Enemy)
- Jul 28 Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner), born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia
- Jul 29 John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer (pace bowler 1993)
- Jul 29 Steve Wojciechowski, American MLB pitcher (Oakland A's), born in Blue Island, Illinois
Christopher Nolan (53 years old)
Jul 30 English film director (Inception, Interstellar), born in London, England
- Jul 30 Joe Montford, American CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats), born in Beaufort, North Carolina
- Jul 30 Tom McManus, American NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Buffalo Grove, Illinois
- Jul 31 Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian writer (The Train of That Night), born in Chah Varz, Lamerd, Iran
- Jul 31 David Sacco, American NHL left wing (Olympics 1994, Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Malden, Massachusetts
- Jul 31 Knut Holmann, Norwegian rower (Olympic gold 1996)
Famous Weddings
Shelley Duvall
Jul 7 Actress Shelley Duvall (21) weds Bernard Sampson
Famous Deaths
- Jul 2 Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and aboriginal rights fighter, dies at 81
- Jul 3 Frances Parkinson Keyes, American novelist (Dinner at Antoine's), dies at 84
- Jul 4 Barnett Newman, American abstract expressionist painter (Black Fire I), dies at 65
- Jul 4 Harold Vanderbilt, American yachtsman and America's Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85
- Jul 6 Marjorie Rambeau, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Primrose Path; Torch Song), dies at 80
- Jul 7 Allen Lane, English publisher and founder of Penguin Books, dies at 67
- Jul 7 Dame Laura Knight, English impressionist artist, dies at 92
- Jul 7 Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies at 59
- Jul 7 Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60
- Jul 10 Bjarni Benediktsson, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (1963-70), dies at 62
Leslie Groves (1896-1970)
Jul 13 American army engineer who directed the Manhattan Project and construction of the Pentagon, dies of a heart attack at 73
- Jul 14 Preston Foster, American actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69
- Jul 17 Juano Hernandez, Puerto Rican stage and film actor (St Louis Blues; Stars In My Crown), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 73
- Jul 18 Lucien d'Azambuja, French astronomer (studied the solar chromosphere), dies at 86
- Jul 19 Barry Wood [Louis Rappaport], American singer (Your Hit Parade), and television producer, dies at 61
- Jul 20 Iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b. 1913)
- Jul 21 Bob Kalsu, American NFL football player, 1968 (Buffalo Bills), and US Army officer, killed in action in Vietnam at 25
- Jul 21 Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
- Jul 22 George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (b. 1912)
- Jul 23 Leith Stevens, American pianist, composer and conductor of scores for radio (Suspense), film (The Wild Ones; War of the Worlds), and television (Climax!), dies of a heart attack (upon learning his wife was killed in a car accident) at 60
- Jul 24 Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist, dies at 73
- Jul 26 Claud Allister, British actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet, Bulldog Drummond), dies at 81
- Jul 26 Robert Taschereau, French Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of Canada, dies at 73
António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970)
Jul 27 Dictator of Portugal (1932-68) who founded and controlled the Estado Novo (New State), dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 81
- Jul 29 (Giovanni) "John" Barbirolli, British cellist, and conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1936-43; Hallé Orchestra, 1943-1970; Houston Symphony, 1961-67), dies of a heart attackat 70
- Jul 29 Jonel Perlea, Romanian opera conductor, dies at 69
- Jul 30 George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), dies at 73
- Jul 30 Louis Lomax, African-American author and journalist, dies in a car accident 47
- Jul 30 Maud Lewis (née Dowley), Canadian folk artist and painter, dies from pneumonia at 67
- Jul 31 Booker Ervin [Booker Telleferro Ervin II], American saxophonist (Charles Mingus), dies of kidney disease at 39
- Jul 31 Jimmy Conzelman, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, coach, team owner (Chicago Cardinals), dies at 72
- Jul 31 Walter Briggs Jr, American sports executive (owner Detroit Tigers 1952-56), dies at 58
