- Jul 1 Sony introduces the Walkman, first popular portable cassette player
- Jul 1 Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow
- Jul 1 Sweden becomes 1st nation to prohibit "corporal punishment or other injurious or humiliating treatment" of children by their parents
Event of Interest
Jul 2 Susan B. Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman
- Jul 4 Algerian ex-president Ahmed Ben Bella is freed after spending over a decade under house arrest
- Jul 6 IRA bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova successfully defends her title beating Chris Evert Lloyd 6-4, 6-4
- Jul 7 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Björn Borg beats American Roscoe Tanner 6-7, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 for his 4th consecutive Wimbledon title
- Jul 8 Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles
- Jul 8 The Democratic Republic of the Congo adoptsa new constitution
Voyager 2 Spacecraft
Jul 8 Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
- Jul 9 A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
- Jul 9 Dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne National Laboratory
- Jul 9 Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter
Music History
Jul 10 Chuck Berry begins 4 months term in prison for $200,000 in tax evasion
- Jul 11 US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates
Down With Disco!
Jul 12 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers
- Jul 12 Ian Paice joins Whitesnake
- Jul 12 Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from the United Kingdom
Sports History
Jul 13 Calif's Nolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th
Faster
Jul 13 George Harrison releases single "Faster"
Saddam Hussein Becomes President
Jul 16 Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr is succeeded by Saddam Hussein
- Jul 17 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
- Jul 17 All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates)
David Gower's Double Century
Jul 17 David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 v India at Edgbaston
Anastasio Somoza Debayle Flees
Jul 17 Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle flees to Miami
Sebastian Coe's Record Mile
Jul 17 Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo
- Jul 17 Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament
- Jul 18 Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
- Jul 18 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Jul 19 2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 tons of oil spill
- Jul 19 Maritza Sayalero, 18, of Venezuela, crowned 28th Miss Universe
- Jul 19 Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Anastasio Somoza Debayle
- Jul 19 Patricia Harris becomes sect of HEW
- Jul 20 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Washington
British Golf Open
Jul 21 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins by 3 from Jack Nicklaus & Ben Crenshaw; Nicklaus runner-up for record 7th time
- Jul 21 National Women's Hall of Fame, honoring American women is dedicated in Seneca Falls, NY
Tour de France
Jul 22 66th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
Baseball Record
Jul 23 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit
Baseball History
Jul 24 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR
Paul Volcker Heads Federal Reserve
Jul 24 US President Jimmy Carter names Paul Volcker as Chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Jul 25 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record)
- Jul 26 Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record)
- Jul 26 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings
- Jul 27 "Broadway Opry '79" opens at St James Theater NYC for 6 performances
- Jul 27 France performs nuclear test
Dave Kingman
Jul 28 Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game
- Jul 28 France performs nuclear test
Canadian Women's Open
Jul 29 Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), St. George's CC: Amy Alcott wins by 3 from Nancy Lopez for her first major title
But Never Jam Today
Jul 31 Bert Keyes and Bob Larimer's musical "But Never Jam Today", based on the works of Lewis Carroll, opens at Longacre Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
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