Event of Interest
Jul 1 The last White Rajah, Charles Vyner Brooke cedes Sarawak to the British Crown
Charles Vyner Brooke
- Jul 1 US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion)
- Jul 2 Dutch Beel government forms
- Jul 2 Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam
- Jul 3 1st Dutch government of Beel forms
- Jul 3 The Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed at a mass meeting in Cape Town, attended by 1,500 people
- Jul 4 Anti Jewish riots in Kielce Poland, 42 die
- Jul 4 Philippines gains independence from US
Event of Interest
Jul 4 President Manuel Roxas inaugurated as the 5th President of the Philippines and the first president of the Third Republic at the Independence Grandstand, Manila
Manuel Roxas
British Golf Open
Jul 5 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: In first post-WWII Championship, Sam Snead wins his only Open title, 4 strokes clear of runners-up Johnny Bulla & Bobby Locke
Sam Snead
- Jul 6 "St Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 performances
- Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-American matchup Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough 6-2, 6-4 for her only Wimbledon crown
- Jul 7 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint
- Jul 8 "Tidbits of 1946" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 8 performances
- Jul 8 Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
- Jul 9 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
- Jul 10 Belgian government of Acker resigns
- Jul 11 Kingman Douglass ends term as deputy director of CIA
Music Premiere
Jul 12 Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia" premieres at Glyndebourne Opera Festival
Benjamin Britten
Historic Publication
Jul 14 Dr Benjamin Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" published
Benjamin Spock
- Jul 14 Mass murder of Jews in Kielce, Poland
Event of Interest
Jul 14 Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs
Ted Williams
- Jul 15 British North Borneo Company transfers its rights to modern day Sabah to the British Crown
- Jul 16 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in San Francisco history)
- Jul 16 US court martial sentences 46 members of the SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau
- Jul 21 Jesus T Pinerol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor
- Jul 22 Militant Zionist organisation Irgun bombs the British administrative headquarters for Palestine in southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91 people of various nationalities injuring 46
Event of Interest
Jul 23 Menachem Begin's Zionist militant group Irgun bombs the King David Hotel, the then British administrative headquarters for Palestine
Menachem Begin
Event of Interest
Jul 25 At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team
Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
- Jul 26 Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport
- Jul 27 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs
- Jul 27 French Championships Men's Tennis: Marcel Bernard beats Jaroslav Drobný 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
- Jul 27 45th Women's French Championships: Margaret Osborne beats Pauline Betz (1-6, 8-6, 7-5)
- Jul 30 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico