What Happened in July 1928

Historical Events

Jul 2 British parliament reduces the age at women can vote to 21 - the same as men (Representation of the People Act 1928)
Jul 2 The Jenkins Television Corporation (owned by Charles Jenkins) goes on air with W3XK, the first television broadcasting station in the USA

Historic Invention

Jul 3 Harry Ferguson granted a patent for his three-point hitch for tractors [1]

Inventor of the Modern Tractor and Aviator Harry Ferguson

Film & TV History

Jul 3 John Logie Baird demonstrates the first colour television transmission in London

Jul 6 1st all-talking motion picture shown in NY (Lights of NY)
Jul 6 Largest recorded hailstone at the time 1.5 lbs (7 inches in diameter) falls in Potter, Nebraska

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-French final René Lacoste beats defending champion Henri Cochet 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Jul 7 American Edward Hamm sets then long jump world record at 25' 11" at Cambridge, Massachusetts

Historic Invention

Jul 7 Sliced bread sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri, using a machine invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.

Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Moody wins 2nd of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles beating Lilí Álvarez 6-2, 6-3
Jul 8 Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
Jul 10 Senator Milt Gaston hurls record tying 14-hit shutout
Jul 12 1st televised tennis match
Jul 15 22nd Tour de France: Defending champion Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg holds yellow jersey from start to finish; his Alcyon team has all 3 podium positions
Jul 19 King Fuad of Egypt seizes power and disbands parliament
Jul 20 The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians
Jul 26 In only his second and final defense of his world heavyweight boxing title, Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium, NYC
Jul 26 New York Yankees score 11 runs in 12th inning, beating Tigers 12-1 in Detroit
Jul 27 AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms
Jul 27 Kent cricket leg-spinner Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July
Jul 28 IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jul 29 23rd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (4-1)
Jul 29 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game

International Lawn Tennis Challenge

Jul 29 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team retains title as Henri Cochet beats American Bill Tilden 9-7, 8-6, 6-4 for 3-1 lead; ends 4-1

Film & TV History

Jul 29 Test footage first created for Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" with Mickey Mouse

Color Motion Pictures

Jul 30 George Eastman shows first amateur color motion pictures to guests at his New York house including Thomas Edison

Inventor and Founder of the Eastman Kodak Company George Eastman

Jul 31 Halina Konopacka of Poland hurls discus world record 39.62m to win first gold medal in women's Olympic athletics at the Amsterdam Games; American Lillian Copeland and Ruth Sveberg of Sweden take minor medals
Jul 31 In the first women’s Olympic track event, American sprinter Elizabeth Robinson equals her own world record 12.2s to win 100m gold medal in Amsterdam; Canadians Fanny Rosenfeld & Ethel Smith dead-heat (12.3s)

Events in 1928

Famous Birthdays

Jul 1 Volker Wangenheim, German conductor and composer (Sinfonia Notturna), born in Berlin (d. 2014)
Jul 2 Estelita Rodriguez, Cuban actress (Rio Bravo, Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose), born in Guanajay, Cuba (d. 1966)
Jul 2 Line Renaud [Jacqueline Ente], French pop and cabaret singer, actress, and AIDS activist, born in Pont-de-Nieppe, France
Jul 3 Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance), born in London (d. 2018)
Jul 3 Günter Bruno Fuchs, German writer, poet and artist, born in Berlin (d. 1977)
Jul 3 John Wills, Lord-Lieutenant of Avon 1974-96, born in Bristol (d. 1998)
Jul 4 Cathy Berberian, American mezzo-soprano and composer (Stripsody), born in Attleboro, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
Jul 4 Giampiero Boniperti, Italian soccer striker (38 caps; Juventus 443 games), executive (chairman Juventus) and politician (deputy in European Parliament), born in Barengo, Italy (d. 2021)
Jul 4 Patrick Tilley, British sci-fi author (1st Family, Blood River)
Jul 4 Paul de Wispelaere, Flemish writer and critic, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 2016)
Jul 4 Sylvius Gerald Marie Rozendal, Premier of Netherlands Antilles, born in Willemstad, Curacao (d. 2003)
Jul 5 Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France (1981-84), born in Cartignies, Nord, France (d. 2013)
Jul 5 Warren Oates, American actor (Dillinger, East of Eden, Stoney Burke), born in Depoy, Muhlenberg County (d. 1982)
Jul 7 Ali Sadikin, Indonesian politician and governor of Jakarta (1966-77), born in Sumedang, West Java, Dutch East Indies (d. 2008)
Jul 7 Patricia Hitchcock, British-American actress, born in London, England (d. 2021)
Jul 8 Carol Henry, American choreographer (Garry Moore Show), born in Newark, New Jersey

Jul 8 Jane Tehira, New Zealand sportsperson (triple international: basketball, softball, hockey), born in Kaikohe, New Zealand (d. 2023)
Jul 8 Norma Donaldson, American stage and screen singer and actress (Across 110th Street; Poetic Justice; The Young And The Restless), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1994)
Jul 9 Federico Bahamontes, Spanish road cyclist (Tour de France 1959; first to win mountain classification in all 3 Grand Tours), born in Santo Domingo-Caudilla, Spain (d. 2023)
Jul 9 Raúl Coloma, Chilean soccer goalkeeper (13 caps; Ferrobádminton, Municipal Santiago, Ferroviaros), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2021)
Jul 9 Vince Edwards, American actor, director, and singer (Ben Casey, The Devil's Brigade, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
Jul 10 Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine auto racer and car manufacturer (De Tomaso Automobili), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2003)
Jul 10 Bernard Buffet, French painter (Expressionism), born in Paris (d. 1999)
Jul 10 Jack Nel, South African cricket batsman (6 Tests, Western Province), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2018)
Jul 10 Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli Bible scholar, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
Jul 11 (Carl) "Bobo" Olson, American boxer World Middleweight Champion, 1953-55), born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (d. 2002)
Jul 11 Andrea Veneracion, Filipina singer, choral conductor (Philippine Madrigal Singers), composer, arranger, and educator, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 2013)

Frank Rosenblatt (1928-1971)

Jul 11 American psychologist (Perceptron), born in New Rochelle, New York

Jul 11 Marcos Calderón, Peruvian soccer coach (Peru 1975-79; Copa América 1975), born in Lima, Peru (d. 1987)
Jul 11 Nic Jonk, Dutch sculptor and painter (Jonas & the Whale), born in Grootschermer, New York (d. 1994)
Jul 11 Robert Washburn, American composer and teacher, born in Bouckville, New York (d. 2013)
Jul 12 Barbara Cowsill, American singer and rock band mother (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly"), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1985)
Jul 12 Elias James Corey, American organic chemist (Nobel 1990), born in Methuen, Massachusetts
Jul 12 Hayden White, American "literary criticism" historian (Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe), born in Martin, Tennessee (d. 2018)
Jul 12 Kathy Staff [Minnie Higginbottom], British actress (Mary Reilly, Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 2008)
Jul 12 Sir Alastair Burnet [James William Alexander Burnet], British journalist and broadcaster (News at Ten), Born in Sheffield, England (d. 2012)
Jul 13 Al Rex [Piccirilli], American rock upright bass player (Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around The Clock"), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
Jul 13 Bob Crane, American DJ and actor (Hogan's Heroes; The Donna Reed Show), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1978)
Jul 13 Donal Michalsky, American composer, born in Pasadena, California (d. 1975)
Jul 13 Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz and session bassist (Shelly Manne; Teddy Edwards; Les McCann), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1999)
Jul 13 Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (d. 2000)
Jul 14 Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, English artist and teacher, born in London, England (d. 1995)
Jul 14 Nancy Olson, American actress (Absent-Minded Professor, Pollyanna), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jul 14 Ole Schmidt, Danish composer and conductor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2010)
Jul 14 Pierre Olaf [Trivier], French actor (Camelot, Don't Drink the Water, Kraft Music Hall), born in Caudéran, Bordeaux (d. 1995)
Jul 15 Carl Woese, American microbiologist
Jul 15 Joseph Arthurlin "Joe" Harriott, Jamaican-British be-bop and free-form jazz alto saxophonist (Abstract), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1973)
Jul 15 Pál Benkő, Hungarian-American chess player, author (Grandmaster; record 8 US Open Championships), born in Amiens, France (d. 2019)
Jul 16 Anita Brookner, English novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, born in London (d. 2016)
Jul 16 Bella Davidovich, Jewish Soviet-American pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel), born in Baku, Azerbaijan
Jul 16 James Kilfedder, Northern Ireland unionist politician, born in Kinlough, Ireland (d. 1995)
Jul 16 Jim Rathmann, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1960; Race of Two Worlds at Monza, 1958), born in Alhambra, California (d. 2011)
Jul 16 Ray Thornton, American politician (Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas), born in Conway, Arkansas (d. 2016)
Jul 16 Robert Sheckley, American sci-fi author (10th Victim, Mindswap), born in New York City (d. 2005)
Jul 16 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1993)
Jul 17 Jean Muir, British fashion designer and dressmaker, born in London (d. 1995)
Jul 17 Joe Morello, American jazz drummer (Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Blue Rondo à la Turk"), born in Springfield, Massachussets (d. 2011)
Jul 17 Vince Guaraldi, American jazz pianist and composer ("Cast Your Fate to the Wind"; Peanuts TV specials), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1976)
Jul 18 Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer and poet, born in Amsterdam (d. 2009)
Jul 19 John Bratby, English painter and writer (Breakdown), born in Wimbledon, London (d. 1992)
Jul 20 Charles David Ganao, Djambala, French Equatorial Africa, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (1996-1997), (d. 2012)
Jul 20 Jan Meyers, American politician (Rep-R-Kansas, 1985-97), born in Lincoln, Nebraska (d. 2019)
Jul 20 Pavel Kohout, Czech-Austrian playwright (Poor Murderer), poet, novelist (I Am Snowing), and dissident (Charter 77), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Jul 20 Peter Ind, British jazz double bassist, born in Middlesex, England (d. 2021)
Jul 21 Chuck Low, American actor (Goodfellas; Once Upon A Time In America), born in New York City (d. 2017)
Jul 21 Sky Low Low [Marcel Gauthier], Canadian professional wrestler, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1998)
Jul 22 (William) "Keter" Betts, American jazz double bassist (Dinah Washington; Charlie Byrd; Ella Fitzgerald), born in Port Chester, New York (d. 2005)
Jul 22 Georg Dreyfus, German-Australian classical and film score composer, born in Elberfeld, Germany
Jul 22 Orson Bean, American actor and comedian (To Tell the Truth), born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 2020)
Jul 23 Bill Lee, American session double-bassist, and film score composer (Do The Right Thing; She's Gotta Have It), born in Snow Hill, Alabama (d. 2023)
Jul 23 Cy Young, American athlete and only US male to win gold in javelin throwing (1952 Olympics), born in Modesto, California (d. 2017)
Jul 23 Hubert Selby Jr., American author (Last Exit to Brooklyn), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2004)
Jul 23 Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor (Annapolis Symphony, 1970-82), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2020) [1]
Jul 23 Vera Rubin, American astronomer who discovered dark matter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
Jul 25 Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (The Rites of May), born in Pagsanjan, Philippines (d. 1988)
Jul 26 Elliott Erwitt [Elio Romano], French-American photographer (Gimme Shelter), born in Paris, France
Jul 26 Hans Haselböck, Austrian organist and composer, born in Nesselstauden, Lower Austria (d. 2021)
Jul 26 Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet, born in Allahabad, India (d. 1980)
Jul 26 Joe Jackson, American talent manager (Jackson 5), and patriarch of the Jackson family, born in Fountain Hill, Arkansas (d. 2018)
Jul 26 Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Alberta), born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (d. 2012)

Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)

Jul 26 American director (2001 A Space Odyssey, Dr Strangelove, Lolita), born in The Bronx NY

Jul 26 Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Four Essays; Psychodrama; Voices From Afar), co-founder of Warsaw Autumn festival, and educator, born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland (d. 1981)
Jul 27 Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler, born in Zapotlán de Juárez, Hidalgo, Mexico (d. 2007)
Jul 27 Sakari Mononen, Finnish composer, born in Korpiselkä, Finland (d. 1997)
Jul 28 Adrian Ratiu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)
Jul 28 Anne Braden, American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2006)
Jul 29 Bidzina Alexandrovich Kvernadze, Georgian composer, born in Sighnaghi, Georgia (d. 2010)
Jul 29 Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian pianist, jazz and classical composer, and orchestra leader (State Estrada (Pops) Orchestra), born in Armavir, Armenia (d. 2014)

Li Ka-shing (95 years old)

Jul 29 Hong Kong-Chinese business magnate and entrepreneur (CK Holdings), born in Chao'an, Guangdong, China

Jul 30 Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress (Hard Times), born in Amareleja, Portugal
Jul 30 Joe Nuxhall, American baseball pitcher and sportscaster (youngest MLB player at 15 years, 316 days), born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 2007)
Jul 30 Valentin Muratov, Russian gymnast (4 gold, 1 silver medals 1952, 1956 Olympics), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2006)
Jul 31 Bill Frenzel, American politician (Rep-R-MN, 1971-91), born in St Paul, Minnesota (d. 2014)

Born in 1928