- Jul 1 Fokker's-28 crashes at Tidjikja, Mauritania (94 killed)
- Jul 1 Roman Herzog sworn in as German president
- Jul 1 Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-19 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Jul 1 Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip
- Jul 2 John Wayne Bobbitt & Kristina Elliot arrested for domestic battery
- Jul 2 Middlesex cricket seam bowler Richard Johnson takes all 10 Derbyshire wickets for 45 runs at the County Ground in Derby
- Jul 2 US Air DC-9 crash in North Carolina, 37 killed
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Conchita Martínez of Spain upsets Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 for her only Grand Slam title
- Jul 3 FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
- Jul 3 The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people killed in crashes.
- Jul 3 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Pinehurst Resort: South African Simon Hobday wins by 1 stroke from Graham Marsh of Australia and Jim Albus
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras successfully defends title against Goran Ivanišević of Croatia 7-6, 7-6, 6-0
Amazon Founded
Jul 5 Amazon.com is founded by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington
- Jul 5 The United States announces it will no longer accept unrestricted immigration from Haiti
Forrest Gump
Jul 6 "Forrest Gump", directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Gary Sinise, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1995)
- Jul 6 CFL American expansion Shreveport Pirates lose game, 40-10 at the Ottawa Rough Riders; fold 1995
- Jul 6 Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77)
- Jul 6 Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85)
- Jul 7 North Yemenite troops occupy Aden
Sports History
Jul 8 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O.J. Simpson
- Jul 8 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
- Jul 8 Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches
- Jul 8 St Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1½ years
- Jul 9 11,000th HR in NY Yankees history (Matt Nokes)
- Jul 9 Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-18 lands after successful trip to Mir spacestation
- Jul 9 Sonia O'Sullivan runs world record 2k (5:25.36)
- Jul 10 Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasadkoirala resigns
Film & TV History
Jul 10 Revival of Henrik Ibsen's stage drama "Hedda Gabler", starring Kelly McGillis, opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 33 performances
- Jul 10 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female world record 2K (5:25.36)
- Jul 11 Suriname guilder devalued to 1USD = SG180 during a period of high inflation
- Jul 12 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
- Jul 12 All Star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves)
- Jul 12 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins
- Jul 13 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing
Sports History
Jul 13 Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years in prison for attack on American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan
Rwandan Genocide
Jul 15 Hundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire in the Congo near the end of the Rwandan Genocide
- Jul 15 Israel and Jordan agree to talks in Washington, D.C. on July 25th
- Jul 15 NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit
- Jul 15 Sonia O'Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64)
The Three Tenors
Jul 16 "The Three Tenors" Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, perform with Los Angeles Philharmonic and chorus of the Los Angeles Opera, conducted by Zubin Mehta at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California; an estimated 1.3 billion viewers wathc worldwide broadcast
- Jul 16 Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games)
- Jul 16 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1st collides with Jupiter (collisions continue until 22 July)
- Jul 16 Shreveport Pirates lose first CFL home game, 35-34 to the Toronto Argonauts at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana
- Jul 16 Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights
The Sisters Rosensweig
Jul 16 Wendy Wasserstein's stage play "The Sisters Rosensweig", starring Madeline Kahn, closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 556 performances
British Golf Open
Jul 17 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Nick Price of Zimbabwe claims the second of his 3 major titles and only Claret Jug; wins by 1 stroke from Jesper Parnevik of Sweden
- Jul 17 FIFA World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Brazil beats Italy 3-2 on penalties; 0-0 after extra time
- Jul 17 French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche
Pro Wrestling
Jul 17 Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship
- Jul 18 Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
- Jul 18 Comet Shoemaker-Levy's largest collision with Jupiter leaves black spot 12,000 km across
- Jul 18 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
- Jul 18 Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons
- Jul 18 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
- Jul 18 NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
- Jul 19 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles)
- Jul 19 Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon Panama, 21 killed
- Jul 19 Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president
First President of Belarus
Jul 20 Alexander Lukashenko is inaugurated as the first president of Belarus
- Jul 20 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller
- Jul 20 Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd)
Kim Il-sung Interred
Jul 20 Supreme Leader of North-Korea, Kim Il-sung is placed in a public Mausoleum at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
Tony Blair Elected
Jul 21 Tony Blair is declared the winner of the leadership election of the British Labour Party, paving the way for him to become Prime Minister in 1997
- Jul 22 23rd & last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (since July 16th)
- Jul 22 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder
- Jul 22 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired
- Jul 22 Military coup in Gambia: President Dawda Jawara flees
- Jul 22 MLB pitcher Doc Gooden admitted to enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation
- Jul 22 William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53)
- Jul 23 All 40,000 ceiling tiles in Kingdome must be replaced
Music History
Jul 23 American dancer, actor, and director Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke
- Jul 23 Amy Osmond of Utah, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss
Senior Open Championship
Jul 23 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American Tom Wargo wins by 2 strokes from Bob Charles and Doug Dalziel
Baseball History
Jul 23 Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits
- Jul 23 Goodwill Games III open in St Petersburg, Russia
- Jul 23 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC
- Jul 23 Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 mins
- Jul 24 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
- Jul 24 Asociación de Estados del Caribe (AEC) forms
- Jul 24 Bodo kills 37 Muslims in Bashbari NE India
Federation Cup
Jul 24 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain retains title with 3-0 win over US; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-1 win over Lindsay Davenport
Tour de France
Jul 24 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 4th consecutive Tour, 5' 39" ahead of Piotr Ugrumov; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 24 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Patty Sheehan wins her second title in 3 years, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tammie Green; 5th of her 6 major titles
- Jul 25 Jordan and Israeli end 46 year state of war (Washington, D.C.)
- Jul 26 Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13
- Jul 26 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed
- Jul 28 Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994
- Jul 28 Last steel beam is placed on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio
- Jul 28 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history, against the California Angels
- Jul 29 200,000 Muslims demand the death of feminist writer Taslima Nasrin in Bangladesh
- Jul 29 American minister and anti-abortionist Paul Jennings Hill murders Dr. John Britton and Britton's bodyguard, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Barrett, outside of an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Florida
- Jul 29 Former Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi gets 8½ year jail sentence on corruption charges; he flees to Tunisia, never to return to Italy
- Jul 29 Henny Eman's Aruban People's Party wins parliamentary election in Aruba
- Jul 29 India army kills 27 Muslim militants
- Jul 29 Jesse Timmedequas rapes and murders Megan Kanka, 7 (results in Megan's Law)
- Jul 30 Record 103.8°F (39.9°C) in Preschen Lausitz Germany
- Jul 31 102.7°F (39.3°C) in Pleschen, East Germany
- Jul 31 28th Curtis Cup Women's Golf, The Honors Course: US and GB & Ireland draw, 9-9
- Jul 31 Netherlands' warmest July since 1783 - average 21.4°C
Baseball Hall of Fame
Jul 31 New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
- Jul 31 Stockholm averages 21.5°C; the warmest July since 1855
- Jul 31 Ukrainian Sergey Bubka pole vaults 6.14 meters, his 35th world record
- Jul 31 UN votes 12-0 (with 2 abstentions) to authorize the use of force in Haiti
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