5th » Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions were later overturned.
12th » Lotte World Adventure opened in Seoul, South Korea.
17th » First flight of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit e.g B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
17th » Holy See–Poland relations are restored.
19th » United Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 112.
26th » A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert Tappan Morris or Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
31st » Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
31st » Alexis Knapp, American actress and singer
31st » Joey Richter, American actor and singer
31st » Jessica Williams (actress) e.g Jessica Williams, American actress
31st » Zelda Williams, American actress
Famous Deaths for July 1989
2nd » Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union) or Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Soviet Union (b. 1909)
2nd » Franklin J. Schaffner, Japanese-American director and producer (b. 1920)