Events in Sports History in July 1986

Baseball Record

Jul 2 Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens (14-0) suffers his 1st loss (4-2 v Toronto), one win short of AL record for consecutive wins to start season

Jul 4 England cricket captain Mike Gatting smashes 183 not out in the drawn 3rd Test vs India at Birmingham

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Hana Mandlíková 7-6, 6-3 for her 7th Wimbledon singles title

Tennis Player and Four-Time Major Champion Hana Mandlikova

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 6 100th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Germany's Boris Becker successfully defends his title beating Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-3, 7-5

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ivan Lendl

Jul 6 Atlanta infielder Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a MLB game during Braves 11-8 loss v Montreal

Sports History

Jul 7 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow

Track and Field Athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Sports History

Jul 9 Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play ending consecutive streak at 740

Jul 9 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson

World Record

Jul 11 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000m in world record 30:13.74

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 14 US Open Women's Golf, NCR CC: Jane Geddes wins by 2 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff with South African born Sally Little

Jul 15 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Jul 15 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)
Jul 18 MLB Kansas City Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor

Boxing Title Fight

Jul 19 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

British Golf Open

Jul 20 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Australian Greg Norman wins his first major championship at even-par, 5 strokes clear of runner-up Gordon J. Brand