- Jul 1 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
- Jul 1 Cleve Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Det Tigers, 2-1
- Jul 2 Bill Veeck buys St Louis Browns from Bill & Charlie DeWitt
- Jul 2 "Bob & Ray show" premieres on NBC radio
- Jul 2 Hugo Yarnold stumps 6 at Dundee, Worcester v Scotland
- Jul 2 Island advisor of Curacao installed
- Jul 2 Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system
- Jul 5 Dodgers sweep the Giants & lead by 7½ games (Giants will win pennant)
Historic Invention
Jul 5 Dr William Shockley invents the junction transistor (Murray Hill, NJ)

William Shockley
Event of Interest
Jul 9 US President Harry Truman asks Congress to formally end state of war with Germany

Harry Truman
- Jul 10 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
- Jul 10 Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong
- Jul 12 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Illinois
- Jul 12 NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleve Indians, 8-0
- Jul 14 "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances
- Jul 14 "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 102 performances
- Jul 14 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
- Jul 14 Citation becomes 1st horse to win $1,000,000 in races
- Jul 14 George Washington Carver monument unveiled
- Jul 16 King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates
- Jul 16 Len Hutton scores his 100th 100, Yorkshire v Surrey at The Oval
Historic Publication
Jul 16 Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published by Little Brown and Company

J. D. Salinger
Event of Interest
Jul 18 Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion

Jersey Joe
Event of Interest
Jul 21 Dalai Lama returns to Tibet

Tenzin Gyatso
Film Release
Jul 28 Walt Disney's animated musical film "Alice In Wonderland" released

Walt Disney
- Jul 29 38th Tour de France won by Hugo Koblet of Switzerland
- Jul 31 Japan Airlines is established