Historical Events
- Jul 2 American jockey Steve Cauthen wins Irish Derby on Old Vic to become the first rider in history to sweep the world's 4 major Derbies (Kentucky, Epsom, French, Irish)
Canadian Women's Open
Jul 2 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Tammie Green wins her only LPGA major title with a 1 shot victory over fellow Americans Pat Bradley & Betsy King
- Jul 2 South African Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela's musical "Sarafina!", based on the Soweto Uprising against apartheid, closes at the Cort Theater, NYC, after 597 performances
- Jul 2 US Open Senior Men's Golf, Laurel Valley GC: Orville Moody wins by 2 from Frank Beard, 20 years after his US Open triumph in 1969
- Jul 3 Movie "Batman" set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)
- Jul 3 Open Mind wins American thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies when Nite of Fun is disqualified in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont
- Jul 3 Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3,000m steeplechase world record of 8:05.39 in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jul 3 US Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions
Film & TV History
Jul 4 14-year-old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide
- Jul 4 Unmanned Russian Mig-23 crashes in Bellegem-Kooigem, Belgium (1 dies)
Seinfield
Jul 5 "Seinfield" (originally titled The Seinfeld Chronicles" screens its pilot episode starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards on NBC
Baseball Record
Jul 5 Barry Bonds homers in Pittsburgh's 6-4 loss vs SF Giants, joining father Bobby Bonds as MLB father-son HR record holders (408)
Music History
Jul 5 British singer Rod Stewart hits his head on a lighting fixture while on stage and knocks himself out in Pine Knob, Michigan [1]
Meeting of Interest
Jul 5 South African President P. W. Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela
Sports History
Jul 6 Ex-Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt becomes the first retired MLB player to be named to start the All Star game; he elects not to play
- Jul 6 US marshals & FCC seize pirate radio station WHOT in Brooklyn
- Jul 7 Concert by the Grateful Dead with Bruce Hornsby & the Range becomes final event at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, six days before structure is condemned
- Jul 8 Carlos Saul Menum becomes President of Argentina
- Jul 8 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jul 9 Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 9 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Boris Becker of Germany beats Sweden's Stefan Edberg 6-0, 7-6, 6-4 for his 3rd and last Wimbledon title
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 9 Wimbledon Women's Tennis Open: Steffi Graf successfully defends her title beating Martina Navratilova 6-2, 6-7, 6-1
- Jul 10 Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61)
Sports History
Jul 11 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (KC Royals)
- Jul 11 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game
Sports History
Jul 12 NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
French Revolution
Jul 14 Jessye Norman sings French national anthem, La Marseillaise at the Place de la Concorde, Paris, to celebrate 200th anniversary of the French Revolution
When Harry Met Sally
Jul 14 Romantic comedy film "When Harry Met Sally" starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, directed by Rob Reiner, and written by Nora Ephron, is released
- Jul 16 South Africa's largest labour federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, holds its third annual congress and intensifies its campaign against apartheid
- Jul 16 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Betsy King wins the first of her 2 consecutive titles, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Nancy Lopez
- Jul 17 1st test flight of US stealth bomber
This One
Jul 17 Paul McCartney releases single "This One", from his album "Flowers In The Dirt"
- Jul 17 Reds reliever Kent Tekulve retires after 1,070 appearances
- Jul 18 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
Sports History
Jul 19 Cleveland Indians Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game
- Jul 19 NFL owners vote unanimously to form World League of American Football - operated 1991-2007
- Jul 19 United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City Iowa, kills 112
- Jul 20 93°F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, until heat wave of 2023
Event of Interest
Jul 20 Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest
- Jul 20 Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe's show opens at Washington, D.C.'s Project for the Arts after the Smithsonian Institution's Corcoran Gallery cancels it
- Jul 21 Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors
Boxing Title Fight
Jul 21 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
- Jul 22 Kristin Huxhold, 18, of Missouri, crowned America's Junior Miss
Tour de France
Jul 23 76th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
British Golf Open
Jul 23 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Mark Calcavecchia wins his only major title in first ever 4-hole aggregate playoff with Australians Greg Norman and Wayne Grady
- Jul 23 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted)
Music Concert
Jul 23 Ringo Starr's first All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Clarence Clemons, Dr. John, Billy Preston, and Jim Keltner
Sports History
Jul 27 Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th)
- Jul 28 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
- Jul 28 Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50
- Jul 28 NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleve, announce new high-temperature superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 Gigahertz
Cuts Both Ways
Jul 28 Singer Gloria Estefan releases her debut solo album "Cuts Both Ways"
- Jul 29 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan
Sports History
Jul 29 MLB Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's # 32
- Jul 29 Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases
- Jul 29 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher & Sam Sosa
- Jul 30 Chile amends its constitution
- Jul 31 MLB Minnesota Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to New York Mets
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Daniel Ricciardo, Australian auto racer (8 x F1 GP wins, 32 x podiums; British Formula 3 C'ship 2009), born in Perth, Australia
- Jul 1 Hannah Murray, English actress (Game of Thrones), born in Bristol. England
- Jul 1 Mitch Hewer, English actor (Skins), born in Bristol, England
Alex Morgan (34 years old)
Jul 2 American soccer player (Orlando Pride) and co-captain of the US women's national soccer team, born in San Dimas, California
- Jul 3 Elle King [Tanner Elle Schneider], American country and blues-rock singer-songwriter ("Ex's & Oh's"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 5 Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer (Liverpool), born in Zenica, Yugoslavia
- Jul 5 Joseph King, American singer-songwriter (Canvas), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Jul 5 Whitney Wolfe Herd, American entrepreneur (founder of Bumble, co-founder of Tinder), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Jul 8 Mélissa Le Nevé, French professional rock climber, born in Cestas, France
- Jul 9 Giannoulis Fakinos, Greek footballer, born in Naxos, Greece
- Jul 10 Pauline Jani, Zimbabwean netball goal keeper-shooter (113 caps), born in Hippo Valley Estate, Zimbabwe (d. 2023)
- Jul 10 Sameer Gadhia, American rock singer and musician (Young the Giant), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Jul 11 David Henrie, American actor (Wizards of Waverly Place), born in Mission Viejo, California
- Jul 13 Leon Bridges, American soul singer-songwriter (Coming Home), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jul 13 Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume), born in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
- Jul 14 Sean Flynn-Amir, American actor who starred in Nickelodeon's Zoey 101, born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 15 Tristan Wilds, American actor (The Wire), born in Staten Island, New York
Gareth Bale (34 years old)
Jul 16 Welsh soccer winger (Tottenham, Real Madrid, Wales), born in Cardiff, Wales
- Jul 17 Josie Loren Lopez, American actress (17 Again, Make It or Break It), born in Miami, Florida
- Jul 17 Marko Todorović, Swiss swimmer and water polo player, born in Zurich, Switzerland
- Jul 20 Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Thai actor and singer (The Love of Siam), born in Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Jul 21 Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer, most capped for Wales (2018), born in Newport, Wales
- Jul 21 Jasmine Cephas Jones, British-American actress (Hamilton; #freerayshawn), born in London, England
- Jul 21 Juno Temple, English actress (Ted Lasso), born in London, England
- Jul 21 Rory Culkin, American actor (Signs), born in New York City
- Jul 22 Caroline Giuliani, daughter of NY mayor Rudy Giuliani, born in New York City
Daniel Radcliffe (34 years old)
Jul 23 English actor (Harry Potter in the Harry Potter series of movies), born in London, England
- Jul 24 Carley Ann McCord, American sports reporter (Cox Sports TV; in-game host New Orleans Pelicans, New Orleans Saints), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (d. 2019)
- Jul 25 Noel Callahan, Canadian actor (Romeo!), born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
- Jul 27 Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress (Naturally, Sadie), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 28 Adrien Broner, American professional boxer (world champion across four weight classes), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Jul 28 Amy Yang, South Korean golfer (US Open 2012, 15 runner-up), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jul 31 Jessica Williams, American comedian and actress (Shrinking), born in Los Angeles, County, California
Victoria Azarenka (34 years old)
Jul 31 Belarusian tennis player (Australian Open 2012-13), born in Minsk, Belarus
Famous Weddings
Hugh Hefner
Jul 1 Playboy founder Hugh Hefner weds playmate Kimberly Conrad
Bryan Cranston
Jul 8 American Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston (33) weds second wife, American actress Robin Dearden (35)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Chauncey Haughton, American jazz clarinetist, and saxophonist (Blanche Calloway; Chick Webb; Cab Calloway), dies at 80
- Jul 1 William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
- Jul 2 Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
- Jul 3 Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (President of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), dies just short of his 80th birthday
- Jul 3 James "Jim" Backus, American actor (Mr Magoo, Rebel Without a Cause, Gilligan's Island), dies of pneumonia at 76
- Jul 4 Jack Haig [John Cecil Coppin], English actor ('Allo, Allo!), dies of stomach cancer at 76
- Jul 4 Vic Perrin, American actor (Mission: Impossible), dies at 73
- Jul 5 Ernesto Halffter, Spanish classical and film score composer (Rapsodia portuguesa; is Don Quixote de la Mancha), and conductor, dies at 84
- Jul 6 Janos Kádár, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary 5th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (1956-58), dies at 77
- Jul 9 Piet Lieftinck, Dutch politician (Minister of Finance 1945-52 - oversaw rebuilding of Dutch economy after WWII), dies at 86
- Jul 10 Mel Blanc, American voice actor, comedian best known for his Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig), dies at 81
- Jul 10 Thomas "Tommy" Trinder, British radio comedian and actor (Save a Little Sunshine, Phoenix), dies at 80
Laurence Olivier (1907-1989)
Jul 11 English stage and screen acting great (Hamlet, Rebecca), dies at 82
- Jul 12 Sidney Hook, American philosopher (The Paradoxes of Freedom), dies at 86
- Jul 13 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
- Jul 13 Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
- Jul 14 Frank Bell, British educator and founder of The Bell Educational Trust Limited, dies at 72
- Jul 14 Herman D. Koppel, Danish pianist and composer, dies at 89
- Jul 15 Laurie Cunningham, English soccer left winger (6 caps; Orient, West Bromwich Albion, Real Madrid, Marseille, Rayo Vallecano), dies in a car crash at 33
- Jul 15 Will Bradley [Wilbur Schwichtenberg], American session, jazz, and boogie-woogie trombonist and bandleader ("Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"), dies at 77
- Jul 16 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1955-89), dies of a heart attack at 81
- Jul 17 Heinz Risse, German writer, dies at 91
- Jul 18 Donnie Moore, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1985 California Angels), dies by suicide at 35
- Jul 18 Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (Patti-My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21
- Jul 19 Carl-Heinz Schroth, German director and actor (Strafverteidiger), dies at 87
- Jul 19 Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (b. 1913)
- Jul 20 Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, French commander of the French resistance, dies at 79
- Jul 20 Mary Treen (née Summers), American character actress (It's a Wonderful Life; Kitty Foyle; The Joey Bishop Show), dies of cancer at 82
- Jul 22 Martti Talvela, Finnish operatic bass (Bayreuth, 1960-85 ; Metropolitan Opera, 1968–87), dies of a heart attack while dancing at his daughter's wedding at 54 [1]
- Jul 23 Claude Harmon, American golfer (US Masters 1948), dies of heart failure at 73
- Jul 23 Donald Barthelme, American author (b. 1931)
- Jul 24 Ernest Morrison [Sunshine Sammy Morrison], American child actor (Our Gang, East Side Kids), dies at 76
- Jul 25 Steve Rubell, American night club owner (b. 1943)
- Jul 28 Jeff Richards [Richard Mansfield Taylor], American actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies of acute respiratory failure at 64
- Jul 30 Lane Frost, American bull rider, dies from injuries sustained by being gored by a bull at 25
- Jul 31 Michael Harrington, American author (Fragments of Century; The Other America), radio commentator, and political activist (Founder of the Democratic Socialists of America), dies died of esophageal cancer at 61
