Historical Events
- Jul 1 Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger 6-0, 6-3 for the 4th of 9 Wimbledon singles titles
- Jul 3 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Hollis Stacy wins by 2 strokes from JoAnn Carner and Alice Miller
- Jul 3 Texas Rangers explode for MLB single extra innings record 12 runs in 15th inning of 16-4 win v Oakland
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American John McEnroe wins 5th career Grand Slam title; outclasses Chris Lewis of New Zealand 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
Sports History
Jul 4 NY Yankee pitcher Dave Righetti no-hits the Boston Red Sox, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium
- Jul 5 France invades Algeria
- Jul 5 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, Virginia)
- Jul 6 Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less
- Jul 7 11-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR
- Jul 8 Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
- Jul 11 Lorraine Elizabeth Downes (19), Miss New Zealand, crowned 32nd Miss Universe
- Jul 12 Chad government troops reconquer Abéché
- Jul 13 The Transvaal Attorney General announces that Eugène Terre'Blanche, leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and three associates will face terrorism charges, South Africa
- Jul 14 Mario Bros. is first released by Nintendo in Japan as an arcade game about an Italian-American plumber
- Jul 14 US politicians Dan Crane (Rep-R-Il) and Gerry Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages
- Jul 15 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
The Pirates of Penzance
Jul 15 Film version of "The Pirates of Penzance", starring Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, and Angela Lansbury premieres in US
British Golf Open
Jul 17 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Defending champion Tom Watson wins his 5th Open Championship, 1 stroke clear of Andy Bean and Hale Irwin; Watson's 2nd consecutive Open win and 3rd in last 4
- Jul 18 Despite being in 1st place tie in NL East, Philadelphia Phillies (43-42) fire manager Pat Corrales, replacing him with GM Paul Owens, eventually getting to World Series (losing to Baltimore)
- Jul 19 The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
- Jul 20 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 21 Polish government ends 19 months of martial law
Music Concert
Jul 21 Thunder storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in Central Park, NYC
- Jul 21 US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge
- Jul 21 World's lowest-ever natural temperature recorded −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K) at Soviet Vostok Station, Antarctica
- Jul 22 Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
- Jul 22 MLB California Angels outfielder Brian Downing's error ends his record streak at 244 games
Event of Interest
Jul 22 Polish Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski lifts martial law after 19 months
Sports History
Jul 24 Pine Tar Game: George Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned)
- Jul 24 Revival of Jerry Herman's musical "Mame", starring Angela Lansbury, opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 41 performances
- Jul 24 Sonya Robinson, (Milwaukee), 23, crowned 16th Miss Black America
- Jul 25 1st non-human primate (baboon) conceived in a lab dish, San Antonio
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 25 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Billy Casper wins with birdie on first extra hole after an 18-hole playoff with Rod Funseth
- Jul 25 Washington Public Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion
- Jul 26 Challenger moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida), for mating for STS-8
- Jul 26 Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28)
- Jul 26 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io
- Jul 26 US threatens action to preserve navigation in Persian Gulf
- Jul 27 104°F (40.3°C) in Garmersdorf (German record)
Baseball Record
Jul 27 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, also winning his 1st game as a Kansas City Royal
Baseball Record
Jul 29 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
- Jul 30 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, California
- Jul 30 Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg
Baseball Hall of Fame
Jul 31 Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell and Walter Alston are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
- Jul 31 Dutch July average temperature is 20.1°C; warmest July since 1852
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 31 US Open Women's Golf, Cedar Ridge CC: Australian Jan Stephenson wins her 3rd major title; beats JoAnne Carner and Patty Sheehan by 1 stroke
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Brandee Younger, American session and touring classical, jazz, soul, and funk harpist, born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York
- Jul 1 Leeteuk [Park Jeong-su], Korean singer (Super Junior), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jul 1 Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M), born in Lørenskog, Norway
- Jul 2 Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("All You Wanted"; The Wreckers), born in Sedona, Arizona
- Jul 2 Sammy J, Australian comedian
- Jul 4 Andy Mrotek, American musician (The Academy Is...), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jul 4 Ben Jorgensen, American musician, born in Teaneck, New Jersey
- Jul 4 Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model, born in Curitiba, Brazil
- Jul 5 Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player (Olympic bronze 2008), born in Chengdu, China
- Jul 6 Gregory Smith, Canadian actor (Small Soldiers, Everwood), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 7 D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane), born in Anaheim, California
- Jul 9 Lucia Micarelli, American violinist (Josh Groban) and actress (Treme), born in Queens, New York
- Jul 9 Shaun Marsh, Australian cricket batsman (38 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 182; 73 ODIs, 7 x 100, HS 151; WACA, Glamorgan CCC), born in Narrogin, Australia
- Jul 10 Dmitri Petelin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz MS-22), born in Kostanay, Soviet Union
- Jul 10 Heechul (Kim Hee-chul), Korean pop singer (Super Junior), and radio personality, born in Ucheon-myeon, South Korea
- Jul 11 Evan Roberts, American radio sports-talk broadcaster (WFAN), born in Nassau County, New York
- Jul 11 Kellie Shirley, British actress (In The Long Run, 2018-20 - "Kisty"; EastEnders, 2006-08 - "Carly"), and TV and radio presenter, born in Croydon, London, England
- Jul 11 Kelly Poon, Singaporean Mando-pop singer (Project SuperStar), born in Singapore
- Jul 11 Marie Serneholt, Swedish pop singer (A*Teens), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jul 11 Peter Cincotti, American genre-jumping jazz, pop and rock singer-songwriter and piano player (East of Angel Town), born in New York City
- Jul 12 Kimberly Perry, American country Singer (The Band Perry - "If I Die Young"; "Better Dig Two"), born in Jackson, Mississippi
- Jul 12 Munaf Patel, Indian cricket medium-fast bowler (13 Tests, 35 wickets; 70 ODIs; Mumbai, Maharashtra, Baroda), born in Ikhar, India
- Jul 13 Carmen Villalobos, Colombian actress (Sin senos no hay paraíso), born in Barranquilla, Colombia
- Jul 13 Liu Xiang, Chinese athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 2004), born in Shanghai, China
- Jul 15 Nelson Merlo, Brazilian racing driver
- Jul 16 Sarah Quartel, Canadian composer, chiefly of choral music, born in London, Ontario
- Jul 17 Adam Lind, American baseball player, born in Muncie, Indiana
- Jul 17 Brooke Kinsella, British actress (Eastenders), born in London, England
- Jul 17 Sarah Jones, American actress, born in Winter Springs, Florida
- Jul 18 Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
- Jul 19 Ryan Dorsey, American actor (Justified - "Earl"; Ray Donovan - “Dime Bag”), born in Chesapeake, West Virginia
- Jul 21 Eivør [Pálsdóttir], Faroese singer-songwriter, born in Syðrugøta, Faroe Islands
- Jul 21 Kellen Winslow II, American football player, convicted of rape, born in San Diego, California
- Jul 22 Arsenium [Arsenie Todiraș], Moldovan pop and electronic dance singer (O-Zone), born in Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
- Jul 22 Sharni Vinson, Australian actress and model
- Jul 22 Steven Jackson, American football player
Aaron Peirsol (40 years old)
Jul 23 American swimmer (5 Olympic Gold, 2 Silver), born in Irvine, California
- Jul 23 Bec Hewitt, Australian actress (Home and Away), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jul 24 Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer
- Jul 26 Delonte West, American basketball player, born in Washington, D.C.
- Jul 26 Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
- Jul 27 Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer (captain of the Macedonian national team), born in Strumica, Yugoslavia
Juan Guaidó (40 years old)
Jul 28 Venezuelan politician recognized by 54 countries as the President of Venezuela but disputed with Nicolás Maduro, born in La Guaira, Vargas
- Jul 28 Kate Bolduan, American journalist and news anchor (CNN), born in Goshen, Indiana
- Jul 29 Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player
- Jul 29 Ashley McBryde, American country music singer-songwriter ("Girl Goin' Nowhere"; "A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega"), born in Waldron, Arkansas
- Jul 30 Seán Dillon, Irish footballer, born in Dublin, Ireland
- Jul 31 Yola [Yolanda Quartey], British folk-roots-country-soul singer, and songwriter ("Walk Through Fire"), born in Bristol, England
Famous Weddings
Vladimir Putin
Jul 28 Russian president Vladimir Putin (30) weds flight attendant Lyudmila Shkrebneva (25)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Erich Juskowiak, German footballer, dies at 56
- Jul 1 R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome), dies at 87
- Jul 1 Sandy Mosse, American jazz tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (Pieces of Eight), dies at 54
- Jul 3 John Fleming (Jack) Brock, South African nutritional scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, dies at 78
- Jul 4 Claus Adam, American composer and cellist (Juilliard Quartet), dies at 65
- Jul 5 Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies
- Jul 5 Harry James, American swing-era bandleader, trumpeter and husband to Betty Grable, dies from lymphatic cancer at 67
- Jul 5 Václav Trojan, Czech composer, dies at 76
- Jul 7 Herman Kahn, American futurist and nuclear strategist, dies at 71
- Jul 7 Vic Wertz, American MLB player, dies during surgery at 58
- Jul 7 Vicki Morgan, American mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), murdered at 30
- Jul 9 Keith Wickenden, British Politician (b. 1932)
- Jul 10 Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
- Jul 11 Ross Macdonald [Kenneth Millar], American-Canadian detective novelist (Goodbye Look), dies at 67
- Jul 12 Chris Wood, British rock saxophone and flute player (Traffic; Ginger Baker's Air Force, Jimi Hendrix), dies of pneumonia at 39
- Jul 12 Edwin Denby, American dance critic and poet (Snoring in N, Horse Eats Hat), dies at 80
- Jul 13 Gabrielle Roy, French Canadian author (The Tin Flute, Street of Riches), dies at 73
- Jul 14 Arnout Colnot, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 96
- Jul 14 Jack MacBryan, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Cambridge University CC, Somerset CCC) and field hockey player (Olympic gold GB & Ireland 1920), dies at 90
- Jul 15 Eddie Foy Jr [Edwin Fitzgerald Jr], American actor (The Pajama Game, Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
- Jul 17 Roosevelt Sykes, American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, and singer ("The Honeydripper"), dies of a heart attack at 77
- Jul 20 Frank Reynolds, American news anchor (ABC Evening News, 1968-70; World New Tonight, 1977-83), dies at 59
- Jul 23 Georges Auric, French composer (one of Les Six), dies at 84
- Jul 25 Jerome Moross, American composer (Frankie & Johnny), dies at 69
- Jul 27 Mufasir-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer (left-arm quick bowler 1965), dies at 38
- Jul 28 Alec Marks, Australian cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies at 72
David Niven (1910-1983)
Jul 29 British actor (Around the World in 80 Days, Rugues), dies in Switzerland of Lou Gehrig's disease at 73
- Jul 29 J. B. Charles [Willem H. Nagel], Dutch criminologist and writer, dies at 83
- Jul 29 Luis Buñuel, Spanish surrealist film director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83
- Jul 29 Raymond Massey, Canadian-American stage and screen actor (Abe Lincoln In Illinois; Dr; Kildare (TV series)), dies of pneumonia at 86
- Jul 30 Howard Dietz, American lyricist and librettist ("Dancing In The Dark"; "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans"), and MGM executive, dies of Parkinson's disease at 86
- Jul 30 Lynn Fontanne, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, and radio actress, dies of pneumonia at 95
- Jul 30 Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 56
