Historical Events
- Jul 1 Proclamation removes "Dei Gratia" (by the Grace of God) from Canadian coins
- Jul 1 The German gunboat 'Panther' arrives off Agadir allegedly to protect German interests and nationals in Morocco
- Jul 4 105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)
- Jul 4 106°F (41°C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)
- Jul 4 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh halts Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak as Cobb goes 0 for 4 in a 7-3 win over Detroit Tigers at Bennett Park
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers becomes first player not to concede a game in a final beating Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0
- Jul 8 Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcontinenal trip by horse
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins 2nd of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2 ret
- Jul 10 105°F (41°C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)
- Jul 11 Forest fire destroys Canadian town of South Porcupine, Ontario, killing at least 70 people [1]
- Jul 13 Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side
- Jul 14 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines
- Jul 15 46" of rain (beginning 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines
- Jul 17 Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army
- Jul 20 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
- Jul 20 Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany
Hiram Bingham Discovers Machu Picchu
Jul 24 American explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas
- Jul 24 Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3
- Jul 28 96°F (35.6°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
- Jul 29 Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
- Jul 30 9th Tour de France won by Gustave Garrigou of France
- Jul 31 Hungarian education is only taught in German
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Alvino Rey, American orchestra leader (King Family), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2004)
- Jul 1 Sergey Sokolov, Russian-Soviet marshal and Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1984-87), born in Yevpatoria, Russian Empire (d. 2012)
- Jul 2 Diego Fabbri, Italian playwright and leader (Vatican movie bureau), born in Forli, Italy (d. 1980)
- Jul 3 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 1,636 runs @ 46.74; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire (d. 1990)
- Jul 4 Bikram Singh, Indian Army Lt. General (Kashmir), born in British India (d. 1963)
- Jul 4 Mitch Miller, American oboist and recording producer (Sing Along with Mitch), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2010)
Georges Pompidou (1911-1974)
Jul 5 French President (1969-74) and Prime Minister (1962-68), born in Paris, France
- Jul 6 LaVerne Andrews, American pop and swing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), born in Mound, Minnesota (d. 1967)
- Jul 7 Gian-Carlo Menotti, Italian pianist, librettist, and composer (Amahl & Night Visitors), and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, born in Cadegliano, Italy (d. 2007)
- Jul 7 Joan Perry [Elizabeth Rosiland Miller], American film actress, model, and singer (Hands of a Stranger), born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 1996)
- Jul 8 Gertrude Niesen, American actress, comedian, and songwriter (Start Cheering, Rookies on Parade), born in New York City (d. 1975)
- Jul 8 Ken Farnes, English cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 60 wickets, BB 6/96; Essex CCC, Cambridge University CC), born in Leytonstone, England (d. 1941)
- Jul 9 John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (first American involved in the theoretical development of the atomic bomb), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2008)
- Jul 9 Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (Gormenghast books), born in Lushan District, Jiangxi, China (d. 1968)
- Jul 9 Simon Fraser [Shimi], Lord Lovat, Scottish 25th head of clan Fraser and cattle breeder, born in Inverness, Scotland (d. 1995)
- Jul 10 (Charles) "Cootie" Williams, American jazz, jump-blues, and R&B trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1929-40 & 1962-74), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1985)
- Jul 12 Johanna Moosdorf, German writer (Next Door), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2000)
- Jul 14 Bill Blair, American auto racer (NASCAR pioneer; 54 top-10 finishes), born in High Point, North Carolina (d. 1995)
- Jul 14 Terry-Thomas [Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens], English comedian and actor (I'm All Right Jack, Private's Progress), born in London (d. 1990)
- Jul 15 Edward Shackleton, English explorer, geographer and Labour Party politician, born in Wandsworth, London (d. 1994)
- Jul 15 Juliet Pannett, English portrait painter (Illustrated London News), born in Hove, East Sussex, England (d. 2005) [1]
- Jul 15 Robert H. Harris, American actor (Jake-The Goldbergs, Mirage), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1981)
Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)
Jul 16 American vaudeville, stage and screen dancer, singer (Top Hat), and Academy Award-winning actress (Kitty Foyle; Stage Door), born in Independence, Missouri
- Jul 16 Sonny Tufts [Bowen Charleton Tufts III], American actor (The Seven Year Itch, Variety Girl), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1970)
- Jul 17 Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. 1979)
- Jul 17 Yang Jiang, Chinese writer (Six Chapters From My Life ‘Downunder,’), born in Beijing (d. 2016)
- Jul 18 Alexander Hyatt King, Mozart scholar, born in Beckenham, England (d. 1995)
- Jul 18 Hume Cronyn, Canadian stage and screen Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor (Lifeboat; Cocoon; To Dance with the White Dog), and screenwriter, born in London, Ontario (d. 2003)
- Jul 20 William Dillard, American jazz trumpeter and Broadway singer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1995) [1]
- Jul 21 Jozef Cyrankiewicz, Polish politician, Premier Poland (1947-52, 1954-70), born in Tarnow, Poland (d. 1989)
Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)
Jul 21 Canadian writer and 'prophet of the digital age' (the medium is the message), born in Edmonton, Alberta
- Jul 26 Jerry Burke, American easy-listening pianist and organ player (Lawrence Welk Orchestra, 1934-65), born in Marshalltown, Iowa (d. 1965)
- Jul 27 Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (The Blaze of Noon), born in Lockwood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire (d. 1981)
- Jul 27 Wilfrid Oulton, British Royal Air Force officer, born in Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire (d. 1997)
- Jul 28 Ann Doran, American actress (Longstreet, Shirley, Rebel Without a Cause), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2000)
- Jul 28 Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (Olympic gold javelin, bronze shot put 1936), born in Kaiserswalde, Germany (d. 1985)
- Jul 29 Foster Furcolo, American politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
- Jul 29 Iakovos, Archbishop of North and South America (Greek Orthodox), born in Agios Theodoros, island of Imvros, Ottoman Empire (d. 2005)
- Jul 29 Ján Cikker, Slovak composer, born in Banská Bystrica, Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
- Jul 29 Stephen McNally, American attorney and actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), born in New York City (d. 1994)
- Jul 31 George Liberace, American violinist (Liberace Show), born in Menasha, Wisconsin (d. 1983)
Famous Weddings
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Jul 5 "Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery (36) weds Ewen MacDonald in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Famous Deaths
- Jul 2 Felix Mottl, Austrian conductor and composer (Agnes Bernauer), dies at 54
- Jul 5 George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85
- Jul 5 Maria Pia of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1862-89), dies at 63
- Jul 8 Ira Erastus Davenport, American magician, claimed to be a spirit medium, dies at 51
- Jul 25 Filippo Capocci, Italian organ virtuoso and composer, dies at 71
- Jul 31 Jack Edwards, Australian cricket batsman (3 Tests, Victoria CA), dies from mental illness at 51
