Tennis Open
Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Moody wins 4th straight Wimbledon singles beating fellow American Elizabeth Ryan 6-2, 6-2
Elizabeth Ryan
- Jul 5 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bill Tilden beats fellow American Wilmer Allison 6-3, 9-7, 6-4 for his 3rd and final Wimbledon singles crown
Herbert Hoover
Donald Bradman
- Jul 12 34th US Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins
- Jul 12 Bradman out for 334 in test cricket at Headingley for Australia, 383 mins, 46 fours
- Jul 13 1st-ever football World Cup competition begins in Uruguay
- Jul 13 David Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"
- Jul 18 SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
- Jul 19 Western Open Women's Golf, Acacia CC: Lucia Mida beats June Beebe 6 & 5 to win the inaugural event and first women's major championship ever played
Event of Interest
Jul 19 Richard E. Byrd, Laurence McKinley Gould, and their polar expedition team return to the United States following the first exploration of the interior of Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
- Jul 20 106°F (41°C), Washington, D.C. (district record)
- Jul 21 110°F (43°C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
- Jul 21 US Veterans Administration forms
- Jul 23 Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed
- Jul 23 Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with HRs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th)
- Jul 25 Philadelphia Athletics triple steal in 1st and 4th innings vs Cleveland
- Jul 27 25th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (4-1)
- Jul 27 24th Tour de France won by Andre Leducq of France
- Jul 28 114°F (46°C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)
- Jul 29 115°F (46°C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record)
- Jul 29 Airship R100, 1st passenger-carrying flight from England to Canada
- Jul 30 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio
- Jul 30 1st FIFA World Cup Final: Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 in the inaugural event in Montevideo, Uruguay
Event of Interest
Jul 31 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13
Lou Gehrig