Historical Events
PGA Championship
Jul 3 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oakmont GC: Sam Snead beats Walter Burkemo, 7 & 6 for his 3rd PGA C'ship title
Sam Snead
Historic Invention
Jul 5 Dr William Shockley invents the junction transistor (Murray Hill, NJ)
William Shockley
- Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Dick Savitt wins his only Wimbledon title beating Ken McGregor of Australia 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Jul 6 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Englishman Max Faulkner wins by 2 strokes from Antonio Cerdá of Argentina
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Doris Hart outclasses fellow American Shirley Fry 6-1, 6-0 for her only Wimbledon singles title
Event of Interest
Jul 8 Yankee Joe DiMaggio and manager Casey Stengel feud
Joe DiMaggio
Event of Interest
Jul 9 US President Harry Truman asks Congress to formally end state of war with Germany
Harry Truman
- Jul 10 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
- Jul 10 Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong
- Jul 12 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Illinois
- Jul 12 NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0
- Jul 14 "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances
- Jul 14 "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 102 performances
- Jul 14 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
- Jul 14 George Washington Carver monument unveiled
- Jul 14 In his last race, 1948 Triple Crown champion Citation wins the Hollywood Gold Cup by 4 lengths, to become American racing's first millionaire horse.
- Jul 16 King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates
- Jul 16 Len Hutton scores his 100th 100, Yorkshire v Surrey at The Oval
Historic Publication
Jul 16 Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published by Little Brown and Company
J. D. Salinger
Event of Interest
Jul 18 Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion
Jersey Joe
Event of Interest
Jul 21 Dalai Lama returns to Tibet
Tenzin Gyatso
Film Release
Jul 28 Walt Disney's animated musical film "Alice In Wonderland" released
Walt Disney
- Jul 29 38th Tour de France won by Hugo Koblet of Switzerland
- Jul 31 Japan Airlines is established
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Daryl Anderson, American actor (Animal-Lou Grant), born in Seattle, Washington
- Jul 1 Fred Schneider, American vocalist and guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Jul 1 Trevor Eve, English actor (Shadow Chasers), born in Sutton Coldfield, England
- Jul 1 Anne Feeney, American political activist and singer, born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania
- Jul 1 Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer, born in Ashland, Kentucky
- Jul 2 Joey Puerta, rocker (Ambrosia)
- Jul 2 Michele Santoro, Italian TV journalist
- Jul 2 Sylvia Rivera, American gay liberation and transgender activist and drag queen, born in NYC, New York (d. 2002)
- Jul 3 Mike Corby, English guitarist and keyboardist (The Babys), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Jul 3 Jean-Claude Duvalier "Baby Doc", Deposed Haitian president-for-life (1971-86), born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (d. 2014)
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Richard Hadlee
Jul 3 Sir Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (NZ 86 Tests, 3,124 runs, 431 wickets), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
Richard Hadlee
- Jul 4 Ralph Johnson, American rock drummer (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 4 Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American Democratic politician and Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (1995-2003), born in Greenwich, Connecticut
- Jul 4 John Alexander, Australian tennis player, politician (Australian Open doubles 1975, 82), born in Sydney, NSW
- Jul 5 Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult)
- Jul 5 Rich "Goose" Gossage, American Baseball Hall of Fame relief pitcher (9-time All Star), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Jul 5 Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer and actress, born in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan (d. 2013)
Geoffrey Rush
Jul 6 Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor (Shakespeare in Love, The King's Speech), born in Toowoomba, Queensland
Geoffrey Rush
- Jul 7 Roz Ryan, actress (Amelia-Amen, Occupied), born in Detroit, Michigan
Anjelica Huston
Jul 8 Anjelica Huston, American actress (Prizzi's Honor, The Adams Family), born in Los Angeles, California
Anjelica Huston
- Jul 8 Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)
- Jul 8 Pleas Ned Sublette, composer
- Jul 9 Chris Cooper, American actor (Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jul 10 Phyllis Smith, American actress (Phyllis Vance-The Office), born in The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri
- Jul 10 Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter, born in Timonium, Maryland
- Jul 11 Lawrence J Delucas, PhD/astronaut (STS 50), born in Syracuse, New York
- Jul 11 Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka v NZ 1983)
- Jul 12 Cheryl Ladd, American actress (Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts), born in Huron, South Dakota
- Jul 12 Jamey Sheridan, American actor (Another World), born in Pasadena, California
- Jul 12 Brian Grazer, American film producer, born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 12 Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano, born in Budapest, Hungary
- Jul 13 Didi Conn, [Bernstein], American actress (Denise-Benson, Grease), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 13 Rob Bishop, American politician
- Jul 14 Esther Dyson, computer publisher (Release 1.0), born in Zurich, Switzerland
- Jul 14 Judi Brown, American 400m hurdler (Olympic silver 1984), born in East Lansing, Michigan
- Jul 14 Erich Hallhuber, German actor (d. 2003)
- Jul 15 Jesse Ventura [James Janos], American professional wrestler, actor and politician (Governor of Minnesota 1999-2003), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jul 16 Esther Friesner, American sci-fi author (Witchwood Cradle), born in NYC, New York
- Jul 16 Lorraine Chase, English actress and model (Lame Ducks, Love & Bullets), born in Deptford, England
- Jul 16 Jean-Luc Mongrain, French-Canadian journalist, born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Jul 17 Lucie Arnaz, American actress (Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 18 Bruce Lietzke, American golfer (13 PGA Tour wins; US Senior Open 2003), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2018)
- Jul 18 Elio Di Rupo, Belgian social-democratic politician (50th Prime Minister of Belgium), born in Morlanwelz, Belgium
- Jul 18 Margo Martindale, American actress (The Americans), born in Jacksonville, Texas
- Jul 19 Abel Ferrara, American filmmaker (King of New York), born in The Bronx, New York
- Jul 19 Jayson Stark, American sportswriter (The Athletic), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 20 Larry Black, 4x100 runner (Olympic gold 1972), born in Miami, Florida
- Jul 20 Jeff Rawle, English actor
- Jul 21 Diana Dennis, body builder (Women Physique World), born in Portland, Oregon
- Jul 21 Doug Collins, American basketball player (Olympic silver 1972)
- Jul 21 Slick Watts, NBA (Seattle SuperSonic)
Robin Williams
Jul 21 Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy, Jumanji, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2014)
Robin Williams
- Jul 22 Tisa Farrow, actress (Zombie, Fingers, Grim Reaper), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 22 Steven Springer, Port of Spain, Trinidad, guitarist and songwriter (Sir Lancelot Pinard), (d. 2012)
- Jul 23 Edie McClurg, American actress (Cinderella-1985, Hogan Family), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jul 23 Terry Davis, American actress (Stacey Winthrop-Another World), born in NYC, New York
- Jul 24 Chris Smith, New Zealand politician (Labour), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Jul 24 Lynda Carter, American actress (Wonder Woman, Sky High) and Miss USA (1973), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- Jul 25 Vanessa [Connie Witteman], Dutch model and singer, born in Voorburg, Netherlands
- Jul 25 Verdine White, American bassist (Earth, Wind & Fire), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 26 Bobby Wadkins, American golfer (Senior Players C'ship 2006), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Jul 26 William S. McArthur Jr., American astronaut (STS 58, 74, sk: 92), born in Laurinburg, North Carolina
- Jul 27 Janet Eilber, American actress (Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 28 Greg Gluffria, rock keyboardist (House of Lords-Sahara), born in Washington, D.C.
- Jul 28 Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Jul 28 Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect
- Jul 29 Dean Pitchford, rocker
- Jul 29 Deborah Pryor, California, actress (The Godson)/(Rep-R-Ohio)
- Jul 29 Dan Driessen, American baseball player
- Jul 31 Barry Van Dyke, actor (Battlestar Galactica, Diag Murder), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jul 31 Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Barellan, NSW
- Jul 31 Gerald Anthony, American actor (Marco Dane-General Hospital, One Life to Live), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Jul 3 Author Maya Angelou (23) weds Thomas J. Angelos
Maya Angelou
Wedding of Interest
Jul 31 Musician Ray Charles (20) weds Eileen Williams in Georgia
Ray Charles
Famous Deaths
Arnold Schoenberg
Jul 13 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (Verklärte Nacht) and painter associated with the expressionist movement, dies at 76
Arnold Schoenberg
- Jul 14 Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies at 89
- Jul 19 Max Ettinger, Jewish-German composer (Jiddische Requiem), dies at 77
- Jul 20 Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
- Jul 20 Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death
- Jul 20 Wilhelm, the last Crown Prince of the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, dies at 69
Philippe Pétain
Jul 23 Philippe Pétain, French marshal and Chief of the French State (1940-44), dies at 95
Philippe Pétain