Historical Events
- Jul 1 Chicago's White Sox Park (later Comiskey Park) opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox, 2-0
- Jul 1 Union of South Africa becomes a dominion
Boxing Title Fight
Jul 4 "Fight of the Century": Jack Johnson beats James J. Jeffries by TKO in 15 in Reno, Nevada to retain his world heavyweight boxing title
- Jul 4 In a mutual defense agreements, Japan and Russia delineate their spheres of interest in Manchuria
- Jul 4 The US Congress pass the Mann-Elkins Act, an important piece of railroad reform legislation
- Jul 9 Walter Brookins, flying a Wright biplane over Atlantic City, New Jersey, becomes 1st to fly an airplane to an altitude of 1 mile (actually reaching 6,175 feet or 1.169 miles) [1]
Kuyper Innocent
Jul 20 Committee finds Former Dutch Prime Minister Abraham Kuyper innocent of corruption in the so-called decorations affairs
Tour de France
Jul 31 Tour de France: Octave Lapize of France wins by just 4 points from Team Alcyon teammate François Faber of Luxembourg
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Glen Hardin, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936 400m hurdles), born in Derma, Mississippi (d. 1975)
- Jul 2 Earl Robinson, American composer, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1991)
- Jul 2 H. G. Adler, German writer (The Journey), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1988)
- Jul 2 William Douglas Denny, American composer, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1980)
- Jul 3 Bernard Burrows, British diplomat (d. 2002)
- Jul 4 (William Thomas) "Champion Jack" Dupree, American boxer, blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer-songwriter (Walkin' The Blues), and WWII P.O.W., born in Irish Channel, New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1992)
- Jul 4 Francis D. Foley, US Rear Admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal), born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
Gloria Stuart (1910-2010)
Jul 4 American actress (Titanic) and founder of the Screen Actors Guild, born in Santa Monica, California
- Jul 4 Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (functionalism, self-fulfilling prophecy) and criminologist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
- Jul 5 Robert K. Meston, American sociologist (functionalism), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
- Jul 6 Dorothy Kirsten, American operatic soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show), born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 1992)
- Jul 8 Govan Mbeki, South African leader (Head of the ANC, imprisoned with Mandela, father of Thabo Mbeki), born in Nqamakwe district, Transkei (d. 2001)
- Jul 9 Harold Fox, American fashion designer (the zoot suit), and big band trumpeter, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
- Jul 10 Ronald Fletcher, British broadcaster (Barbara with Braden, Bomber Harris), born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (d. 1996)
- Jul 11 Irene Hervey, American actress (Aunt Meg-Honey West), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)
- Jul 13 Hines Johnson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; first WI fast bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1987)
- Jul 14 Peter Stadlen, Austrian pianist and critic, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1996)
William Hanna (1910-2001)
Jul 14 American animator (Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo) and founder of studio Hanna-Barbera, born in Melrose, New Mexico
- Jul 15 Ronald Binge, British composer (Elizabethan Serenade, Sailing By), born in Derby, England (d. 1979)
- Jul 16 Stan McCabe, Australian cricket batsman (39 Tests, @ 48.21, 6 x 100, HS 232; NSWCA), born in Grenfell, Australia (d. 1968)
- Jul 18 Charlie LaVere [Johnson], American jazz pianist, arranger, bandleader (Chicago Loopers), and composer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue), born in Salina, Kansas (d. 1983)
- Jul 18 Oskar Sala, German physicist, composer, electronic music pioneer, and Trautonium (an early synthesizer) player, born in Greiz, Principality of the Reuss Elder Line, Empire of Germany (d. 2002)
- Jul 20 Cicely Veronica Wedgwood [C. V. Wedgwood], British historian (William the Silent), born in Stocksfield, England (d. 1997)
- Jul 20 Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor (BBC Concert Orchestra, 1956-66), opera director and educator (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1966-92), and composer, born in Prerov, Moravia (d. 2004)
- Jul 24 Edward Ford, courtier in the Royal Household of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II (d. 2006)
- Jul 24 Harry Horner, Austro-Hungarian-born American stage and film designer (The Heiress), born in Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1994)
- Jul 27 Julien Gracq [Louis Poirier], French writer (Andre Breton), born in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Maine-et-Loire, France (d. 2007)
- Jul 27 Lupita Tovar, Mexican-born actress (Dracula), born in Matías Romero, Mexico (d. 2016)
- Jul 28 Bill Goodwin, American television announcer (Jolson Story, Burns & Allen), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1958)
- Jul 28 Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter pilot who shot down 28.5 aircraft during WWII, born in Lewisham, Australia (d. 1994)
- Jul 29 Gale Page [Sally Rutter], American actress (Four Daughters; Knute Rockne, All-American), and countess-by-marriage, born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1983)
- Jul 29 Harry Boyne, Scottish political journalist, born in Inverness (d. 1997)
- Jul 30 Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer, born in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico (d. 2003)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies at 92
- Jul 3 Julius Slabbe, Flemish writer and editor (De Halletoren), dies at 64
- Jul 3 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 7 dismissals; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 59
- Jul 4 Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (discovered canals of Mars), dies at 75
- Jul 4 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, French Breton composer, dies at 70
- Jul 4 Melville Fuller, American 8th Chief Justice of the United States, dies at 77
- Jul 10 Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer, discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies at 98
Charles Rolls (1877-1910)
Jul 12 British aviator and auto manufacturer who co-founded Rolls Royce, dies in a place crash at 32, the 1st British person to do so
