1891 – 61°F, highest temperature for July 1891, in Baltimore and Philadelphia
1905 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: May Sutton becomes first American player to win the singles title at Wimbledon; beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-4
1912 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Anthony Wilding makes it 3 straight Wimbledon singles crowns beating Arthur Gore 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1949 – Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson, 1st black players for New York Giants, 4-3 loss to Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field
1960 – Fidel Castro ends Havana’s International League team, Sugar Kings move to New Jersey
1961 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: In an all-British final Angela Mortimer wins her 3rd Grand Slam singles title; beats Christine Truman 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1968 – Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
1969 – IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer
1973 – NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant
1978 – Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus