Historical Events
1st US Olympic Games
Jul 1 III Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in St Louis, the first held in the United States
- Jul 1 Willie Anderson becomes the first 2-time Western Open golf champion, beating fellow Scot Alex Smith by 4 strokes at Michigan's Kent CC
International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Jul 4 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reggie Doherty beat Paul de Borman & William le Maire de Warzée 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over Belgium (ends 5-0)
- Jul 5 NY Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 innings at Huntington Park
Presidential Convention
Jul 6 The US Democratic Party nominates little known New York judge Alton B. Parker for presidential nominee - virtually assuring the election of Theodore Roosevelt
- Jul 6 Two Russian cruisers move into the Red Sea and begin to stop ships of Britain, Germany, and other nations they believe friendly to Japan
- Jul 9 US Open Men's Golf, Glen View GC: defending champion Willie Anderson of Scotland wins the 3rd of his 4 Open titles, 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls
- Jul 15 1st Buddhist temple in US forms, in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 16 Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs
- Jul 19 Dutch Premier Kuypers disbands 1st Chamber
- Jul 21 After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed
- Jul 21 Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH
- Jul 23 Ice cream cone created during St Louis World Fair - the 1st cone reputedly by Charles E. Menches
- Jul 24 2nd Tour de France won by Henri Cornet of France
- Jul 28 Interior Minister of Russia, Vyacheslav Plehve is assassinated; as leader of the most reactionary elements of government, he was hated for his repressive policies
- Jul 28 Rafael Reyes becomes dictator of Colombia after losing Panama
Famous Birthdays
René Lacoste (1904-1996)
Jul 2 French tennis player (7 Grand Slam titles, Lacoste clothing), born in Paris, France
- Jul 4 Angela Baddeley, English actress (Ghost Train, Tom Jones), born in London, England (d. 1976)
- Jul 4 Artur Malawski, Polish violinist, conductor, composer (Mountaineers Triptych), and pedagogue, born in Prömsel, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Przemyśl, Poland) (d. 1957)
- Jul 4 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American Yiddish writer (Yentl, Nobel Prize for Literature 1978), born in Leoncin, Russian Empire (d. 1991)
- Jul 4 Seger Ellis, American jazz pianist, pop vocalist, songwriter, and bandleader, born in Houston, Texas (d. 1995) [1]
- Jul 5 Don Goddard, American news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59), born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1994)
- Jul 5 Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist (evolutionary theory), born in Kempten, Bavaria, Germany (d. 2005)
- Jul 5 Franz Syberg, Danish organist and composer, born in Kerteminde, Funen, Denmark (d. 1955)
- Jul 5 Harold Acton, English-Italian historian and art collector, born in Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy (d. 1994)
- Jul 5 Josephine Wilson, British actress (The Lady Vanishes, We Dive at Dawn), born in Bromley, England (d. 1990)
- Jul 5 Milburn Stone, American actor (Gunsmoke, Pickup on South Street), born in Burrton, Kansas (d. 1980)
- Jul 6 Erik Wickberg, 9th Salvation Army general, born in Gävle, Sweden (d. 1996)
- Jul 6 Robert Whitney, American conductor (Louisville Orchestra, 1937-67), educator (University of Louisville, 1956-71), and composer, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1986)
- Jul 7 Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991)
- Jul 8 Bill Challis, American jazz arranger and pianist, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
- Jul 8 Henri Cartan, French mathematician, born in Nancy (d. 2008)
- Jul 10 Iša Krejčí, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1968)
- Jul 10 Ivie Anderson, American swing jazz singer (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1931-42), born in Bossier, Louisiana (d. 1949) [some sources give birth year as 1905, and birthplace as Gilroy, California] [1]
- Jul 11 Daphne Fielding (née Vivian), British socialite and writer, born in Westminster, London (d. 1997)
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)
Jul 12 Chilean poet (Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971), born in Parral, Chile
- Jul 14 Richard Clarkson, British aeronautical engineer (Hawker Siddeley - Trident wing), born in London, England (d. 1996)
- Jul 15 Dorothy Fields, American lyricist ("I'm In The Mood For Love"; "The Way You Look Tonight"), born in Allenhurst, New Jersey (d. 1974)
- Jul 15 Rudolf Arnheim, German-born author (d. 2007)
- Jul 16 Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (Beatitudines), born in Zagarolo, Italy (d. 2003)
- Jul 16 Leo Joseph Suenens, Belgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 1996)
- Jul 17 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist, educator, and conductor (Collegium Musicum Antverpiense), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1973)
- Jul 23 Adone Zecchi, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1995)
- Jul 24 James R. Killian Jr., 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1948-59), born in Blacksburg, South Carolina (d. 1988)
- Jul 24 Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (Bugler's Dream), born in Lyon, France (d. 1991)
- Jul 24 Nikolay Kuznetsov, Russian naval commander (Admiral of the Fleet during World War II), born in Medvedki, Russian Empire (d. 1974)
- Jul 26 Jack Westrup, English composer, born in London (d. 1975)
- Jul 27 Anton Dolin [Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-kay], British dancer (Girl From Petrovka), born in Slinfold, Sussex, England (d. 1983)
- Jul 27 Kenneth Bainbridge, American physicist (measurements of mass differences between nuclear isotopes), born in Cooperstown, New York (d. 1996)
- Jul 28 Selwyn Lloyd, British politician (Foreign Secretary, 1955-60; Exchequer, 1960-62; Leader of the House of Commons, 1963–64; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1971-76), born in West Kirby, England (d. 1978)
- Jul 29 J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1993)
- Jul 30 Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet, born in Mexico City (d. 1974)
- Jul 31 Arthur Daley, American sportswriter (NY Times-Pulitzer 1956), born in New York City (d. 1974)
- Jul 31 Brett Halliday, American writer (Dividend on Death), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1977)
Famous Weddings
Harry Ford Sinclair
Jul 21 Sinclair Oil founder Harry Ford Sinclair (28) weds Elizabeth Farrell
Famous Deaths
Theodor Herzl (1860-1904)
Jul 3 Austrian journalist and founder (Zionist movement), dies at 44
- Jul 5 Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
Paul Kruger (1825-1904)
Jul 14 3rd President of South African Republic (1883-1900) and face of Boer resistance during the Second Boer War, dies of pneumonia at 78
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
Jul 15 Russian author and playwright (Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya), dies of tuberculosis at 44
- Jul 22 Wilson Barrett, British manager, actor, and playwright (The Sign of the Cross), dies at 58
- Jul 23 John Simon, British pathologist, public health officer, and 1st Chief Medical Officer (1855-76), dies at 87
- Jul 28 Vyacheslav von Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior, killed by Jewish revolutionaries after a bomb is thrown at his carriage, dies at 58
