Events in Sports History in July 1995

Jul 1 All NBA business apart from the Draft is suspended until a new collective bargaining agreement made with the players - no games lost
Jul 2 LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is first Japanese player to be selected for a MLB All Star game when he is named in the NL squad

US Senior Golf Open

Jul 2 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Congressional GC: Tom Weiskopf wins by 4 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his only Champions Tour major victory

Jul 4 Birmingham Barracudas (based in Alabama) play 1st CFL game beating Winnipeg 38-10 but failed experiment only lasts one season
Jul 8 NHL Draft: Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) defenceman Bryan Berard first pick by Ottawa Senators

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: German superstar Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 for her 6th Wimbledon title

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 9 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd straight Wimbledon title; beats Boris Becker of Germany 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

Jul 11 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington Tx
Jul 11 All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
Jul 14 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0
Jul 16 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: J C Snead wins his lone career major title as he birdies first playoff hole against Jack Nicklaus

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 16 US Open Women's Golf, The Broadmoor: Annika Sörenstam of Sweden wins her first of 10 LPGA major titles with a 1 shot victory over Meg Mallon

Sports History

Jul 21 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent

Jul 21 KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings

British Golf Open

Jul 23 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Controversial American John Daly wins his 2nd major title by 4 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with Costantino Rocca of Italy

Golfer and Two-Time Major Champion John Daly

Tour de France

Jul 23 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 5th consecutive Tour, 4' 35" ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner

Jul 29 Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14

Sports History

Jul 29 Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis

Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major Champion Monica Seles

Jul 30 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Brian Barnes of Scotland wins in a playoff with American Bob Murphy
Jul 30 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v West Indies at Old Trafford

Baseball Hall of Fame

Jul 30 Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter baseball's Hall of Fame