Brazil wins its first World Cup, June 29, 1958: Brazil wins its first World Cup with a 5-2 victory over host nation Sweden in the finals. Seventeen-year-old sensation Pelé scored two goals in the second half, after recording three in the semifinals against France and the only goal of Brazil's quarterfinal win over Wales. Vavá also scored two goals in the final.

Andy Hawkins allows four runs on no hits in complete game, July 1, 1990: Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees allows four runs on no hits in a complete game, losing to the White Sox in Chicago, 4-0. The runs scored in the eighth inning, thanks to an infield error, two walks, and two outfield fly balls dropped for two-base errors. Hawkins actually lost his no-hitter twice, the second time when baseball's Committee for Statistical Accuracy declared in September 1991 that it would only recognize no-hitters in which the pitcher goes nine innings. Hawkins only pitched eight, because the White Sox didn't bat in the bottom of the ninth.

Joe DiMaggio breaks the major-league hitting-streak, July 2, 1941: Joe DiMaggio's fifth-inning home run off Dick Newsome of the Boston Red Sox extends his hitting streak to 45 games, breaking the all-time major-league record of 44, set by Willie Keeler in 1897. A crowd of 8,682 at Yankee Stadium saw the record-smashing hit. After the game, DiMaggio posed for photographs atop the shoulders of teammates Tiny Bonham and Tommy Henrich.

Bjorn Borg wins his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title, July 5, 1980: Bjorn Borg wins his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title, but not before being stretched to the limit by John McEnroe. In the fourth set, McEnroe fought off five match points - four on Borg's serve - during the tiebreaker, eventually winning 18-16 to force a fifth set. McEnroe later acknowledged that the strain of the tiebreaker cost him in the final set, which Borg won 8-6 while losing only three points in his last seven service games.

Ted Williams dies, July 5, 2002: Ted Williams dies in Inverness, Florida at age 83. The last man to bat .400 in a season, Williams's ambition was to be the greatest hitter who ever lived, and his claim to the title is as good as anybody's. His death set off a legal battle that lasted nearly two years, with two of his children fighting their older half-sister for the right to have his remains cryogenically frozen at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona. They won, thanks to a hand-written note signed by Williams in 2000 that superceded a will written in 1996.