Events in History
- Jul 12 16th Amendment was passed by congress (power to tax incomes)
Appointment of Interest
Jul 14 German Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow resigns and is replaced by Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Event of Interest
Jul 27 Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s
- Jul 30 French chemist Eugène Schueller founds L'Oréal with his new range of hair dyes
Birthdays in History
- Jul 1 Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan novelist (La vida breve), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1994)
- Jul 1 Madge Evans, American TV panelist (Masquerade Party), born in NYC, New York (d. 1981)
- Jul 2 Hermann Bengtson, German historian (Greeks Ancient Times), born in Ratzeburg, Germany (d. 1989)
- Jul 3 Earl Butz, 18th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76), born in Albion, Indiana (d. 2008)
- Jul 3 Lucy Kroll, American talent agent, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1997)
- Jul 3 Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks), born in Athens, Greece (d. 1996)
- Jul 4 Lynette Roberts, British poet, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1995)
- Jul 4 Madeleine Barot, French activist and theologian, born in Châteauroux, France (d. 1995)
- Jul 5 Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (President of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), born in Staryya Hramyki, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1989) [NS 7/18]
- Jul 8 Petar Šegedin, Croatian novelist (Holy Devil), born in Žrnovo, island of Korčula (d. 1998)
- Jul 10 Donald William Sinclair, co–proprietor of the Gleneagles Hotel and the inspiration for the character Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers (d. 1981)
- Jul 11 Jacques Clemens, Dutch Catholic priest, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2018)
- Jul 12 Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1999)
- Jul 12 Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose, British Conservative Lower house leader (1941-45), born in Surrey, England (d. 1995)
- Jul 13 Souphanouvong, President of Laos (1975-87), born in Louangphrabang, Laos (d. 1995)
- Jul 16 Geoffrey Bryan Bentley, British Canon of Windsor and moral theologian (d. 1996)
- Jul 17 Hardy Amies, English royal dressmaker (Queen Elizabeth II), born in London, England (d. 2003)
- Jul 18 Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (President of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), born in Staryya Hramyki, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1989) [OS 7/5]
- Jul 18 Mohammed Daoud Khan, 1st President of Afghanistan (1973-78) and Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-63), born in Kabul, Afghanistan (d. 1978)
- Jul 20 Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (d. 1969)
- Jul 21 Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, English Egyptologist, born in London, England (d. 1996)
- Jul 24 John William Finn, American US Navy sailor, awarded the 1st Medal of Honor of WWII for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, born in Compton, California (d. 2010)
- Jul 26 Peter Thorneycroft, British politician, born in Dunston, Staffordshire (d. 1994)
- Jul 28 Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (Under the Volcano), born in New Brighton, England (d. 1957)
- Jul 30 C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (Pursuit of Progress), born in Barnard Castle, County Durham, England (d. 1993)
Deaths in History
- Jul 8 Gaston, Marquis de Gallifet, French general and Minister of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
- Jul 9 Kasimir Felix Badeni, Premier of Polish/Austria (1895-97), dies at 62
- Jul 11 Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American scientist, mathematician and astronomer (calculated extremely accurate tables for the solar system), dies at 74
- Jul 22 D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65
- Jul 23 Ernest F. Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65
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