- Jul 1 "Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst theater, NYC, after 906 performances
- Jul 1 All NBA business apart from the Draft is suspended until a new collective bargaining agreement made with the players - no games lost
- Jul 1 Kiersten Rickenbach, of NJ, crowned America's Junior Miss
- Jul 2 "The Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square NYC after 80 performances
- Jul 2 LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is first Japanese player to be selected for a MLB All Star game when he is named in the NL squad
Music Concert
Jul 2 Ringo Starr's third All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Randy Bachman, Mark Farner, Billy Preston, Felix Cavaliere, John Entwistle, Zak Starkey, and Mark Rivera
- Jul 2 Thailand: Banharn Silpa-Archa's party wins election
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 2 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Congressional GC: Tom Weiskopf wins by 4 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his only Champions Tour major victory
- Jul 4 Birmingham Barracudas (based in Alabama) play 1st CFL game beating Winnipeg 38-10 but failed experiment only lasts one season
- Jul 6 Venezuelan Congress approves the country's first investment law allowing for foreign participation in oil exploration and production
- Jul 7 Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game (vs BC Lions)
- Jul 7 Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), lands
- Jul 8 1st CFL game between 2 US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold
- Jul 8 NHL Draft: Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) defenceman Bryan Berard first pick by Ottawa Senators
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: German superstar Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 for her 6th Wimbledon title
Event of Interest
Jul 9 Former South African President F. W. de Klerk is implicated of knowing and condoning a 'dirty tricks' campaign that was waged against the ANC between 1990 and the 1994 election in a bid to destabilize the organization
Music Concert
Jul 9 Jerry Garcia's unexpectedly final concert with The Grateful Dead, at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
The Play's The Thing
Jul 9 Revival of P. G. Wodehouse's adaptation of Ferenc Molnár' s comic play "The Play's The Thing" opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 75 performances
- Jul 9 US international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 9 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd straight Wimbledon title; beats Boris Becker of Germany 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Jul 11 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington Tx
- Jul 11 All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
Srebrenica Massacre
Jul 11 More than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys are massacred by Bosnian Serbs after they overrun the UN 'safe haven' of Srebrenica on directive of Radovan Karadžić
Enrique Iglesias
Jul 12 Enrique Iglesias releases his first album, "Enrique Iglesias"
- Jul 13 Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), launches
- Jul 14 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0
- Jul 15 Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540
- Jul 16 Bob Telson, Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis's musical "Chronicles of a Death Foretold", based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1981 novella, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 55 performances
- Jul 16 Red Buttons' one-man show "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater, NYC, after 33 performances
- Jul 16 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: J C Snead wins his lone career major title as he birdies first playoff hole against Jack Nicklaus
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 16 US Open Women's Golf, The Broadmoor: Annika Sörenstam of Sweden wins her first of 10 LPGA major titles with a 1 shot victory over Meg Mallon
Bill Gates Recognized as World's Richest Man
Jul 17 Forbes Magazine announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world with a net worth of $12.9 billion dollars
Dreams from My Father
Jul 18 "Dreams from My Father", a memoir by Barack Obama is published by Times Books
- Jul 18 DC3 crashes at Antananarivo, Madagascar, 34 die
Clueless
Jul 19 Teen comedy film "Clueless" is released, loosely based on Jane Austen's book "Emma" starring Alicia Silverstone, directed by Amy Heckerling
- Jul 20 The Regents of the University of California vote to end all affirmative action in the UC system by 1997.
Sports History
Jul 21 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent
British Golf Open
Jul 23 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Controversial American John Daly wins his 2nd major title by 4 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with Costantino Rocca of Italy
- Jul 23 Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later
Tour de France
Jul 23 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 5th consecutive Tour, 4' 35" ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner
Event of Interest
Jul 28 Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore
- Jul 28 Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjorn Johnsen says that Norway should not lower its crude oil production in an attempt to boost world oil prices
- Jul 29 Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14
Sports History
Jul 29 Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis
- Jul 30 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Brian Barnes of Scotland wins in a playoff with American Bob Murphy
- Jul 30 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v West Indies at Old Trafford
Baseball Hall of Fame
Jul 30 Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter baseball's Hall of Fame
- Jul 31 Walt Disney announces the acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC for $19 billion; network of properties now consists of Disney, ABC Sports, ESPN and ESPN2
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