Historical Events
- Jul 1 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted
- Jul 1 In contravention of state law, Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday MLB game in Brooklyn; owner and manager arrested but escape with a fine; Robins edge Philadelphia, 3-2
- Jul 1 Race riots in East St Louis, Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)
- Jul 1 Reds' Fred Toney pitches 2 complete games in doubleheader victories over Pirates, allows 3 hits each game, fewest allowed by any pitcher winning 2 MLB games in one day
- Jul 2 Labor disputes lead to race riot in East St Louis, Illinois - Black neighborhood attacked and burned, 40-200 killed and 6000 left homeless
- Jul 3 Spontaneous demonstration at Tauride Palace, Petrograd
Red October
Jul 4 Troops of the Russian Provisional Government open fire on protesters in Petrograd during the 'July Days' of unrest
Victory in Battle
Jul 6 T. E. Lawrence captures port of Aqaba from Turks
HMS Vanguard Disaster
Jul 9 British battleship HMS Vanguard explodes at Scapa Flow (the result of an internal explosion of faulty cordite), killing 804
Event of Interest
Jul 10 Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft
Stormy Birth for the House of Windsor
Jul 17 Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor
- Jul 20 Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia
- Jul 20 WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn
- Jul 21 Russian Revolution: Socialist Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian Prime Minister
- Jul 22 British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades
- Jul 23 Cleveland Metropolitan Park District established in Greater Cleveland, Ohio
- Jul 25 Sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
Rise of J. Edgar Hoover
Jul 26 J. Edgar Hoover gets job in US Department of Justice
- Jul 27 World War I: Allied troops reach the Yser Canal in the prelude to the Battle of Passchendaele
Event of Interest
Jul 28 Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-Americans who march on 5th Ave in NYC to protest against lynching
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 2 Pierre H. Dubois, Dutch literary and critic, born in Amsterdam (d. 1999)
- Jul 3 Hélène Cordet, French actress (The Limping Man), born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (d. 1996)
- Jul 3 João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (Brazil 1969-70), born in Alegrete, Brazil (d. 1990)
- Jul 4 Manolete [Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez], Spanish bullfighter, born in Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain (d. 1947)
- Jul 6 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach, born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2004)
- Jul 6 Hugo Cole, composer and music critic, born in London (d. 1995)
- Jul 6 Hugo Yarnold, English cricketer (Worcestershire keeper & Test umpire), born in Worchester, England (d. 1974)
- Jul 7 (Woodrow Wilson) "Red" Sovine, American country music singer ("Phantom 309"; "Teddy Bear"), born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 1980)
- Jul 7 Elton Britt [Baker], American country singer-songwriter ("There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"; Saturday Night Jamboree), born in Zack, Arkansas (d. 1972)
- Jul 7 Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran politician (d. 2003)
- Jul 7 Lawrence F. O'Brien, American political strategist (Watergate conspirators broke into his office, in-charge of JFK's presidential campaign), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1990) [1]
- Jul 8 Faye Emerson, American actress (I've Got a Secret), born in Elizabeth, Louisiana (d. 1983)
- Jul 8 Glenn Langan, American actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie, Jungle Heat, Rapture), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1991)
- Jul 8 Pamela Brown, British actress (Cleopatra, I Know Where I'm Going!, Beckett), born in London, England (d. 1975)
- Jul 9 Ted Steele, American orchestra leader (Cavalcade of Stars), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1985)
- Jul 10 Don Herbert, American scientist and TV host (Watch Mr Wizard), born in Waconia, Minnesota (d. 2007)
- Jul 10 Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (Andy Capp), born in Hartlepool, County Durham, England (d. 1998)
- Jul 12 Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter (Christina's World), born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (d. 2009)
- Jul 14 Arthur Leavins, English violinist and concertmaster (Royal Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra), born in Leicester, England (d. 1995)
Ben Enwonwu (1917-1994)
Jul 14 Nigerian painter (Portrait of Tutu), born in Onitsha, Nigeria
- Jul 14 Douglas Edwards, American newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI), born in Alda, Oklahoma (d. 1990)
- Jul 15 Robert Conquest, English historian and poet (The Great Terror), born in Great Malvern, Worcestershire (d. 2015)
- Jul 17 Kenan Evren, Turkish soldier and politician, (President of Turkey 1980-1989 by military coup), born in Alaşehir, Manisa Province (d. 2015)
- Jul 17 Lou Boudreau, American Baseball HOF shortstop (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series & AL MVP 1948; Cleveland Indians) and manager (Cleveland, Boston RS, KC A's), born in Harvey, Illinois (d. 2001)
Phyllis Diller (1917-2012)
Jul 17 American comedienne and actress (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number), born in Lima, Ohio
- Jul 18 Henri Salvador, French-Caribbean pop singer, guitarist, and cabaret artist, born in Cayenne, French Guiana (d. 2008)
- Jul 19 Robert Aitken, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
- Jul 19 William Scranton, American Republican Party politician and diplomat, born in Madison, Connecticut (d. 2013)
- Jul 22 H. Boyd Woodruff, American microbiologist whose research led to antibiotics, born in Bridgeton, New Jersey (d. 2017)
- Jul 23 Charles Kerruish, Manx politician and President of Tyndwald Isle of Man, born in Isle of Man (d. 2003)
- Jul 23 John Stokes, British MP (C), born in Sandy, Bedfordshire (d. 2003)
- Jul 23 Kurt Kreuger, Swiss-German actor (Fear, Unfaithfully Yours), born in Michenberg, Germany (d. 2006)
- Jul 23 Ray Scarborough, American MLB pitcher (All Star 1950), born in Mount Gilead, North Carolina (d. 1982)
- Jul 24 Jack Moroney, Australian cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 118; NSWCA), born in Macksville, Australia (d. 1999)
- Jul 24 John Hillaby, English writer and traveller, born in England (d. 1996)
- Jul 24 Robert Farnon, Canadian classical and light music composer and conductor, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
- Jul 24 Simon Slåttvik, Norwegian cross country skier (Olympic gold 18 km individual 1952), born in Valnesfjord, Norway (d. 2001)
Whipper Billy Watson (1917-1990)
Jul 25 Canadian professional wrestler, born in East York, Ontario, Canada
- Jul 26 Bertil Nordahl, Swedish soccer midfielder and manager (15 caps; Atalanta; Olympic gold 1948), born in Hörnefors, Sweden (d. 1998)
- Jul 26 Dickie Burnell, British rower (Olympic gold double sculls 1948), born in Henley-on-Thames, England (d. 1995)
- Jul 27 Bourvil [André Robert Raimbourg], French actor and singer (Le Corniaud; La Grande Vadrouille), born in Prétot-Vicquemare, France (d. 1970)
- Jul 27 Isabelle Kelley, American social worker credited with instigating the US Federal Food Stamp Program, born in Ellington, Connecticut (d. 1997)
- Jul 27 John Cunningham, British Royal Air Force night fighter ace (WW II), born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 2002)
- Jul 27 Moses Rascoe, American blues singer, born in Windsor, North Carolina (d. 1994)
- Jul 30 Eddy Grove, American actor (Dragnet, The Silent Service, Medic), born in New York City (d. 1995)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 2 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British actor and theatre manager (King John, Trilby), dies at 64
- Jul 4 Johan Hendrik Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84
- Jul 8 Tom Thomson, Canadian painter, drowns in unexplained circumstances at 39
- Jul 12 François Fournier, Swiss-French postage stamp forger, dies at 71
- Jul 14 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), dies when shot down as WWI fighter pilot at 29
- Jul 16 (Ludwig) Philipp Scharwenka, German pianist, composer (Sakuntala; Album polonaise), and educator, dies at 70
- Jul 21 Christopher J. Forster, British RAF pilot and officer, dies in battle at 22
- Jul 27 Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Thyroid specialist (Nobel 1909), dies at 75
- Jul 31 Charlie Finlason, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test), dies
- Jul 31 Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881)
- Jul 31 Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887)
