- Jul 1 New York City radio station WFAN-AM commences first 24 hour all sports radio format
Event of Interest
Jul 1 US President Ronald Reagan nominates Robert Bork for a seat on the Supreme Court, rejected by US Senate in October
- Jul 1 WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
- Jul 2 KC Royals outfielder Jim Eisenreich hits 1st HR since 1982, in MLB comeback process, retired 1984 (Tourette syndrome)
- Jul 2 Nilde Iotti is named as the first female President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
- Jul 3 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic
Sports History
Jul 3 Controversial NY Mets MLB star Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates for criticising his play; he is now an ordained minister
- Jul 4 Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission
Event of Interest
Jul 4 Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life imprisonment in France
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 4 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova earns 8th Wimbledon singles title with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Steffi Graf
Baseball Record
Jul 5 A's 1st baseman Mark McGwire becomes first rookie to hit 30 HRs before the MLB All-Star Game as Oakland beats Red Sox, 6-2
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 5 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pat Cash of Australia scores his only Grand Slam singles success 7-6, 6-2, 7-5 over Ivan Lendl
- Jul 6 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India
Cricket History
Jul 6 Pakistan cricket all-rounder Imran Khan reaches 300th Test wicket milestone, during 3rd Test vs England at Leeds
- Jul 6 USSR performs nuclear test
- Jul 7 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
Event of Interest
Jul 7 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North begins public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
- Jul 8 Kitty Dukakis reveals an addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
- Jul 9 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime
- Jul 9 Colonel Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence
- Jul 11 Heart's "Alone" single goes #1 for 3 weeks
- Jul 11 Orioles' Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
- Jul 12 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel
- Jul 12 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar
- Jul 12 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Islesmere GC: Jody Rosenthal wins by 2 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
- Jul 12 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 12 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Brooklawn CC: South African Gary Player wins by a record 6 strokes ahead of Doug Sanders
Music History
Jul 13 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
Locomotion
Jul 13 Kylie Minogue releases her debut single "Locomotion"
- Jul 14 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
Sports History
Jul 14 All star MVP: Tim Raines (Montreal Expos)
Music History
Jul 14 American rocker Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
- Jul 14 Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million
- Jul 14 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony
Sports History
Jul 14 Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson
- Jul 14 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
Music History
Jul 15 Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
- Jul 15 John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
- Jul 15 State of siege ends in Taiwan
- Jul 16 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
Baseball Record
Jul 16 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
- Jul 16 Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81)
- Jul 17 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)
- Jul 17 Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time
- Jul 17 Iran and France break diplomatic relations
- Jul 17 New York Yankees Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit HRs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
- Jul 18 Molly Yard elected new President of National Organization for Women
- Jul 18 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 consecutive games
British Golf Open
Jul 19 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Briton Nick Faldo wins his first major title, by 1 shot from Paul Azinger and Rodger Davis
- Jul 19 New York Yankees Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 consecutive games
- Jul 20 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs
Appetite for Destruction
Jul 21 Guns & Roses debut album "Appetite for Destruction" is released, and becomes the best-selling debut album of all time with more than 30 million copies sold
- Jul 21 Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA
- Jul 22 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome
- Jul 22 Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
- Jul 22 US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf
- Jul 23 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
- Jul 23 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last year's World Series
- Jul 23 RNI (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
- Jul 23 Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39)
- Jul 24 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released
- Jul 24 USSR performs underground nuclear Test
- Jul 25 R. Venkataraman becomes the eighth President of India
- Jul 25 Sherri Martel beats Fabulous Moolah for WWF Woman's Championship Belt
- Jul 25 USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite
- Jul 26 74th Tour de France won by Stephen Roche of Ireland
- Jul 26 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
- Jul 27 First expedited salvaging of Titanic wreck begins by RMS Titanic, Inc.
- Jul 27 John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible", testifies in Israel
- Jul 27 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive
Sports History
Jul 28 Ángel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 28 US Open Women's Golf, Plainfield CC: England's Laura Davies won the first of her 4 major titles in an 18-hole Tuesday playoff over runners-up Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner
Agreement of Interest
Jul 29 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Jerry Garcia agree on new flavor: Cherry Garcia - cherry ice cream with cherries and fudge flakes
Baseball Record
Jul 31 Baltimore first baseman Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs to lead Orioles to an 8-4 win over Texas Rangers
- Jul 31 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed
- Jul 31 Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle
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