Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Germany's Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 for the 3rd leg of her Golden Slam
Canadian Women's Open
Jul 3 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Sally Little wins by 1 stroke from Laura Davies of England
- Jul 3 Gene Nelson of the Oakland A's becomes first AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973 in 9-8 win over Toronto Blue Jays
Sports History
Jul 4 After a poor start to the season Kansas City Royals release Dan Quisenberry (record 5-time AL saves leader)
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins his first of 2 Wimbledon singles titles beating Boris Becker 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 in a rain-affected final
- Jul 5 Wist Indies cricket paceman Malcolm Marshall takes career best 7-22, beat England by an innings & 156 at Old Trafford
Sports History
Jul 9 Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3
Sports History
Jul 11 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
Sports History
Jul 14 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
Sports History
Jul 16 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100m in 9.78 sec
- Jul 16 Florence Joyner runs 100m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
Women's Heptathlete Record
Jul 16 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
Sports History
Jul 17 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49)
British Golf Open
Jul 18 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins his 3rd Open title by 2 shots from Nick Price of Zimbabwe
- Jul 24 75th Tour de France won by Pedro Delgado of Spain
- Jul 24 US and Jamaica play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 24 US Open Women's Golf, Baltimore CC: Liselotte Neumann of Sweden wins her only major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan
- Jul 26 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM
Sports History
Jul 27 Baseball star Tommy John commits record 3 errors on 1 play as Yanks rout Brewers 16-3
- Jul 29 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
- Jul 29 Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home
- Jul 30 Cincinnati Reds pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month
- Jul 30 MLB Pitcher John Franco saves a record 13th game during the month of July
- Jul 31 Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers, 27-21 in the American Bowl at London's Wembley Stadium
Baseball Hall of Fame
Jul 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 1st baseman/left fielder and 7-time All Star Willie Stargell becomes 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame