Jul 1 The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" goes to #1 in the United States and stays there for 15 weeks.
Jul 1 Bobby Unser wins both races at Mosport, Ontario, Canada, the first Champ Car races ever run outside the United States.
Jul 1 Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's musical "Funny Girl," starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, closes at the Winter Garden Theater in NYC after 1348 performances.
Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John Newcombe outclasses Wilhelm Bungert of Germany 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 for his 1st of 3 Wimbledon singles titles.
Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King beats local favourite Anne Jones 6-3, 6-4 for the 2nd of 3 straight Wimbledon singles titles.
Jul 10 Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe," which goes on to win four Grammy awards.
Jul 11 38th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 innings at Anaheim Stadium, CA; MVP: Tony Perez (Cincinnati Reds).
Jul 12 Race riot in Newark, New Jersey, results in 26 deaths, 1,500 injuries, and over 1,000 arrests.
Jul 16 American pop-rock group "The Monkees" perform at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York, with psychedelic rock Jimi Hendrix Experience as opening act.
Jul 16 American Emmy and Raspberry Award-winning comic Will Farrell and writer (SNL, 1995-2002; Anchorman; Elf; Step Brothers), born in Irvine, California
Jul 19 First air-conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line).
Jul 23 43 die in a race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires).
Jul 23 First successful liver transplant on 19-month-old Julie Rodriguez by Dr Starzl at the University of Colorado.
Jul 23 American actor Philip Seymour Hoffman(Capote, Moneyball), born in Fairport, New York
Jul 24 First modern hospice, St. Christopher's, is founded by Dr. Cicely Saunders in London, beginning modern palliative care and the hospice movement.
Jul 25 American actor Matt LeBlanc(Joey Tribbiani in "Friends"), born in Newton, Massachusetts
Jul 27 President Lyndon B. Johnson sets up a commission to study the causes of urban violence.
Jul 29 A 6.5 earthquake strikes Caracas, Venezuela, causing significant damage.
