Historical Events
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 5 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In the first all-French final Jean Borotra beats René Lacoste 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
- Jul 6 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England
- Jul 7 American Robert LeGendre sets then long jump world record at 25' 5½" in Paris, France
- Jul 10 Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim
- Jul 10 Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam
- Jul 11 Muslim-Hindu rebellion in Delhi, India
- Jul 13 Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6)
- Jul 16 Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
- Jul 16 NY Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit HRs in 6 cons games
- Jul 17 St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
- Jul 18 KPD points out Rote Frontkampferbund against Nazi
- Jul 20 18th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy
- Jul 20 Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) forms in Paris
- Jul 20 Tehran, Persia comes under martial law after the American vice consul, Robert Imbrie, is killed by a religious mob enraged by rumors he had poisoned a fountain and killed several people
- Jul 27 VIII Summer Olympic Games close in Paris, France
- Jul 29 Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Ruth Olay, American jazz and cabaret singer, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2021)
- Jul 2 Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), born in Reedley, California (d. 1970)
- Jul 3 S. R. [Sellapan Ramanathan] Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (1999-2011), born in Singapore (d. 2016)
- Jul 4 Eva Marie Saint, American actress and producer (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest, People Like Us), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Jul 5 János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2013)
- Jul 5 Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator, born in Holzminden, Germany (d. 2001)
- Jul 6 Louie Bellson, American jazz drummer and orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show), born in Rock Falls, Illinois (d. 2009)
- Jul 6 Robert Michael White, American test pilot (X-15), born in New York City (d. 2010)
- Jul 7 Dieter Nowka, German composer, conductor and musicologist, born in Madlow, Germany (d. 1998)
- Jul 7 Mary Ford [Iris Colleen Summers], American vocalist (with Les Paul - "How High The Moon"), born in El Monte, California (d. 1977)
- Jul 8 Johnnie Johnson, American blues, jazz, and rock piano player (Chuck Berry's band), born in Fairmount, West Virginia (d. 2005)
- Jul 9 Leonard Pennario, American concert pianist (Rózsa's Piano Concerto with L.A. Philharmonic), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2008)
- Jul 9 Pierre Cochereau, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1984)
- Jul 10 Bobo Brazil [Houston Harris], American pro wrestler (WWF HOF), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1998)
- Jul 10 Johnny Bach, American basketball coach (Fordham Uni, Penn State Uni; NBA C'ship 1991-93 Chicago Bulls assistant coach), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)
- Jul 11 Brett Somers [Audrey Johnston], Canadian-American actress (The Odd Couple - "Blanche Madison"), and TV personality (Match Game), born in Miramichi, New Brunswick (d. 2007)
- Jul 11 César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (d. 2005)
- Jul 11 Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971)
- Jul 11 Claus Bremer, German dramatist, born in Hamburg (d. 1996)
- Jul 12 Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2003)
- Jul 13 Carlo Bergonzi, Italian operatic tenor, born in Vidalenzo, Italy (d. 2014)
- Jul 15 David Cox, English statistician and warden (Nuffield College, Oxford), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2022)
- Jul 15 Jeremiah Denton, American politician (Senator-R-Alabama, 1981-86), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2014)
- Jul 16 Bess Myerson, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2014)
- Jul 18 Earl Beal, American doo-wop baritone (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), born in Demora, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
- Jul 18 Howard A. Roberts, American choral director (Leslie Uggams Show), born in Burlington, New Jersey (d. 2011)
- Jul 18 Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (youngest female Olympic Games medalist in an individual event [12] bronze 200m breaststroke 1936), born in Skovshoved, Denmark (d. 2011)
- Jul 18 John Cruickshank, French scholar (d. 1995)
- Jul 19 Arthur Rankin, Jr, American director, producer, and screenwriter (Rankin/Bass Productions -The Year Without A Santa Claus; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty The Snowman), born in New York City (d. 2014)
- Jul 19 Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle, American actor (Hang 'em High, Splendor in the Grass, Batman Returns), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2009)
- Jul 19 Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (27th Governor of Wyoming), born in Osceola, Nebraska (d. 2005)
- Jul 20 Hans Lodeizen [Johannes Frederik], Dutch poet (Het innerlijk behang (The Inner Wallpaper)), born in Naarden, Netherlands (d. 1950)
- Jul 20 Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country; Kid Galahad; A Cold Wind in August), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2017)
- Jul 20 Mort Garson, Canadian-American composer ("Our Day Will Come") and Moog synthesizer pioneer, born in St. John, New Brunswick (d. 2008)
- Jul 20 Robert D. Maurer, American scientist and co-inventor of optical fiber, born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Jul 20 Thomas Berger, American novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man), born in Cincinnati, Ohio, (d. 2014)
- Jul 21 Don Knotts, American actor (Andy Griffth Show, 3's Company), born in Morgantown, West Virginia (d. 2006)
- Jul 22 Bill Perkins, American cool jazz tenor saxophonist (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; Bud Shank; The Tonight Show Band, 1970-82), and recording engineer, born in San Francisco, California, (d. 2003)
- Jul 22 Margaret Whiting, American singer ("It Might As Well Be Spring"; "Time After Time"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2011)
- Jul 23 Betsy Haworth, Church of England deaconess and minister, born in Leigh, Lancashire (d. 2007)
- Jul 23 Gavin Lambert, British-American screenwriter (Inside Daisy Clover), born in East Grinstead, England (d. 2005)
- Jul 24 Charles K. Johnson, American President of the Flat Earth Society, born in San Angelo, Texas (d. 2001)
- Jul 24 David Loram, British vice-admiral (Supreme Allied Commander), born in London (d. 2011)
- Jul 24 Edward Digby, 12th Baron Digby, British Army (Coldstream Guards) officer (d. 2018)
- Jul 24 Glenn Loren Glasow, American composer, born in Pine County, Minnesota (d. 2002)
- Jul 24 Janine Charrat, French ballerina and choreographer, born in Grenoble, France (d. 2017)
- Jul 25 Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (United States Senator from Idaho), born in Boise, Idaho (d. 1984)
- Jul 26 Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter and anti-apartheid activist, born in Phokoane, Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (d. 1994)
- Jul 26 John Kilgour, British physician and director of prison medical services (Home Office), born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 2008)
- Jul 27 Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili, Georgian composer, conductor, teacher, and musicologist, born in Tbilisi, Georgia SSR (d. 1989)
- Jul 27 Vincent Canby, American movie critic (NY Times), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
- Jul 28 Irving Burgie [Lord Burgess], American Caribbean music composer and musician ("Day-O"), born in New York City (d. 2019)
- Jul 28 Peter Green, British insurance underwriter (CEO of Lloyd's of London) (d. 1996)
- Jul 29 Arnold Weinstock, English industrialist (GEC managing director), born in London, England (d. 2002)
Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)
Jul 29 American victim in the Black Dahlia case, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jul 29 Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (Point Blank, Dynasty, Batman), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
- Jul 29 Robert Horton [Meade Howard Horton Jr.], American actor and singer (Kings Row; Wagon Train; Arena), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
- Jul 30 C. T. Vivian, American civil rights activist, worked with Martin Luther King, born in Boonville, Missouri (d. 2020)
- Jul 30 Christopher Shaw, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1995)
- Jul 30 William H. Gass, American novelist and philosopher (Omensetter's Luck), born in Fargo, North Dakota (d. 2017)
- Jul 31 Alec Head, French horse trainer and breeder (6 x champion trainer France; 4 x Arc de Triomphe; owner Haras du Quesnay), born in Maisons-Laffitte, France (d. 2022)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 2 Matsukata Masayoshi, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1891-1892, 1896 -1898), dies at 89
- Jul 10 Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz, Dutch general (ended Aceh War) and Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
- Jul 13 Alfred Marshall, English economist (Principles of Economics), dies at 81
- Jul 21 Dudley Allen Sargent, American physician and educator (Harvard U gymnasium), dies at 74
- Jul 23 Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar, dies at 64
- Jul 27 Ferruccio Busoni, Italian piano prodigy, composer (Fantasia Contrappuntistica; Arlecchino), conductor, and pedagogue, dies of heart failure at 58
