Event of Interest
Jul 1 Former US President Richard Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974
Music History
Jul 1 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "The Act", starring Liza Minnelli and directed by Martin Scorsese closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 233 performances
- Jul 1 Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
Sports History
Jul 2 MLB pitcher Ron Guidry beats Detroit 3-2 for a NY Yankee record 13-0 start to the season
- Jul 3 US Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
- Jul 4 Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order
- Jul 5 Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
- Jul 5 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jul 6 A sleeping car catches fire in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people
- Jul 6 Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Muslim West Beirut
- Jul 7 NBA approves franchise swap; Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown and Harry Mangurian acquire Boston Celtics, while the Celtics owner Irv Levin gets Braves, later moved to San Diego to become the Clippers
- Jul 7 Solomon Islands declares independence from the United Kingdom
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her first Grand Slam singles title beating Chris Evert 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Jul 8 Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
- Jul 8 Sandro Pertini elected the 7th President of the Italian Republic
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Björn Borg of Sweden wins his 3rd straight Wimbledon singles crown; beats American Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
- Jul 9 American Nazi Party holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago
- Jul 9 Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington, D.C. for ERA
- Jul 9 Revival of Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly!", starring Carol Channing, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 152 performances
- Jul 10 Bloodless military coup in Mauritania, President Moktar flees
Film & TV History
Jul 10 World News Tonight premieres on ABC with Max Robinson the first black anchor on a network newscast in the US
- Jul 11 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
Sports History
Jul 11 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers) collects his second award
Music History
Jul 13 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"
- Jul 13 Ford Motor Company chairman Henry Ford II fires company president Lee Iacocca
- Jul 13 Russian dissidents Ginsburg, Piatkus and Sjtsjaranki sentenced to work camps
- Jul 13 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
- Jul 14 Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode" - blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado
- Jul 14 Anatoly Scharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation
Sports History
Jul 14 Umpire Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls
British Golf Open
Jul 15 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus completes 3rd career grand slam; wins by 2 strokes from Ben Crenshaw & Ray Floyd
Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin Clash
Jul 17 NY Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out after Jackson refuses to bunt, causing Martin to suspend him
- Jul 21 Bolivian military coup under General Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees
- Jul 21 US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike
- Jul 21 World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m
Tour de France
Jul 23 65th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
- Jul 23 Franklin Bradshaw is murdered in Salt Lake City by his grandson Marc Schreuder at the instigation of his mother Frances Schreuder
- Jul 23 Israeli government rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas
- Jul 23 Mayence returns to helps Yankees win their 5th straight game
Sports History
Jul 23 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th MLB pitcher to win 200
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 23 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Indianapolis: Hollis Stacy successfully defends title by 1 stroke from Sally Little and JoAnne Carner
Billy Martin Resigns
Jul 24 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson
- Jul 24 Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe
Music History
Jul 25 John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image
- Jul 25 Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager
- Jul 25 The Cerro Maravilla Incident occurs.
- Jul 26 11th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
- Jul 26 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
Baseball Record
Jul 26 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
- Jul 27 Cleveland Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd in MLB history to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game, at Yankee Stadium
Mário Soares Sacked
Jul 27 Portuguese President António Ramalho Eanes fires Premier Mário Soares
- Jul 28 At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees
- Jul 28 Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time
- Jul 28 USSR performs nuclear Test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jul 29 American Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7 hrs, 40 min; record holds until 1995
- Jul 29 On Old Timer's Day, NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as NY Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become GM
- Jul 30 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits & NL-record-tying 8 HRs
- Jul 31 Cincinnati infielder Pete Rose singles off Phil Niekro to extend his hitting streak to 44 games as Reds edge Atlanta Braves, 3-2; ties Willie Keeler's 81-year-old NL record
- Jul 31 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris
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