Events in Sports History in July 1979

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova successfully defends her title beating Chris Evert Lloyd 6-4, 6-4

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

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

Anti-disco baseball fans hold a 'Disco Sucks' sign during Disco Demolition Night in Chicago, 1979

Sports History

Jul 13 Calif's Nolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th

Jul 15 US Open Women's Golf, Brooklawn CC: Jerilyn Britz wins her first LPGA Tour event (and only major), 2 shots ahead of runners-up Debbie Massey and Sandra Palmer
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

Sebastian Coe's Record Mile

Jul 17 Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo

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