Historical Events in July 1927

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Spaniard Lilí Álvarez 6-2, 6-4 for her first of 8 Wimbledon titles

Jul 2 Jericho Earthquake in Palestine kills about 500
Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-French final Henri Cochet wins first of 2 Wimbledon singles crowns; beats Jean Borotra 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

Historic Event

Jul 4 Sukarno and friends form the pro-Indonesian independence party, the PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia, Dutch East Indies

Jul 4 First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
Jul 9 William T Francis named US minister to Liberia

Baseball Record

Jul 12 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth half way to his MLB record of 60 home runs; smacks #30 of Joe Shaute in 9th inning in New York's 7-0 win over Cleveland Indians at Dunn Field

Jul 14 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii

British Golf Open

Jul 15 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: American Bobby Jones retains title; wins wire-to-wire by 6 shots from Fred Robson & Aubrey Boomer

Jul 15 Massacre in Vienna: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police
Jul 16 Augusto César Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua
Jul 17 21st Tour de France: Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg claims first of 2 consecutive titles by 1h 48' 21" from Belgian Maurice De Waele

Sports History

Jul 18 Ty Cobb's 4,000th MLB career hit

Jul 24 The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres
Jul 27 Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)
Jul 29 1st iron lung installed (Bellevue hospital, NY)
Jul 29 Phil Mead scores his 100th 100, Hampshire v Northants

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