Historical Events
- Jul 1 Canada restores gold standard
- Jul 2 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguished Flying Cross authorized, to award "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight"
Wimbledon Men's Championship
Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frenchman Jean Borotra wins his second Wimbledon singles title 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 over American Howard Kinsey
Appointment of Interest
Jul 9 Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander in China
- Jul 9 Coup under General Sinel de Cordes in Portugal
- Jul 10 Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage
US Golf Open
Jul 10 US Open Men's Golf, Scioto CC: Amateur Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open 2 weeks earlier, claims the second of his 4 US Opens, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joe Turnesa
- Jul 12 Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu
World Record
Jul 12 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)
- Jul 13 Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi sets world record 3000m (8:20.4) in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jul 15 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
- Jul 16 Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc
- Jul 16 National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos
- Jul 17 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4)
- Jul 18 20th Tour de France won by Lucien Buysse of Belgium
- Jul 18 The South Africa author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
- Jul 19 2nd French government of Herriot, forms
- Jul 20 A convention of the Methodist Church votes to allow women to become priests.
- Jul 22 105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)
- Jul 22 108°F (42°C), Troy, NY (state record)
- Jul 22 Cincinnati Reds right fielder Curt Walker ties National League record of 2 triples in an inning in a 13-1 rout of the Boston Braves
Prime Minister Poincaré
Jul 23 French government of Raymond Poincaré forms
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Carl Hahn, German automotive executive (Volkswagen Group), born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
- Jul 1 Delmar Watson, American child actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Heidi, Annie Oakley), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
- Jul 1 François-Régis Bastide, French writer and broadcaster, born in Biarritz, France (d. 1996)
- Jul 1 Hans Werner Henze, German composer, born in Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany (d. 2012)
- Jul 1 Robert Fogel, American economic historian (Nobel Prize 1993), born in New York City (d. 2013)
- Jul 2 Billy Usselton, American big band jazz saxophonist (Les Brown and His Band of Renown), born in New Castle, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
- Jul 2 Lee Allen, American tenor sax player (Walkin' With Mr Lee), born in Pittsburg, Kansas (d. 1994)
- Jul 2 Octavian Paler, Romanian writer, journalist, (d. 2007)
- Jul 3 Johnny Coles, American jazz trumpeter (Little Johnny C), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1997)
- Jul 3 Joseph M. Gaydos, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), born in Braddock, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
- Jul 3 William Roll, German poltergeist researcher and parapsychologist (The Poltergeist, Unsolved Mysteries), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 2012)
Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926-2014)
Jul 4 Argentine soccer forward (Spain 31 caps, Argentina 6, Colombia 4; European Cup 1956-60; Real Madrid) and manager (European Cup Winners' Cup: 1980 Valencia), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Jul 4 Mary Stuart, American actress (Jo-Search for Tomorrow), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2002)
- Jul 5 Diana Lynn [Dolores Eartha Loehr], American actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1971)
- Jul 5 Haya van Someren-Downer, Dutch politician (2nd Member of parliament (Dutch Lib Party)), born in Amsterdam (d. 1980)
- Jul 5 Kenneth Gaburo, American composer, born in Somerville, New Jersey (d. 1993)
- Jul 6 Conrad "Nicky" Hilton Jr., American hotel heir and 1st husband of Elizabeth Taylor (1950-51), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1969)
- Jul 7 Nuon Chea [Lau Kim Korn], Cambodian revolutionary and Khmer Rouge leader 'Brother Number Two', born in Battambang, Cambodia (d. 2019)
- Jul 8 Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Swiss-American author and psychiatrist (On Death and Dying), born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 2004)
- Jul 8 John Dingell, American politician (D-Michigan, 1955-2015), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 2019)
- Jul 9 Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1975 for work on structure of the atomic nucleus), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2022) [1]
- Jul 9 Mathilde Krim, American medical researcher and founding chairman of amfAR (Foundation for AIDS Research), born in Como, Italy (d. 2018)
- Jul 9 Murphy Anderson, American comic artist (DC Comics), born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 2015)
- Jul 10 Carleton Carpenter, American magician, stage and screen actor (Two Weeks With Love; Up Periscope), songwriter, and mystery novelist (Cat Got Your Tongue?), born in Bennington, Vermont (d. 2022)
- Jul 10 Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), born in New York City (d. 1993)
- Jul 11 Frederick Buechner, American minister and author (Godric), born in New York City (d. 2022)
- Jul 11 Patrick Wymark [Cheeseman], British actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire (d. 1970)
- Jul 11 Rodolfo Arizaga, Argentinian composer and musicologist, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1985)
- Jul 13 Meyer Kupferman, American composer (Infinities), clarinetist, and educator (Sarah Lawrence College, 1951-94), born in New York City (d. 2003) [1]
Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017)
Jul 14 American actor (Lucky: Alien; Cool Hand Luke; The Godfather Part II), musician, and singer, born in West Irvine, Kentucky
- Jul 14 Jan Krenz, Polish conductor and composer, born in Włocławku, Poland (d. 2020)
- Jul 15 Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan author (Le passé simple), born in El Jadida, Morocco (d. 2007)
- Jul 15 John Graham, British ambassador to NATO
- Jul 15 John Lambert, English composer, born in Maidenhead, England (d. 1995)
Leopoldo Galtieri (1926-2003)
Jul 15 Argentine general, dictator and President of Argentina (1981-82) who invaded the Falkland Islands, born in Caseros, Argentina [1]
- Jul 16 Brian Howard, deputy chairman (Marks & Spencer), born in Blackpool, England (d. 2005)
- Jul 16 Irwin Rose, American biologist (Nobel Prize Chemistry 2004), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2015)
- Jul 16 Philip Randle, British biochemist (Randle cycle), born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire (d. 2006)
- Jul 17 Charles Champlin, American film critic and writer
- Jul 17 Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian pro wrestler (NWA 1956-57, WWA heavyweight champion), born in Roanne, Rhône-Alpes, France (d. 2010)
- Jul 18 Jane Hylton [Audrey Gwendolene Clark], British actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak), born in London, England (d. 1979)
- Jul 18 Margaret Laurence, Canadian writer (The Stone Angel), born in Neepawa, Manitoba (d. 1987)
- Jul 18 Richard Pasco, British actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph), born in Barnes, London (d. 2014)
- Jul 18 Robert Sloman, English screenwriter, born in Oldham, Lancashire, England (d. 2005)
- Jul 19 Helen Gallagher, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning singer, dancer and actress (No, No, Nanette; Ryan's Hope), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 19 Max Sordam, Suriname warden and writer (Dictionary Sranantongo)
- Jul 20 Patricia "Pat" Cutts, British actress (Coronation Street), born in London, England (d. 1974)
- Jul 21 Bill Pertwee, British actor (Dad's Army), born in Amersham, England (d. 2013)
- Jul 21 Karel Reisz, director (Everybody Wins, Isadora, Who'll Stop the Rain)
- Jul 21 Norman Jewison, Canadian director and producer (In the Heat of the Night; Fiddler on the Roof; Moonstruck; Rollerball; ...and Justice For All), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2024) [1] [2]
- Jul 21 Paul Burke, American actor (Naked City, Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2009)
- Jul 21 Queenie Watts [Mary Spenton], British singer and actress (Up the Junction, Holiday on the Buses), born in London, England (d. 1980)
- Jul 21 Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and Governor, born in Qaimganj, British India
- Jul 22 Bryan Forbes, director and producer (Endless Games, King Rat), (d. 2013)
- Jul 22 Peter Michael Grayson, British showman, born in Manchester (d. 1996)
- Jul 23 Ludvik Vaculik, Czech writer (Two Thousand Words), born in Brumo, Zlín Region (d. 2015)
- Jul 24 Colin Low, Canadian documentary and animation filmmaker (City of Gold), born in Cardston, Alberta (d. 2016) [1]
- Jul 24 Hans Günter Winkler, German equestrian (Olympic gold Individual jumping 1956, team 1956, 60, 64, 72), born in Barmen, Germany (d. 2018)
- Jul 25 Teodor Grigoriu, Romanian classical music and film score composer, born in Galați, Romania (d. 2014)
- Jul 25 Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, born in Lowell, North Carolina (d. 2009)
- Jul 26 Ana María Matute, Spanish author (Fiesta al noroeste), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2014)
- Jul 26 James Best [Jewel Franklin Guy], American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Sounder), born in Powderly, Kentucky (d. 2015)
- Jul 27 Claire Hogan, American jazz and big band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, 1948-50), born in Elyria, Ohio (d. 2000) [1]
- Jul 27 Peter Coker, English painter, born in London (d. 2004)
- Jul 28 Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian jazz bassist, and music promoter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
- Jul 29 Don Carter, American pro bowler (6 x Bowler of the Year; first athlete to earn $1m in single endorsement deal [Ebonite International]), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2012)
- Jul 29 Russel Firestone, American polo player (Circle F-1959 champs)
- Jul 30 Peter Trevenen Thwaites, British Brigadier General and playwright (Love or money) (d. 1991)
- Jul 31 Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
Famous Weddings
Fulgencio Batista
Jul 10 Future Cuban President and dictator Fulgencio Batista (25) weds Elisa Godínez y Gómez (25)
Famous Deaths
Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)
Jul 12 British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown), dies at 57
- Jul 20 Felix Dzerzhinsky [Iron Felix, Bloody Felix], Soviet statesman, established and developed Soviet secret police (Cheka, forerunner to the KGB), dies at 48
- Jul 26 Robert Todd Lincoln, American politician, lawyer, Captain (Union Army), diplomat, businessman, and son of President Abraham Lincoln, dies in his sleep at 82
