- Jul 1 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo
Canadian Women's Open
Jul 1 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Westmount GC: Cathy Johnston wins by 2 strokes from Patty Sheehan for her only LPGA Tour win
- Jul 1 German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency
- Jul 1 In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 1 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Ridgewood CC: Lee Trevino wins by 2 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his first Champions Tour major title
- Jul 2 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Event of Interest
Jul 2 Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering
- Jul 2 TV cooking competition show "MasterChef" presented by Loyd Grossman, and created by Franc Roddam, first airs in the UK
- Jul 3 Liberian President Samuel Kanyon Doe offers to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country; he is later kidnapped and executed
- Jul 3 Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida
- Jul 4 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address
- Jul 4 400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minnesota
- Jul 4 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
Sports History
Jul 5 Steffi Graf's record run of 13 consecutive tennis Grand Slam singles finals ends, beaten in Wimbledon semi-finals 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 by American Zina Garrison
Jetsons the Movie
Jul 6 "Jetsons the Movie" by Hanna-Barbera with Tiffany Darwish, premieres
Music Concert
Jul 7 1st 'Three Tenors' concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti at Baths of Caracalla in Rome; recording becomes world's best-selling classical record
- Jul 7 New Jersey Devils sign star Russian defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov & Sergei Starikov to NHL contracts despite criticism they are taking North American jobs
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her record 9th Wimbledon singles title beating American Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1
- Jul 8 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
- Jul 8 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
- Jul 8 FIFA World Cup Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: 85th minute penalty by Andreas Brehme gives West Germany, 1-0 win over Argentina
- Jul 8 Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 for his 2nd Wimbledon singles crown
Cricket History
Jul 9 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets
- Jul 10 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
- Jul 10 All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)
Film & TV History
Jul 10 Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show
- Jul 10 Final day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand go down by 114 runs in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston
- Jul 11 NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
- Jul 11 Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins between Mohawk people and town of Oka
Event of Interest
Jul 12 Boris Yeltsin quits the Soviet Communist Party
- Jul 12 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)
- Jul 12 In Soweto, South Africa, Shanty town women strip to the waist and confront bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes
- Jul 14 "Howard Stern's Summer Show" premieres on WWOR-TV (NYC)
- Jul 14 Sara Martin, of Illinois, crowned America's Junior Miss
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 15 US Open Women's Golf, Atlanta Athletic Club: Defending champion Betsy King wins consecutive titles, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan, the leader after each of first 3 rounds
- Jul 16 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in the Philippines
- Jul 16 Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA
- Jul 16 Civil trial by parents of Suicide victims against Judas Priest begins
- Jul 16 NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-no fatalities
- Jul 16 Rick Dee's "Into the Night" premieres on ABC-TV
ANC Report Police Violence
Jul 16 The ANC send a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demand an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas of South Africa
- Jul 16 Ukraine declares independence
- Jul 17 Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq
- Jul 17 Minnesota Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
Baseball Record
Jul 17 NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
- Jul 19 BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 dies
Sports History
Jul 19 Dave Righetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee
Music Concert
Jul 21 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood; charity concert led by Roger Waters, with guests Cyndi Lauper, Joni Mitchell, The Scorpions,; Sinéad O'Connor, Bryan Adams, The Band, Van Morrison, The Hooters, and others
Tour de France
Jul 22 77th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
- Jul 22 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson
British Golf Open
Jul 22 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty & Payne Stewart
- Jul 23 Rosie Jones (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
- Jul 23 South Africa workers' union leader Billy Nair arrested
- Jul 24 Ms. Magazine hits newsstands again after an 8 month hiatus
- Jul 24 US warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait
Sports History
Jul 25 KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle
- Jul 25 Nadezhda Ryashkina of USSR sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23)
Sports History
Jul 25 Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres MLB game
- Jul 25 US Ambassador tells Iraq, US won't take sides in Iraq-Kuwait dispute
- Jul 25 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
- Jul 26 General Hospital records its 7,000th episode
- Jul 26 US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
Event of Interest
Jul 26 US President George H. W. Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act
Sports History
Jul 27 Graham Gooch scores 333 v India at Lord's
- Jul 27 Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record
- Jul 27 White-Russia declares independence
Film & TV History
Jul 27 Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills
Event of Interest
Jul 28 Alberto Fujimori installed as President of Peru
- Jul 28 Blackout hits Chicago
- Jul 29 26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4
- Jul 29 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats USSR in Atlanta Georgia (2-1)
- Jul 29 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game
- Jul 29 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Norcross, Georgia: US retains title with 2-1 victory over Soviet Union; Gigi Fernández & Zina Garrison-Jackson clinch final with 6-4, 6-3 win against Larisa Neiland & Natasha Zvereva
LPGA Championship
Jul 29 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Beth Daniel wins her only major title by 1 stroke from fellow American Rosie Jones
- Jul 29 South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference
- Jul 30 Five Bank of Credit & Commerce members found guilty of money laundering
Sports History
Jul 30 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of NY Yankees
- Jul 30 Graham Gooch scores 123 v India to follow up 1st innings 333
- Jul 30 Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die
- Jul 30 The first Saturn automobile rolls off the assembly line.
- Jul 31 Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence
Baseball History
Jul 31 Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan records his 300th career victory, an 11-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; 20th MLB pitcher to reach the milestone
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