Events in Sports History in July 1994

Jul 2 Middlesex cricket seam bowler Richard Johnson takes all 10 Derbyshire wickets for 45 runs at the County Ground in Derby

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Conchita Martínez of Spain upsets Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 for her only Grand Slam title

Jul 3 FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Jul 3 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Pinehurst Resort: South African Simon Hobday wins by 1 stroke from Graham Marsh of Australia and Jim Albus

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras successfully defends title against Goran Ivanišević of Croatia 7-6, 7-6, 6-0

Jul 4 FIFA World Cup: A Bebeto strike saves Brazil from embarrassment, beat USA 1-0 at Stanford
Jul 6 CFL American expansion Shreveport Pirates lose game, 40-10 at the Ottawa Rough Riders; fold 1995
Jul 6 Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77)
Jul 6 Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85)

Sports History

Jul 8 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O.J. Simpson

NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal O.J. Simpson

Jul 9 11,000th HR in NY Yankees history (Matt Nokes)
Jul 12 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
Jul 12 All Star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves)
Jul 13 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing

Sports History

Jul 13 Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years in prison for attack on American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan

Jul 15 NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit

The Three Tenors

Jul 16 "The Three Tenors" Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, perform with Los Angeles Philharmonic and chorus of the Los Angeles Opera, conducted by Zubin Mehta at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California; an estimated 1.3 billion viewers wathc worldwide broadcast

Opera Singer and Conductor Plácido Domingo

Jul 16 Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games)
Jul 16 Shreveport Pirates lose first CFL home game, 35-34 to the Toronto Argonauts at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana

British Golf Open

Jul 17 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Nick Price of Zimbabwe claims the second of his 3 major titles and only Claret Jug; wins by 1 stroke from Jesper Parnevik of Sweden

Jul 17 FIFA World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Brazil beats Italy 3-2 on penalties; 0-0 after extra time
Jul 18 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
Jul 18 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
Jul 18 NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
Jul 20 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller
Jul 22 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder
Jul 22 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired
Jul 22 MLB pitcher Doc Gooden admitted to enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation

Senior Open Championship

Jul 23 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American Tom Wargo wins by 2 strokes from Bob Charles and Doug Dalziel

Sports History

Jul 23 Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits

Baseball Player and Manager Don Mattingly

Jul 23 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC
Jul 24 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)

Jul 28 Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994
Jul 28 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history, against the California Angels
Jul 31 28th Curtis Cup Women's Golf, The Honors Course: US and GB & Ireland draw, 9-9

Baseball Hall of Fame

Jul 31 New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York