July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years). There are 177 days remaining.
- 1848 — Andreas Hall is apprehended.
- 1906 — Anna Marie Hahn is born.
- 1936 — Oliverio Castañeda Palacios died.
- 1944 — Chester Leroy Todd is born.
- 1960 — Malcolm Robbins is born.
- 1964 — Alun Kyte is born.
- 1982 — Amina Agisheff is murdered by "Green River Killer" (suspected).
- 1982 — Robert MacMichael is born.
- 1985 — Laron Williams died.
- 1989 — Richard Grissom is apprehended.
- 1993 — James Edward Wood is apprehended.
- 1999 — Alfredo Stranieri is apprehended.
- 2006 — Gilbert Paul Jordan died.
- 2006 — David Bruce is sentenced to Life imprisonment.
- 2010 — Lonnie Franklin is apprehended.
- 2014 — Donnie Burl Lemons died.