Historical Events
- Jul 1 1 second "leap" adjustment added to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) clock
- Jul 1 Richard Riordan elected as Los Angeles first Republican mayor in 36 years
- Jul 1 Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit
- Jul 1 STS-57 (Endeavour) lands
- Jul 2 Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die
- Jul 2 F-28 crashes at Sorong Irian Barat, 41 die
- Jul 2 Muslim fundamentalists in Sivas, Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36
Event of Interest
Jul 2 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for Cat Scan test
- Jul 2 Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri is renamed Kauffman Stadium shortly before the death of MLB Kansas City Royals team owner Ewing Kauffman
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, German Steffi Graf beats Czech Jana Novotná 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
- Jul 4 Pilar Fort crowned 25th Miss Black America
- Jul 4 Pizza Hut blimp deflates and lands safely on W 56th street in NYC
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats fellow American Jim Courier 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 for his first of 7 Wimbledon titles
Baseball Record
Jul 5 As' outfielder Rickey Henderson leads off both games of Oakland's doubleheader vs Cleveland with homers (first time since 1913)
- Jul 5 Kurd guerrillas murder 32 villager in East Turkey
- Jul 5 Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)
- Jul 6 England cricket batsman Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test debut, in drawn 3rd Test v Australia at Trent Bridge
Event of Interest
Jul 6 John F. Kennedy Jr, gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan
- Jul 7 Guntis Ulmanis elected president of Latvia
- Jul 7 Lenny Dykstra hits bases loaded 2-run double to end Phillies 7, LA Dodgers 6 in 20 innings in Philadelphia
- Jul 7 Prodigy announces it will offer Cox newspapers
- Jul 10 Melchior Ndadaye becomes 1st Hutu Burundi President, Sylvie Kinigi Prime Minister
- Jul 10 Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38)
- Jul 11 Mike Smith aboard Sky Beauty wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 11 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus wins by 1 stroke ahead of Tom Weiskopf for his second US Senior title
- Jul 12 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed
Sunset Boulevard
Jul 12 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Boulevard", based on Billy Wilder's 1950 film, starring Patti Lupone and Daniel Benzali, opens at the Adelphi Theatre, London
Sports History
Jul 13 All star MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins)
- Jul 14 Aeroflot starts non-stop flights between Moscow and NY
- Jul 16 President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville
- Jul 16 S van Ruysdael's "Winter Landscape" sold for £705,500 in London
- Jul 16 SF outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consecutive errorless games
- Jul 17 Graeme Obree breaks the world hour cycling record, riding 51.596km on Old Faithful at the Hamar velodrome in Norway [1]
Event of Interest
Jul 18 Afghan President Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resign
British Golf Open
Jul 18 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Australian Greg Norman fires final round 64 (–6) to win his 2nd Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Englishman Nick Faldo
- Jul 18 Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election
- Jul 19 Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes
Cricket History
Jul 19 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham
Event of Interest
Jul 19 President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions
- Jul 20 Fire in the press box at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium
Sports History
Jul 22 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR
- Jul 22 Soyuz TM-17 lands
- Jul 23 China Northwest Airlines BAe146-300 crashes at Yinchuan, 55 killed
- Jul 23 Chris Boardman cycles a world record 1 hour distance of 52.27 km
Cricket History
Jul 23 David Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
- Jul 23 NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st
- Jul 24 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans
- Jul 24 NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight
- Jul 25 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
Federation Cup
Jul 25 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain wins 2nd title with 3-0 win over Australia; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-3 win against Nicole Provis
- Jul 25 Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon
Sleepless in Seattle
Jul 25 Romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle" starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, co-written and directed by Nora Ephron, is released
- Jul 25 The St James' Church massacre in Kenilworth, Cape Town by Azanian Peoples' Liberation Army
Tour de France
Jul 25 Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it 3 straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
- Jul 25 US Open Women's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Lauri Merten fires a final round 68 (−4) to win her lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson
- Jul 26 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed
- Jul 26 The first of four photos of Mars is taken by the Mars Observer, just under a month before the spacecraft failed in flight
- Jul 27 Detroit infielder Travis Fryman hits for cycle but Tigers lose, 12-7 to NY Yankees
- Jul 27 Javier Sotomayor jumps world record 2.45 m high
- Jul 27 Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome, Milan and Vatican City, 5 killed
- Jul 27 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
- Jul 27 NY Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games
Baseball Record
Jul 28 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games
- Jul 29 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession
- Jul 29 Israeli Court of Appeal overturns (5-0) conviction of John Demjaujuk, saying not enough evidence he is Concentration Camp Ivan the Terrible
- Jul 29 Walter Koenig (Chekov in Star Trek) suffers a mild heart attack
- Jul 31 Inkatha-arm forces killed 49 ANC-followers in Johannesburg
- Jul 31 Prince Ronald "Ronnie" Mutebi crowned king of Uganda
- Jul 31 The Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts arrested for shoving 2 cops
- Jul 31 Toronto Blue Jays obtain future Baseball Hall of Fame OF Rickey Henderson from Oakland in exchange for minor leaguers Steve Karsay and Jose Herrera
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Raini Rodriguez, American actress (Austin & Ally '"Trish"; Paul Blart: Mall Cop films), born in Bryan, Texas
- Jul 2 Saweetie [Diamonté Harper], American rapper (My Type), born in Santa Clara, California
- Jul 13 Nathan Law, Hong Kong activist (Umbrella Movement), born in Shenzhen, China
- Jul 15 Masataka Yoshida, Japanese NPB and MLB baseball outfielder (Orix Buffaloes, Boston Red Sox), born in Fukui, Japan
- Jul 18 Taemin [Lee Tae-min], South Korean pop singer-songwriter, dancer (Shinee - "Sherlock"; "Danger"; Super M), and actor, born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jul 19 Fred Again [Frederick Gibson], English songwriter, musician and Brit Award-winning producer (Ed Sheeran, Eno & Hyde, Actual Life), born in Balham, South London, England
- Jul 24 Arissa Seagal, daughter of Kelly LeBrock & Steven Seagal
- Jul 26 Stormzy [Michael Owuo Jr.] English rapper (Shut Up), born in London, England
- Jul 26 Taylor Momsen, American singer and actress (Gossip Girl), born in St. Louis, Missouri
Jordan Spieth (30 years old)
Jul 27 American golfer (US Masters, US Open 2015; British Open 2017), born in Dallas, Texas
- Jul 28 Cher Lloyd, English singer (Swagger, Jagger), born in Malvern, England
- Jul 28 Hannah Lochner, Canadian actress, born in Ontario
Harry Kane (30 years old)
Jul 28 English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, captain of England), born in London
- Jul 29 Dak Prescott, American football quarterback (NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year 2016; Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year 2022; Pro Bowl 2016, 18; Dallas Cowboys), born in Sulphur, Louisiana
Famous Weddings
Roger Waters
Jul 28 Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters (49) weds (his third time) Priscilla Phillips; divorce in 2001
Famous Divorces
- Jul 20 Joe Petruzzi files for divorce from Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Ray Elliott, Irish rock and jazz saxophonist, flutist, and keyboard player (Them), dies of brain cancer at 54
- Jul 2 Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
- Jul 2 Sir Edward Dunlop, Australian war hero (b. 1907)
- Jul 3 "Curly" Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), dies of pneumonia at 83
Don Drysdale (1936-1993)
Jul 3 American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1959, 63, 65; 9 x MLB All Star; Cy Young Award 1962; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56
- Jul 4 Anne Shirley [Dawn Evelyeen Paris], British actress (The Devil and Daniel Webster, Murder My Sweet), dies of lung cancer at 75
- Jul 4 Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
- Jul 4 Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65
- Jul 5 Harrison Salisbury, American journalist and author (NY Times correspondent in Moscow), dies at 84
- Jul 6 Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, dies at 84
- Jul 7 Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)
- Jul 8 Charles Adkins, American boxer (Olympic gold light welterweight 1952), dies at 61
- Jul 9 Jaap Meijer, Dutch historian and rabbi in Paramaribo, dies at 80
- Jul 9 Will Rogers Jr, American politician (D-Representative 1943-44) writer, political commentator, and actor (Down to Earth), commits suicide at 81
- Jul 10 Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95
- Jul 10 Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91
- Jul 10 Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Jul 11 Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88
- Jul 11 Denis Tomlinson, South African cricket leg-spinner, dies
- Jul 11 Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WWII), dies at about 83
- Jul 11 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st death by rabies in NY since 1954, dies
- Jul 11 Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82
- Jul 11 Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34
- Jul 12 Dan Eldon, British-Kenyan photojournalist, killed in Somalia while working for Reuters at 22
- Jul 12 Gusti Huber, Austrian American actress, (The Diary of Anne Frank), dies of heart failure at 78
- Jul 12 Lily van Lugt Melsert, Dutch actress (Tomorrow Will Be Better), dies at 91
- Jul 13 Davey Allison, American auto racer (Daytona 500 1992), dies in a plane crash at 32
- Jul 13 Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31
- Jul 14 Robert Strong, American actor, dies at 87
- Jul 15 Bobby Kent, alleged Florida bully murdered by his friends (b. 1973)
- Jul 15 David Brian, American actor (Accused of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco), dies at 78
- Jul 15 Stephen Jurika, American naval officer (WWII Doolittle raid over Tokyo), dies at 82
- Jul 15 William S. Harvey, American graphic designer and album cover artist (The Doors; The Stooges; Tim Buckley), dies at 72
- Jul 17 Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61
- Jul 17 Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51
- Jul 17 Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84
- Jul 18 Davis Roberts [Robert Davis], American character actor (Westworld; Star Trek; The Killers), dies of emphysema at 76
- Jul 18 Jean Negulesco, Romanian-American film director (Three Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
- Jul 18 John Beck, American film producer (Harvey; The Singing Nun), dies at 83
- Jul 18 Sergei Vozovikov, Russian Air Force major and cosmonaut, dirowns in water recovery training accident at 35
- Jul 18 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies
- Jul 19 Elmar Klos, Czech film director (The Shop on Main Street), dies at 83
- Jul 19 Szymon Goldberg, Polish-American violinist, and conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra). dies at 84
- Jul 20 Vince Foster, American lawyer and Deputy White House Counsel commits suicide aged 48
- Jul 21 Henk Kersting, Dutch journalist (bureau chef Associated Press), dies at 88
- Jul 21 Richard Tee [Ten Ryk], American jazz and session pianist, and arranger (Paul Simon - "Slip' Slidin' Away"; Peter Gabriel - "In Your Eyes"; Grover Washington, Jr - "Just The Two Of Us"), dies of prostate cancer at 49
- Jul 21 Robert Glass, American film sound engineer (ET), is murdered at 53
- Jul 23 James Jordan, father of NBA star Michael Jordan, found dead near McColl, South Carolina
- Jul 24 Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, dies at 79
- Jul 24 Francis Bouygues, French film producer, dies at 70
- Jul 24 Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
- Jul 25 Nan Grey [Eschal Miller], American actress (Three Smart Girls, Dracula's Daughters), dies of heart failure on her 75th birthday
- Jul 25 Vincent Joseph Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (cloud seeding), dies at 87
- Jul 26 Daniel Fuchs, American screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84
- Jul 26 Matthew Ridgway, American general (World War II, Korean War, NATO Supreme Commander) and Chief of Staff of the US Army (1953-55), dies of cardiac arrest at 98
- Jul 27 Reggie Lewis, American NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27
- Jul 28 Herbert Joeks [Herman Hugten], Dutch actor (Snip & Snap, Pipo de clown), dies at 77
- Jul 29 AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78
- Jul 30 Donald Myrick, American saxophonist ("If Leaving Me Is Easy, One More Night), is fatally shot by police during a narcotics investigation at 53
- Jul 30 Edward Bernard Raczyński, Polish President-in-exile (1979-86), dies at 101
- Jul 30 Frank L. Howley, American general (Commander of American sector of Berlin after WWII), dies at 90
- Jul 30 Jay Scott [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], American-Canadian movie critic, dies at 43
- Jul 30 John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington NH in 200 years, killed at 45
- Jul 31 Baudouin I, King of Belgium (1951-93), dies from heart issues at 62
- Jul 31 George Keyt, Sri Lankan painter, dies at 92
- Jul 31 Paul Henry, US Republicans Congressional leader, dies at 51
- Jul 31 Rob Jones "The Bass Thing" English musician (The Wonder Stuff), dies at 29
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