Historical Events in July 1987

October 17, 2024

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

Baseball 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

Butcher of Lyon Sentenced

Jul 4 Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life imprisonment in France

Mark McGwire

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

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

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

Jul 14 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad

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

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

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

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

Cherry Garcia

Jul 29 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Jerry Garcia agree on new flavor: Cherry Garcia - cherry ice cream with cherries and fudge flakes

Jul 30 An ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command in Johannesburg South Africa kills 1 person and injures 68
Jul 31 A rare, class F-4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage

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 fifth space shuttle, STS-5

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