Historical Events
- Jul 1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium (MLB: Indians, NFL: Browns, 78,189 capacity) opens; demolished 1996
- Jul 1 Ice vending machines introduced in Los Angeles 25 lbs, 15 cents
- Jul 1 Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo)
Moratorium on War Debts
Jul 1 US President Herbert Hoover places a one year moratorium on war debt payments
Boxing Title Fight
Jul 3 German boxer Max Schmeling beats American Young Stribling by TKO in 15 in Cleveland in his first heavyweight title defense; first major fight broadcast live on national radio
- Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the first ever all-German final, Cilly Aussem beats Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 6-2, 7-5
- Jul 4 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium
- Jul 4 1st trailside museum opens in Cleveland Metroparks
- Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sidney Wood Jr beats fellow American Frank Shields in a walkover - ankle injury
- Jul 6 US Open Golf, Inverness Club, Ohio: Billy Burke wins by 1 stroke from George Von Elm in a second 36-hole playoff; longest playoff in tournament history
- Jul 11 NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8
- Jul 12 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game & 21 in 2nd game for 32
- Jul 18 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
- Jul 21 Reno race track, becomes 1st in US to use daily double wagering
- Jul 23 Ashmore & Cartier Islands in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia
- Jul 23 France announces it can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA Olympics
- Jul 24 A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.
- Jul 24 George Gunn gets 183 and son of a gunn George Vernon 100* same innings
World Record
Jul 24 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6)
- Jul 26 25th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France
International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Jul 26 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Henri Cochet beats Fred Perry 6-4, 1-6, 9-7, 6-3 to give France 3-2 win over Great Britain and 5th straight title
- Jul 26 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Midlothian CC: June Beebe beats Mrs. Melvin Jones, 3 & 2 for golf's only major title
- Jul 27 Chilean president Carlos Ibáñez forced out
- Jul 27 Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota destroyed thousands of acres of crops
Event of Interest
Jul 28 Mob hitman Mad Dog Coll allegedly participates in a kidnapping attempt that results in the shooting death of a child, which earns him the nickname "Mad Dog"
- Jul 28 White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Chris Strachwitz, German-born American folk, roots, and world music record producer and label founder (Arhoolie Records), born in Gross Reichenau, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Bogaczów, Poland) (d. 2023) [1]
- Jul 1 Leslie Caron, French-American actress (Gigi, Father Goose), born in Boulogne-Biliancourt, Seine
- Jul 2 Frank Williams, English actor (Dad's Army - "Reverend Farthing"), born in Edgware, Middlesex, England (d. 2022)
- Jul 2 Robert Ito, Canadian-born actor (Quincy, ME - "Sam"), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jul 3 Andres Burnier [Catharina Irma Dessaur], Dutch criminologist and author (Jongensuur), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2002)
- Jul 3 Robert O. Ragland, American film score composer (The Thing With Two Heads), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
- Jul 4 Duncan Lamont, Scottish jazz and session trumpet and saxophone player, arranger, andsongwriter ("I Told You So"), born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 2019)
- Jul 4 Peter Richardson, British cricket batsman (34 Tests, 5 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 126; Worcestershire CCC, Kent CCC), born in Hereford, England (d. 2017)
- Jul 4 Rick Casares, American NFL fullback (Chicago Bears), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2013)
- Jul 4 Stephen Boyd [William Millar], Irish actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur), born in Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (d. 1977)
- Jul 5 Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice, 1st permanent black judge on South African Supreme Court, born in Pretoria, South Africa (d. 2000)
- Jul 5 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, Irish American gangster (inspiration for Jimmy Conway character in Goodfellas), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- Jul 6 Danny White, American singer and bandleader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1996)
- Jul 6 Donal Donnelly, Irish actor (The Godfather: Part III, Dead), born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2010)
- Jul 6 Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist (Birds of September, A Cat’s Diary), born in Kfeir, Lebanon (d. 2018)
- Jul 6 Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jul 6 László Tábori, Hungarian middle/long distance runner (1,500m world record 1955), born in Košice, Slovakia (d. 2018)
- Jul 7 David Eddings, American sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2009)
- Jul 7 Stanley Brock, American actor (UHF, Hard to Kill, Ivan-He's the Mayor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
- Jul 8 Jerry Vale [Gennaro Vitaliano], American pop singer ("Arriverderci Roma"; "Have You Looked Into Your Heart"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2014)
- Jul 8 Louis Ballard [Honganózhe], Native American composer and educator (The Four Moons), born near Quapaw, Oklahoma (d. 2007) [1]
Roone Arledge (1931-2002)
Jul 8 American sports broadcasting executive (President ABC Sports - Monday Night Football; ABC News), born in New York City [1] [2]
- Jul 10 Alice Munro, Canadian author (Dance of the Happy Shades) and Nobel laureate 2013, born in Wingham, Ontario
- Jul 10 Del Insko, harness racer (toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader), born in Amboy, Minnesota
- Jul 10 Julian May, American sci-fi author (Golden Torc, Magnificat), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
- Jul 10 Nick Adams [Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock], American actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
- Jul 11 Hans Klein, German politician (Vice President Bundestag 1990-96), born in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
- Jul 11 Herman de Vries, Dutch sculptor, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands
- Jul 11 Tab Hunter [Arthur Andrew Kelm], American actor (The Girl He Left Behind; Lust In The Dust) and singer ("Young Love"), born in New York City (d. 2018)
- Jul 11 Thurston Harris, American R&B and pop vocalist (The Sharps - "Little Bitty Pretty One"), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1990)
- Jul 11 Tullio Regge, Italian physicist (Regge theory), born in Borgo d'Ale, Italy (d. 2014)
- Jul 12 André Laporte, Flemish composer, born in Oplinter, Tienen, Belgium
- Jul 12 J. Bob Traxler, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan 1974-93), born in Kawkawlin, Michigan (d. 2019)
- Jul 13 Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil's Advocate, Hanky Panky), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2007)
- Jul 14 Donald Eugene Webb, American murderer (record length on FBI Most Wanted List), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1999)
- Jul 14 Sir Robert Stephens, British actor (Uncle Kurt-Holocaust, Chaplin, QB VII, Cleopatra), born in Bristol, England (d. 1995)
- Jul 15 Clive Cussler, American writer (Raise The Titanic, Sahara), born in Aurora, Illinois,
- Jul 15 Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs
- Jul 16 Lady Caroline Blackwood, British journalist and writer (The Last of the Duchess), born in London (d. 1996)
- Jul 16 Norm Sherry, American baseball catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets) and manager (California Angels), born in New York City (d. 2021)
- Jul 18 "Papa" Dee Allen, American percussionist (War - "Cisco Kid"; "The World Is A Ghetto"), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1988)
Marina Popovich (1931-2017)
Jul 20 Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer and test pilot (102 world records), born in Leonenki, Smolensk Oblast, USSR, birth date uncertain
- Jul 20 Phil Coles, Australian sports administrator (International Olympic Committee 1982-2011; AOC 1973-2011), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2023)
- Jul 20 Tony Marsh, English auto racer (record 6 x British Hill Climb Championship), born in Stourbridge, England (d. 2009)
- Jul 21 (Conrad) "Sonny" Clark, American hard pop jazz and session pianist, composer, and group leader (Sonny's Crib), born in Herminie, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
- Jul 21 Gene Fullmer, American boxer (World Middleweight title 1957; NBA [WBA] World Middleweight title 1959-62), born in West Jordan, Utah (d. 2015)
- Jul 21 León Schidlowsky, Chilean-Israeli composer (Absalom; The Darkest Night; Before Breakfast), graphic artist, and painter, born in Santiago, Chile
- Jul 21 Plas Johnson, American be-bop jazz and session saxophonist (sax solo on "The Pink Panther Theme"), born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana
- Jul 22 Charles Huxtable, General commander (English ground armies)
- Jul 22 Perry Lopez, American actor (Chinatown, Death Wish 4), born in New York City (d. 2008)
- Jul 23 Arata Isozaki, Japanese architect (Pritzker Prize - 2019; Art Tower Mito, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Walt Disney headquarters), born in Oito, Japan (d. 2022) [1]
- Jul 23 Guy Fournier, French Canadian author and screenwriter, born in Waterloo, Quebec
- Jul 23 Jan Torell, Swedish director (New Land, Emigrants), born in Limhamm, Sweden
- Jul 23 Richard Searby, Australian lawyer and deputy-chairman (News Corp Ltd-Australia)
- Jul 23 Te Atairangikaahu, Māori Queen for 40 years (1966-2006), born in Waahi Marae, Huntly, New Zealand (d. 2006)
- Jul 23 Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born chess grandmaster, born in Leningrad (d. 2016)
- Jul 24 Alberto Orzan, Italian soccer defender (4 caps; Udinese, Fiorentina), born in San Lorenzo Isontino, Italy (d. 2022)
- Jul 24 Éric Tabarly, French Navy officer and yachtsman (Ostar 1964, 76; Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race 1964), born in Nantes, France (d. 1998)
- Jul 24 Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director (The Tree of Wooden Clogs), born in Bergamo, Italy (d. 2018)
- Jul 25 Kees [Cornelis Pieter] van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2008)
- Jul 25 Murray Day, New Zealand sports administrator (President International Squash Rackets Federation 1975-81), born in Hamilton, New Zealand (d. 2022)
- Jul 25 Paul Danblon, Belgian composer, opera director, opera administrator and scientific journalist, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2018)
- Jul 26 Patti Bown, American jazz pianist and composer (Gene Ammons, Quincy Jones), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2008)
- Jul 26 Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast (Olympic gold horizontal bar 1956, 60, team 1960, 64, vault 1960), born in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, Japan
- Jul 26 Telê Santana, Brazilian soccer winger (Fluminense FC 557 games) and manager (Brazil, Flamengo, Fluminense, Palmeiras, São Paulo), born in Itabirito, Brazil (d. 2006)
- Jul 27 Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (My Mother the Car, Coach), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 2018)
- Jul 27 Khieu Samphan, Cambodian communist politician, born in Rumduol, Svay Rieng, French Protectorate of Cambodia
- Jul 28 Darryl Hickman, American actor (Human Comedy, Tea & Sympathy), born in Hollywood, California
- Jul 28 Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (1960's), born in Wingham, Australia (d. 1992)
- Jul 30 Frederick Swann, American church and concert pipe organist (Riverside Church, NYC, 1952-82; Robert Shuller's Crystal Cathedral Hour of Power), born in Lewisburg, West Virginia (d. 2022)
- Jul 30 Joan Vohs, American model and actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina), born in St Albans, New York (d. 2001)
- Jul 31 Bill Bidwill, American NFL team owner (St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals 1962-2019), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2019)
- Jul 31 Kenny Burrell, American jazz guitarist (Organ Grinder Swing), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 31 Nick Bollettieri, American tennis coach (Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles), born in Pelham, New York (d. 2022)
Famous Weddings
James Joyce
Jul 4 Irish "Ulysses" writer James Joyce (49) and Nora Barnacle (47) finally marry in London registry office after meeting in 1904; remain wed until his death in 1941.
Famous Deaths
Alice Mary Robertson (1854-1931)
Jul 1 American educator, social worker and 2nd woman in US Congress, dies at 77
- Jul 2 Stephen Babcock, American agricultural chemist (Babcock test and father of scientific dairying), dies at 87
- Jul 4 Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Italian WWI general and fascist, dies at 62
- Jul 4 Hussein ibn-Ali, sjarif Mecca/king/kalief of Hedzjaz (1917-24), dies
- Jul 7 Johannes Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 6 wickets, BB 3/64; London County, Transvaal, Western Province), dies from heart failure at 51
- Jul 11 Jean-Louis Forain, French impressionist etcher and lithographer, dies at 78
- Jul 15 Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (Poisson distribution) and economist, dies at 62
- Jul 16 Alice Pike Barney, American painter, dies at 74
- Jul 16 Charles Studd, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Middlesex) and missionary (Cambridge Seven), dies from untreated gallstones at 70
- Jul 18 Oskar Minkowski, German physiologist and physician (pancreas and diabetes), dies at 73
- Jul 24 Willem Treub, Dutch economist and politician, dies at 75
- Jul 27 Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
