Historical Events
Event of Interest
Jul 1 Former US President Richard Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974
Music History
Jul 1 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "The Act", starring Liza Minnelli and directed by Martin Scorsese closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 233 performances
- Jul 1 Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
Sports History
Jul 2 MLB pitcher Ron Guidry beats Detroit 3-2 for a NY Yankee record 13-0 start to the season
- Jul 3 US Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
- Jul 4 Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order
- Jul 5 Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
- Jul 5 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jul 6 A sleeping car catches fire in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people
- Jul 6 Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Muslim West Beirut
- Jul 7 NBA approves franchise swap; Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown and Harry Mangurian acquire Boston Celtics, while the Celtics owner Irv Levin gets Braves, later moved to San Diego to become the Clippers
- Jul 7 Solomon Islands declares independence from the United Kingdom
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her first Grand Slam singles title beating Chris Evert 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Jul 8 Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
- Jul 8 Sandro Pertini elected the 7th President of the Italian Republic
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Björn Borg of Sweden wins his 3rd straight Wimbledon singles crown; beats American Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
- Jul 9 American Nazi Party holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago
- Jul 9 Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington, D.C. for ERA
- Jul 9 Revival of Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly!", starring Carol Channing, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 152 performances
- Jul 10 Bloodless military coup in Mauritania, President Moktar flees
Film & TV History
Jul 10 World News Tonight premieres on ABC with Max Robinson the first black anchor on a network newscast in the US
- Jul 11 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
Sports History
Jul 11 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers) collects his second award
Music History
Jul 13 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"
- Jul 13 Ford Motor Company chairman Henry Ford II fires company president Lee Iacocca
- Jul 13 Russian dissidents Ginsburg, Piatkus and Sjtsjaranki sentenced to work camps
- Jul 13 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
- Jul 14 Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode" - blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado
- Jul 14 Anatoly Scharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation
Sports History
Jul 14 Umpire Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls
British Golf Open
Jul 15 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus completes 3rd career grand slam; wins by 2 strokes from Ben Crenshaw & Ray Floyd
Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin Clash
Jul 17 NY Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out after Jackson refuses to bunt, causing Martin to suspend him
- Jul 21 Bolivian military coup under General Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees
- Jul 21 US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike
- Jul 21 World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m
Tour de France
Jul 23 65th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
- Jul 23 Franklin Bradshaw is murdered in Salt Lake City by his grandson Marc Schreuder at the instigation of his mother Frances Schreuder
- Jul 23 Israeli government rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas
- Jul 23 Mayence returns to helps Yankees win their 5th straight game
Sports History
Jul 23 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th MLB pitcher to win 200
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 23 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Indianapolis: Hollis Stacy successfully defends title by 1 stroke from Sally Little and JoAnne Carner
Billy Martin Resigns
Jul 24 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson
- Jul 24 Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe
Music History
Jul 25 John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image
- Jul 25 Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager
- Jul 25 The Cerro Maravilla Incident occurs.
- Jul 26 11th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
- Jul 26 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
Baseball Record
Jul 26 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
- Jul 27 Cleveland Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd in MLB history to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game, at Yankee Stadium
Mário Soares Sacked
Jul 27 Portuguese President António Ramalho Eanes fires Premier Mário Soares
- Jul 28 At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees
- Jul 28 Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time
- Jul 28 USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jul 29 American Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7 hrs, 40 min; record holds until 1995
- Jul 29 On Old Timer's Day, NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as NY Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become GM
- Jul 30 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits & NL-record-tying 8 HRs
- Jul 31 Cincinnati infielder Pete Rose singles off Phil Niekro to extend his hitting streak to 44 games as Reds edge Atlanta Braves, 3-2; ties Willie Keeler's 81-year-old NL record
- Jul 31 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 2 Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician
- Jul 3 Julie Klausner, American comedian, screenwriter, actress (Difficult People), podcaster, and author, born in New York City
- Jul 3 Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Jul 4 Becki Newton, American actress, born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Jul 4 Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer, born in Zellik, Belgium
- Jul 4 Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak, 10 Reasons to Live), born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Jul 4 Tatyana Jecmenica, Serbian tennis star (1995 Futures-Novi Sad), born in Novi Sad, Serbia
- Jul 4 Vicky Kaya, Greek supermodel and actress, born in Athens, Greece
- Jul 6 Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Jul 6 Tamera Mowry, American twin actress (Sister, sister), born in Gelnhausen, West Germany
- Jul 6 Tia Mowry, American twin actress (Sister, sister), born in Gelnhausen, West Germany
- Jul 7 Leonardo Morales, Venezuelan soccer goalkeeper (26 caps; Carabobo, Zulia), born in El Tigre, Venezuela
- Jul 7 Misia [Misaki Itō], Japanese singer (Mother Father Brother Sister), born in Omura, Japan
- Jul 9 Jesse Watters, American political commentator (Fox News), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 9 Linda Park, Korean-born American actress (Stra Trek: Enterprise), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jul 9 Mark Medlock, German pop singer (Now Or Never), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Jul 10 Jesse Lacey, American indie rock singer and guitarist (Brand New), born in Levittown, New York
- Jul 12 (Christopher) "Topher" Grace, American stage and screen actor (That '70s Show -"Eric"; In Good Company; Home Economics), born in New York City
- Jul 12 Claire Chitham, New Zealand actress
- Jul 12 Mélanie De Biasio, Belgian jazz singer, composer and flute player (A Stomach Is Burning), born in Charleroi, Belgium
- Jul 12 Michelle Rodriguez, American actress (Girlfight, Fast and Furious), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Jul 13 Ryan Ludwick, American baseball player
- Jul 15 Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player
- Jul 17 Émilie Simon, French pop singer-songwriter and electronic music composer, born in Montpellier, France
- Jul 17 Justine Triet, French filmmaker (Anatomy of a Fall), born in Fécamp, France
- Jul 17 Katharine Towne, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 17 Mike Hettinga, American professional wrestler, born in San Bernardino, California
- Jul 17 Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist, born in Niterói, Brazil
- Jul 18 Ben Sheets, American baseball player
- Jul 18 Mélissa Theuriau, French newscaster
- Jul 18 Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player
- Jul 18 Verónica Romeo [Sotoca], Spanish pop singer, born in Elche, Spain
- Jul 20 Charlie Korsmo, American child actor (Dick Tracy, What About Bob)
- Jul 20 Elliott Yamin, American singer and Idol contestant (Wait for You)
- Jul 20 Jennifer Grubb, American soccer defender (12 caps; Washington Freedom), born in Elkhart Indiana
- Jul 20 Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
- Jul 20 Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete
- Jul 20 Will Solomon, American basketball player
- Jul 21 Damian Marley, Jamaican musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Jul 21 Gary Teale, Scottish football player and coach, born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Jul 21 Josh Hartnett, American actor (Black Hawk Down) and movie producer (August), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Jul 21 Justin Bartha, American actor (National Treasure films), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Jul 21 Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1992), born in Numazu, Japan
- Jul 22 A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
- Jul 22 Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
- Jul 22 Martyn Lee, English radio presenter
- Jul 22 Runako Morton, West Indian cricket batsman (15 Tests, 4 x 50, HS 70no; Leeward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago), born in Gingerland, Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 2012)
- Jul 23 Stefanie Sun, Singaporean pop singer-songwriter (Yan Zi), born in Singapore
- Jul 23 Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Jul 24 Andy Irons, American surfer (ASP World Champion 2002-04), born in Kauai, Hawaii (d. 2010)
- Jul 25 Gerard Warren, American football player, born in Lake City, Florida
- Jul 25 Louise Brown, English woman who was the first person to be born through in vitro fertilization, born in Oldham, England
- Jul 28 Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Toyonaka, Osaka
- Jul 28 Luka Udjbinac, Croatian jazz musician, born in Zagreb, Croatia
- Jul 31 Justin Wilson, English auto racer (International Formula 3000 C'ship; Champ Car Series 4 wins), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (d. 2015)
- Jul 31 Will Champion, British drummer (Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"), born in Southampton, England
- Jul 31 Zac Brown, American country-rock singer and guitarist (Zac Brown Band - "Toes"; "Knee Deep"), born in Dahlonega, Georgia
- Jul 31 Zeta Makripoulia, Greek actress, model and TV presenter
Famous Weddings
Tammy Wynette
Jul 6 American country singer Tammy Wynette (36) weds American record producer George Richey (42) in Florida (her 5th husband, his 3rd wife) until he death in 1998
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)
- Jul 2 Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
- Jul 3 James Daly, American actor (Medical Center, Planet of the Apes), dies of heart failure at 59
- Jul 9 Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered
- Jul 9 Zoltán Aladár, Transylvanian composer, music critic and teacher (The Goat and the Three Goons), dies at 49
- Jul 10 Joe Davis, English snooker player (World Champion 1927-40, 1946), dies at 77
- Jul 10 John D. Rockefeller III, American oil billionaire and philanthropist, dies in a car crash at 71
- Jul 10 Michel Gusikoff, American violinist, concert master, and composer, dies at 85
- Jul 13 Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
- Jul 17 Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51
- Jul 27 Willem Van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (Residentie Orkest, 1949-73; Melbourne Symphony, 1967-70; Sydney Symphony, 1971-77), dies in a car crash at 70
- Jul 29 Glen Goins, American guitarist and singer (Parliament-Funkadelic - "Fantasy is Reality"), dies from Hodgkin's lymphoma at 24
- Jul 29 Wesley LaViolette, American composer,conductor, poet, and educator dies at 84
- Jul 30 Aasan Ferit Alnar, Turkish classical composer, dies at 72
- Jul 30 Umberto Nobile, Italian aviator and polar explorer (designed and flew 1st airship across the polar air cap), dies at 93
- Jul 31 Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80
- Jul 31 Enoch Light, American orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
- Jul 31 Günther Rennert, German film and opera director and producer, dies of a lung embolism at 67
