- Jul 1 SDAP wins 4 chairs in Second-Parliamentary election
- Jul 1 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in UK
- Jul 4 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen of France takes her 6th Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Briton Joan Fry
- Jul 4 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses
- Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-French final Rene Lacoste beats Jean Borotra 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6
- Jul 4 A's Lefty Grove beats Yanks Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings
- Jul 10 Jury selection takes place in US John T. Scopes evolution trial
- Jul 10 USSR's official news agency TASS forms
- Jul 10 Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers still observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
- Jul 11 Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government
- Jul 13 French occupation force begins evacuating country
- Jul 16 The first parliament in Iraq opened by King Feisal in Baghdad
- Jul 17 Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits
Historic Publication
Jul 18 Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice")
Adolf Hitler
- Jul 19 19th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy
- Jul 20 Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France
- Jul 20 Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmatie
- Jul 21 John T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial”, Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 & costs
Event of Interest
Jul 22 Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher
Leo Durocher
Event of Interest
Jul 23 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
Lou Gehrig