Historical Events
- Jul 1 Sony introduces the Walkman, first popular portable cassette player
- Jul 1 Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow
- Jul 1 Sweden becomes 1st nation to prohibit "corporal punishment or other injurious or humiliating treatment" of children by their parents
Event of Interest
Jul 2 Susan B. Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman
- Jul 4 Algerian ex-president Ahmed Ben Bella is freed after spending over a decade under house arrest
- Jul 6 IRA bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova successfully defends her title beating Chris Evert Lloyd 6-4, 6-4
- Jul 7 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Björn Borg beats American Roscoe Tanner 6-7, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 for his 4th consecutive Wimbledon title
- Jul 8 Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles
- Jul 8 The Democratic Republic of the Congo adoptsa new constitution
Voyager 2 Spacecraft
Jul 8 Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
- Jul 9 A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
- Jul 9 Dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne National Laboratory
- Jul 9 Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter
Music History
Jul 10 Chuck Berry begins 4 months term in prison for $200,000 in tax evasion
- Jul 11 US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates
Down With Disco!
Jul 12 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers
- Jul 12 Ian Paice joins Whitesnake
- Jul 12 Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from the United Kingdom
Sports History
Jul 13 Calif's Nolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th
Faster
Jul 13 George Harrison releases single "Faster"
Saddam Hussein Becomes President
Jul 16 Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr is succeeded by Saddam Hussein
- Jul 17 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
- Jul 17 All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates)
David Gower's Double Century
Jul 17 David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 v India at Edgbaston
Anastasio Somoza Debayle Flees
Jul 17 Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle flees to Miami
Sebastian Coe's Record Mile
Jul 17 Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo
- Jul 17 Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament
- Jul 18 Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
- Jul 18 USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jul 19 2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 tons of oil spill
- Jul 19 Maritza Sayalero, 18, of Venezuela, crowned 28th Miss Universe
- Jul 19 Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Anastasio Somoza Debayle
- Jul 19 Patricia Harris becomes sect of HEW
- Jul 20 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Washington
British Golf Open
Jul 21 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins by 3 from Jack Nicklaus & Ben Crenshaw; Nicklaus runner-up for record 7th time
- Jul 21 National Women's Hall of Fame, honoring American women is dedicated in Seneca Falls, NY
Tour de France
Jul 22 66th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
Baseball Record
Jul 23 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit
Baseball History
Jul 24 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR
Appointment of Interest
Jul 24 US President Jimmy Carter names Paul Volcker as Chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Jul 25 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record)
- Jul 26 Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record)
- Jul 26 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings
- Jul 27 "Broadway Opry '79" opens at St James Theater NYC for 6 performances
- Jul 27 France performs nuclear Test
Sports History
Jul 28 Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game
- Jul 28 France performs nuclear Test
Canadian Women's Open
Jul 29 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), St. George's CC: Amy Alcott wins by 3 from Nancy Lopez for her first major title
But Never Jam Today
Jul 31 Bert Keyes and Bob Larimer's musical "But Never Jam Today", based on the works of Lewis Carroll, opens at Longacre Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
Famous Birthdays
Joe Thornton (44 years old)
Jul 2 Canadian NHL center, (#1 draft pick Boston Bruins 1997; San Jose Sharks; Olympic gold 2010), born in St. Thomas, Ontario
- Jul 2 Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver
- Jul 3 Ludivine Sagnier, French actress (Swimming Pool), born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France
- Jul 3 Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek soccer defender (61 caps; Panathinaikos, Rangers, Eintracht Frankfurt, AEK Athens, Liverpool), born in Trikala, Greece
Amélie Mauresmo (44 years old)
Jul 5 French tennis player (Australian Open, Wimbledon 2006; Tour Finals 2005; Federation Cup 2003), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
- Jul 5 Shane Filan, Irish singer and songwriter (Westlife), born in Sligo, Ireland
- Jul 5 Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian soccer midfielder (105 caps; CSKA Sofia, Celtic, Aston Villa), born in Mihaylovgrad, Bulgaria
Kevin Hart (44 years old)
Jul 6 American comedian ("Laugh at My Pain", The Secret Life of Pets), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 6 Nic Cester, Australian musician (Jet), born in Dingley, Melbourne, Australia
- Jul 6 Nicolas Daniel Maricio, Prince of Netherlands, born in Utrecht, Netherlands
- Jul 7 Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter, born in Corfu, Greece
- Jul 7 Carl Breeze, British racing driver, born in King's Lynn, United Kingdom
- Jul 9 Ella Koon [Yun-na], Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actress of Hakka heritage, born in Tahita, French Polynesia
- Jul 9 Tolga Bedir, Turkish jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, born in Istanbul, Turkey
- Jul 10 Gong Yoo [Gong Ji-cheol], South Korean actor (Train to Busan, Squid Game), born in Busan, South Korea
- Jul 11 Éric Abidal, French footballer (Lyon, Barcelona), born in Saint-Genis-Laval, France
- Jul 13 Craig Bellamy, Welsh soccer forward (78 caps; Newcastle United, Norwich City, Manchester City), born in Cardiff, Wales
- Jul 14 Axel Teichmann, German cross-country skier, born in Saalburg-Ebersdorf, East Germany
- Jul 14 Bernie Castro, Dominican baseball player, born in Santiago, Dominican Republic
- Jul 14 Scott Porter, American actor (Friday Night Lights - "Jason"; Hart Of Dixie - "George"), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Jul 15 Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer
- Jul 15 Laura Benanti, American musical theatre actress
- Jul 16 Chris Mihm, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jul 16 Jayma Mays, American actress (Glee, Heroes), born in Bristol, Tennessee
Kim Rhode (44 years old)
Jul 16 American double trap and skeet shooter (Olympic Gold: 1996, 2004 & 2012), born in Whittier, California
- Jul 17 Brendan James, American piano player, and singer-songwriter, born in Derry, New Hampshire
- Jul 17 Mike Vogel, American actor (Under the Dome), born in Abington Township, Pennsylvania
- Jul 18 Deion Branch, American football player
- Jul 18 Jared Hess, American film director and screenwriter
- Jul 18 Jermaine Paul, American gospel and R&B singer, winner of "The Voice" (2012), born in Harriman, New York
- Jul 18 Joey Mercury, American professional wrestler
- Jul 18 Rick Baxter, American politician
- Jul 19 Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer, born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Jul 19 Luke Young, English footballer (Charlton Athletic), born in Harlow, England
- Jul 19 Rick Ankiel, American MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Fort Pierce, Florida
- Jul 20 Claudine Barretto, Filipino actress
- Jul 20 David Ortega, Spanish freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- Jul 20 Miklos Fehér, Hungarian soccer striker (25 caps; Győri ETO, Porto, Benfica), born in Tatabánya, Hungary (d. 2004)
- Jul 21 David Carr, American football quarterback (2002 NFL Draft: #1 pick Houston Texans), born in Bakersfield, California
- Jul 21 Luis Ernesto Michel, Mexican soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; CD Guadalajara 252 games), born in El Grullo, Jalisco, Mexico
- Jul 21 Tamika Catchings, American basketball player (Indiana Fever), born in Stratford, New Jersey
- Jul 22 Lucas Luhr, German racing driver, born in Mülheim-Kärlich, West Germany
- Jul 23 Perro Aguayo, Jr., Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL), born in Mexico City (d. 2015)
- Jul 23 Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver, born in Toledo
- Jul 24 Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, French tennis player
- Jul 24 José Valverde, American baseball player
- Jul 24 Lee Si-yeon, South Korean actress
- Jul 24 Rose Byrne, Australian actress (Damages, Mrs. America, Bridesmaids, Neighbors), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jul 24 Stat Quo [Stanley Benton], American rapper, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jul 24 Valerio Scassellati, Italian racing driver
- Jul 25 Ali Carter, English professional snooker player, born in Colchester, Essex
- Jul 26 Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jul 26 Mageina Tovah, American actress (Joan of Arcadia), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Jul 26 Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 27 Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer (second Mexican to win world titles in 4 weight divisions), born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
- Jul 27 Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist, born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 2018)
- Jul 28 Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer, born in Húsavík, Iceland
- Jul 28 Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa), born in Namwon, South Korea
- Jul 29 Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
- Jul 30 Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player, born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
- Jul 30 Diva Zappa, American artist and daughter of Frank, born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 30 Graeme McDowell, Irish golfer (US Open 2010), born in Portrush, Northern Ireland
- Jul 31 B. J. Novak, American actor (Inglourious Basterds), born in Newton, Massachusetts
- Jul 31 Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer and coach, born in Las Cabezas de San Juan, Spain
- Jul 31 J. J. Furmaniak, American baseball player
- Jul 31 Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
- Jul 31 Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer
Famous Weddings
- Jul 8 British rock singer Marianne Faithfull (32) weds second husband British punk rocker Ben Briefly; divorce in 1986
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Richard Ward, African American actor (Death of a Salesman, Beacon Hill), dies of a heart attack at 64
- Jul 1 Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1956) and soccer striker (3 caps), dies at 56
- Jul 3 Louis Durey, French composer, dies at 91
- Jul 4 Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer, dies at 73
Elizabeth Ryan (1891-1979)
Jul 5 American tennis player (26 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 87
- Jul 5 Judson Laire, American stage and screen actor (I Remember Mama - "Papa"; Advise and Consent), dies at 76
- Jul 6 Van McCoy, American musician and songwriter (The Hustle), dies of a heart attack at 39
- Jul 7 Dalton Conyngham, South African cricket medium-pace bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), dies at 82
- Jul 8 Charles Kynard, American soul, jazz, and funk Hammond B-3 organ player (Reelin With The Feelin'), dies at 46
- Jul 8 Michael Wilding, British actor (Stage Fright, Courtney Affair, World of Suzie Wong), dies from a head injury at 66
- Jul 8 Robert B. Woodward, American organic chemist (Nobel 1965), dies at 62
- Jul 8 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906)
- Jul 9 Betty Evans Grayson, American softball pitcher (National Softball Hall of Fame 1959; Chicago Queens), dies at 53
- Jul 9 Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay), dies at 78
- Jul 10 Arthur Fiedler, American orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
- Jul 11 Claude Wagner, French Canadian judge and politician, dies at 54
- Jul 12 Kalervo Tuukkanen, Finnish composer, dies at 69
- Jul 12 Minnie Ripperton [Andrea Davis], American pop, R&B, and disco singer-songwriter ("Lovin' You"), dies of breast cancer at 31
- Jul 13 Corine Griffith, dies at 84
- Jul 14 George De Witt, American TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56
- Jul 15 Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician (President of Mexico 1964-70), dies of cancer at 68
- Jul 16 Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912)
- Jul 16 James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93
- Jul 17 Doug Meintjes, South African cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
- Jul 21 Ludwig Renn, German writer, dies at 90
- Jul 22 Mikhail Soschtschenko, Soviet Russian writer (The Regained Youth; Before the Dawn), dies at 83
- Jul 22 Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), dies at 49
- Jul 22 Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, American heavyweight boxer and actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
- Jul 23 Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (Army of the Shadows), dies at 81
- Jul 24 Archie Duncan, Scottish actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65
- Jul 24 Greg Davis, Australian rugby union flanker (39 Tests, 16 as captain; NSW, Drummoyne DRFC), dies from a brain tumour at 39
- Jul 27 Ettore Manni, Italian actor (Street People, Divine Nymph, Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell), accidentally shoots himself at 52
- Jul 27 Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79
- Jul 28 Charles Shadwell, British conductor (BBC Variety Orchestra, 1936-46), and bandleader dies at 81
- Jul 29 Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979)
Jul 29 German-American communist philosopher (One-Dimensional Man, Eros & Civilization), dies at 81
