| 7/7/2024 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh from Ukraine breaks the world record in high jump with 2.10 at the Diamond League meeting in Paris erasing the mark of 2.09 set by Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova which stood for 37 years (Rome 1987) |
| 7/7/2021 | The well-known communication specialist Vassilis Tokakis, who has been battling cancer for the last year and a half, dies at the age of 44. He was a PhD holder from the Department of Business Administration of the University of Patras in the field of Crisis Management and Conflict Management, member of Nea Dimokratia and ONNED and a well-known communication consultant. He was an associate to Ministers and then Director of Corporate Communication and Social Responsibility of PAE Olympiacos. His last job was a communication consultant to the Mayor of Piraeus, Giannis Moralis. |
| 7/7/2014 | Argentine-Spanish footballer and coach, Alfredo di Stéfano widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, dies at the age of 88 of a heart attack. He played with Real Madrid for 11 years (1953-1964) where he won 5 European Champions' Cup (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960), 8 Spanish Championships (1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963 ?a? 1964), 1 Spanich Cup (1962) and 1 Intercontinental Cup (1960). In 1947 he won the championship title with Argentinian River Plate and in 1951 and 1953 he won 2 Colombian Championships with Millionaros. Di Stefano, who managed to play with three national teams (Argentina, Colombia and Spain), was honourary president of Real Madrid while he won the Ballon d'Or in 1957 and 1959 and the title of the “Best Athlete” in Spain in 1957, 1959, 1960 and 1964. In March 2004, he was named by Pelé as one of the "top 125 greatest living footballers". |
| 7/7/2007 | Aristarhos Fountoukidis, one of the best defenders of PAOK, dies from heart attack aged 65. He played with PAOK for 12 years (1966-1978), winning one Championship title (1976) and two Cups (1972, 1974), scoring 18 goals in 335 1st Division matches. |
| 7/7/1999 | Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco smashes Nouredine Morcelli's 1500m world record (3:44.39 on September 5, 1993) with 3:43.13 at the Rome Grand Prix |
| 7/7/1990 | Martina Navratilova sets record by winning her 9th Wimbledon title |
| 7/7/1990 | Goalkeeper Peter Shilton plays his last match (125th) for England (England-Italy 1-2 in Bari, Italy). In this World Cup he kept a clean sheet 3 times and together with the 3 in 1986 and 4 in 1982 he outdoes the 8 of Emerson Leao and Claudio Taffarel (Brazil) and Sepp Maier (Germany). His record will be equaled by French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez on 5/7/2006 |
| 7/7/1990 | The very first Three Tenors (Placido Doming, Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti) concert is held at the eve of the FIFA World Cup Final at the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome which for years had been used as an outdoor arena for opera performances. The orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma was conducted by Zubin Mehta. |
| 7/7/1986 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets new world record in eptathlon with 7.148 points at the Moscow ''Good Will Games'' |
| 7/7/1985 | 17-year-old Boris Becker becomes the youngest (and the first German) tennis player to win the Wimbledon title after defeating American Kevin Curren |
| 7/7/1979 | Billie Jean King wins her 20th Wimbledon tournament. Elisabeth Ryan, who won the same title 19 times, died 24 hours before the game |
| 7/7/1974 | West Germany defeat Holland 2-1 at the World Cup final in Munich. Gerd Mueller scores his last goal for West Germany. Polish striker Grezegorz Lato takes the top scorer award (7 goals). The Jules Rimet trophy is replaced by the new FIFA trophy |
| 7/7/1957 | 17 year-old Pele plays his first match with Brazil against Argentina and scores |
| 7/7/1946 | Howard Hughes, the well known multimillionaire, film producer, industrialist, aircraft engineer and life long aircraft enthusiast, crashes with his experimental US Army XF-11 in Beverly Hills, while trying to save the plane by landing it on the L.A. County Club Golf course. He will survive with numerous burns, 24 broken ribs and a scar in his upper lip, which will be covered in the future by a moustache. |
| 7/7/1932 | The first race "Ascent of Parnes' of 11 km is conducted with participating drivers many known people of the Athenian society and business. President of ELPA Antonis Stathatos will be the winner driving a Bugatti. |
| 7/7/1896 | The first exhibition volleyball match is recorded in Springfield, Massachusetts. The sport was inspired by William C. Morgan, a fellow student of James Naismith, who invented basketball |
