July 1987 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1987 Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by Senate
• 02 Jul 1987 Jim Eisenreich, comeback after nervous disorder in 1984
• 03 Jul 1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play
• 04 Jul 1987 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf
• 05 Jul 1987 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl
• 06 Jul 1987 Pakistan score their 1st innings win over England, at Leeds
• 07 Jul 1987 Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
• 08 Jul 1987 Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
• 09 Jul 1987 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime
• 11 Jul 1987 Orioles Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
• 12 Jul 1987 15th du Maurier Golf Classic: Jody Rosenthal
• 14 Jul 1987 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland - Alameda Stadium
• 15 Jul 1987 Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
• 16 Jul 1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games
• 17 Jul 1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit HRs in 7 straight AL games
• 18 Jul 1987 Molly Yard elected new president of US National Organization for Women.
• 19 Jul 1987 116th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 279 at Muirfield Gullane
• 20 Jul 1987 Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs
• 21 Jul 1987 Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA
• 22 Jul 1987 US begins escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf.
• 23 Jul 1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series
• 24 Jul 1987 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released
• 25 Jul 1987 USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite.
• 26 Jul 1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF
• 27 Jul 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive
• 28 Jul 1987 Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
• 29 Jul 1987 Ben and Jerry's ice cream parlour and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor: Cherry Garcia.
• 31 Jul 1987 Living Daylights premieres in US

Famous Birthday

• Amanda Knox

  American involved in famous criminal case, she was initially convicted of homicide by an Italian court and later cleared of murder charges...

• Turin (Italy)
• Geraldine Hakewill
• Storming of the Bastille (French Revolution)
• Malika Ménard
• Sebastian Vettel

  German Formula One racing driver, he has won four times the championship.

• AnnaLynne McCord

  American actress.

• Jon Jones (fighter)
• Kate Nash

  English singer-songwriter guitarist and actress.

• Dan Reynolds (musician)
• Eva Rivas
• Michael Welch

  American actor.

• Sabra Johnson

  Dutch-American dancer.

• Mara Wilson

  American actress.

• Vlada Roslyakova

  Russian model.

• Génesis Rodríguez

  American actress.

• Chelsey Hersley
• Gaël (Nouvelle Star)
• Ruslana Korshunova

  Kazakh model (d. 2008).

• Caroline Celico
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Famous Deaths

• Alfie Bass

  Actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 66.

• Gilberto Freye

  Brazilian sociologist / writer, dies at 87.

• Avi Ran

  Israeli footballer (Born 1963).

• Karl Linnas

  accused German, dies of heart failure in Russia.

• Thomas F Waddell

  founder of Gay Olympics, dies of AIDS at age 50.

• James Burnham

  philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at age 81.

• John H Hammond

  American record producer (Born 1910).

• Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman

  American Rosh Yeshiva (Born 1901).

• Gerardo Diego

  Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.

• Richard Egan

  American executive and diplomat, Egan is the billionaire cofounder of EMC Corporation, and was sworn in as ambassador to Ireland in August...

• John Hammond

  American inventor known as "The Father of Radio Control" and son of mining engineer John Hays Hammond, Sr.

• Lionel Chevrier

  Canadian lawyer and politician 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1987).

• Snakefinger

  English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Residents and Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers) (d. 1987).

• Malcolm Baldrige

  Jr.

• Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay

  Indian author poet and playwright (d. 1987).

• Travis Jackson

  American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1987).

• Michael Bennet

  Choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44.

• Viola Dana

  Actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90.

• Mary Spinell

  Actress (Last Horror Film).

• Patience Collier
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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
2. Heart - Alone
3. Bob Seger - Shakedown
4. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
5. Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam - Head To Toe

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
2. Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
3. The Firm - Star Trekkin'
4. Bruce Willis - Under The Boardwalk
5. Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now