| 7/1/2017 | Rooney scores against Reading in the third round of the FA Cup to equal Sir Bobby Charlton as Manchester United's top goalscorer of all time. Rooney's goal is his 249th in 543 games for Manchester United, reaching the landmark in 215 matches and four seasons quicker than Sir Bobby. On 21 January 2017, Rooney will finally surpass Sir Bobby Charlton to become the outright leading scorer for Manchester United after scoring his 250th goal for the club and the equaliser from a free kick against Stoke City in the game's final minutes to secure a 1–1 draw. |
| 7/1/2003 | Kobe Bryant sets new NBA record with 9 consecutive 3-pointers and 12 overall as the Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Seattle Supersonics 119-98. A major NBA star, Bryant will be accused of sexually assaulting a 19 year-old woman in July |
| 7/1/1999 | Greek boat ''Aera'' (Nikos Lykiardopoulos, Panagiotis Papadeas, Michalis Benakis, etc) ranks first at the Sydney-Hobart sailing race. Exterme weather conditions made the race very difficult. Four sailors drowned when their boat capsized |
| 7/1/1973 | Greece is defeated by Spain with 3-2 (Koudas-Domazos) for the Germany World Cup qualifiers, having already lost with 3-1 in the first match in Malaga. Greece will be defeated twice by the other team of the group, Yugoslavia (0-1 in Belgrade and 2-4 at Karaiskaki stadium) and will be eliminated |
| 7/1/1962 | 25-year-old international Takis Loukanidis makes his debut with Panathinaikos against AEK and scores one out of the three of the victory 3-2 in the Sports Ministry Winter Holidays Cup |
| 7/1/1936 | Tennis champion Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2.001 times (1hour and 18 minutes) |
| 7/1/1927 | Abe Saperstin founds Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. The team consists of showmen playing basket. Big NBA stars (Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Byron Dinkins, etc) have occasionally played with them |
| 7/1/1887 | Thomas Stevens becomes the first man to go round the world on a bicycle. He set out for his journey in April 1884 and covered 13.500 miles |
| 7/1/1785 | Dr. John Jeffreys and Jean Pierre Blancard fly on a ballon across the English Channel for the first time |
