Events in History
- Jul 16 Dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practise medicine in Canada.
- Jul 19 San Francisco Public Library starts lending books
- Jul 21 Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY
- Jul 24 1st commercial hydroelectric power plant in the world begins generating electricity in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Jul 27 Alexander P. Ashbourne patents a process for refining coconut oil
- Jul 27 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson is wounded, breaks out
Birthdays in History
Otto Frederick Rohwedder
Jul 7 Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer (invented the bread-slicing machine), born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1960)
- Jul 20 Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer
- Jul 21 Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (d. 1919)
- Jul 26 Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician and statesman, born in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
- Jul 30 Robert R. McCormick, American editor and publisher (Chicago Tribune), born in Chicago (d. 1955)
- Jul 31 Munshi Premchand [Dhanpat Rai], Indian author, born in Lamhi, Benares State, British India (d. 1936)
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