Historical Events
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 16 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Ernest Renshaw wins his lone major title; beats defending champion Herbert Lawford 6-3, 7-5, 6-0
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 21 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-3
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Ben Taylor, American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (Indianapolis ABCs) and manager (Washington Potomacs, Baltimore Black Sox), born in Anderson, South Carolina (d. 1953)
- Jul 2 Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American microbiologist (Nobel 1951-ingenious, systematic and successful studies of the soil microbes that led to the discovery of streptomycin), born in Nova Pryluka, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1973) [1]
- Jul 4 Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor (The Black Cat, Bell for Adano, Big Store), born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy (d. 1945)
- Jul 10 Giorgio De Chirico, Italian painter (founded the scuola metafisica art movement), born in Volos, Greece (d. 1978)
- Jul 10 Graham McNamee, American sportscaster (originated play-by-play sports broadcasting; Baseball HOF Ford C. Frick Award; 1st Rose Bowl), born in Washington D. C. (d. 1942)
- Jul 10 Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat), born in Kōbe, Japan (d. 1960)
- Jul 11 Carl Schmitt, German political theorist and prominent Nazi (Verfassungslehre), born in Plettenberg, German Empire (d. 1985)
- Jul 11 Johanna Beyer, German-American pianist and composer (March for Thirty Percussion Instruments; Clusters), born in Leipzig, German Empire (d. 1944)
- Jul 11 Lyman Bryson, American educator (UN Casebook), born in Valentine, Nebraska (d. 1959)
- Jul 13 Jean Murat, French actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders), born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France (d. 1968)
- Jul 16 Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953), born in Amsterdam (d. 1966)
- Jul 16 Percy Kilbride, American stage and screen actor (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1964)
- Jul 17 Shmuel Agnon, Israeli writer (Day Before Yesterday, Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), born in Buczacz, Polish Galicia (d. 1970) [1]
- Jul 18 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian-Dutch painter, born in Soerakarta, Java (d. 1992)
- Jul 18 Sydney Horler, English detective writer (Checkmate), born in Leytonstone, Essex (d. 1954)
- Jul 19 Eugène Jungers, Belgian Governor of Rwanda Urundi, born in Messancy, Belgium (d. 1958)
- Jul 22 Kirk Bryan, American geologist (d. 1950)
- Jul 23 Gluyas Williams, American cartoonist (Fellows Citizen), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1982)
- Jul 23 Milan Stojadinović, Serbian-Yugoslav political figure and 12th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1935-39), born in Čačak, Kingdom of Serbia (d. 1961)
- Jul 23 Raymond Chandler, American-British mystery novelist and screenwriter (Farewell My Lovely; The Long Goodbye; The Big Sleep), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1959)
- Jul 24 Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 100, 12 wickets; South Australia, Western Australia), born in Sevenhill, Clare, Australia (d. 1973)
- Jul 26 Marcel Jouhandeau, French writer, born in Guéret, France (d. 1979)
- Jul 28 Sidney Pegler, South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests), (d. 1972)
- Jul 29 Niles Welch, American actor (Cornered), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1976)
Vladimir Zworykin (1888-1982)
Jul 29 Russian-American inventor who developed the cathode ray tube for television, born in Murom, Russian Empire
- Jul 30 Raden Soetomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, born in Ngepeh, Nganjuk, Indonesia (d. 1938)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 4 Theodor Storm, German judge and author (Immensee, Der Schimmelreiter), dies at 70
- Jul 10 Rafael Hernando, Spanish composer of zarzuelas, dies at 66
- Jul 19 Yamaoka Tesshū, Japanese swordsman and master of kendo, dies at 52
- Jul 20 Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies at 48
- Jul 21 Matthias Joseph Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53
- Jul 23 Williams Carter Wickham, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 67
