Historical Events
Event of Interest
Jul 7 Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri
- Jul 19 Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick children, makes trial trip, NYC
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 3 Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German Nazi surgeon, born in Barmen, German Empire (d. 1951)
- Jul 4 Giovanni & Giacomo Tocci, Italian con-joined twins, born in Locana (probable date)
- Jul 10 Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator (Bethune-Cookman College) and civil rights leader, born in Maysville, South Carolina (d. 1955)
- Jul 15 Frank "Pop" Morgenweck, American Basketball HOF contributor (team owner/coach in 18 cities), born in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey (d. 1941)
- Jul 15 Jean van den Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter (d. 1946)
- Jul 17 Donald Tovey, British musicologist (Essays in Musical Analysis), pianist, and composer (The Bride of Dionysus), born in Eton, England (d. 1940)
- Jul 26 Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (Campos de Castilla), born in Seville, Spain (d. 1939)
Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Jul 26 Swiss Psychiatrist (founded analytic psychology), born in Kesswil, Switzerland
Famous Deaths
- Jul 9 Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54
- Jul 10 Henry L. Benning, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 61
- Jul 17 Gábor Mátray, Hungarian composer and musicologist, dies at 77
- Jul 23 Isaac Singer, American inventor (1st practical home sewing machine), dies at 63
- Jul 30 George Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875)
Jul 31 17th US President (Unionist: 1865-69), dies of a stroke at 66
