- Jul 1 "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 performances
- Jul 1 1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea
- Jul 1 NYC bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents
- Jul 1 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jul 2 Cleveland Indians' pitcher Bob Feller wins his 200th MLB game, 5-3 v Detroit Tigers
- Jul 2 Kinkaku-ji, a Zen Buddihst temple in Kyoto, Japan, burns down
- Jul 2 Henri Queuille is elected the seventh Prime Minister of the Fourth French Republic
- Jul 4 Boston Braves slugger Sid Gordon ties MLB season grand slam record (4) with a bases loaded hit vs Phillies
- Jul 4 Harry Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution)
- Jul 4 The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
- Jul 5 US forces enter combat in the Korean War for the first time, in the Battle of Osan
- Jul 5 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
- Jul 6 German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland
- Jul 7 Korean War: UN Security Council establishes the United Nations Command to combat North Korean forces
- Jul 7 1st Farnborough airshow held
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Budge Patty wins his only Wimbledon singles title 6-1, 8-10, 6-2, 6-3 over Australian Frank Sedgman
- Jul 7 British Open Golf, Royal Troon: Bobby Locke of South Africa retains title by 2 strokes from Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Margaret Osborne duPont 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 for her 3rd straight Wimbledon singles title
- Jul 8 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
Event of Interest
Jul 8 General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief of UN forces in Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Event of Interest
Jul 11 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
Ted Williams
- Jul 12 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws
- Jul 12 Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death
- Jul 13 Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams' elbow
- Jul 13 René Pleven forms French government
- Jul 14 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea
- Jul 16 Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)
- Jul 16 FIFA World Cup Final: Alcides Ghiggia scores a 79th minute winner as Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Jul 17 Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka
- Jul 17 Suppression of Communism Act comes into force in South Africa
- Jul 19 French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
- Jul 19 NY Yanks obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard and Frank Barnes
- Jul 19 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris
- Jul 20 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
- Jul 22 Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge
- Jul 22 King Leopold returns to Belgium after 6 years in exile
- Jul 24 V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral
- Jul 26 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
- Jul 26 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
- Jul 27 US President Harry Truman promises aid to Taiwan
- Jul 29 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run