Events in History
- Jul 1 Proclamation removes "Dei Gratia" (by the Grace of God) from Canadian coins
- Jul 1 The German gunboat 'Panther' arrives off Agadir allegedly to protect German interests and nationals in Morocco
- Jul 4 105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)
- Jul 4 106°F (41°C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)
- Jul 8 Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcontinenal trip by horse
- Jul 10 105°F (41°C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)
- Jul 11 Forest fire destroys Canadian town of South Porcupine, Ontario, killing at least 70 people [1]
- Jul 13 Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side
- Jul 14 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines
- Jul 15 46" of rain (beginning 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines
- Jul 17 Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army
- Jul 20 Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany
Hiram Bingham Discovers Machu Picchu
Jul 24 American explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas
Birthdays in History
- Jul 1 Sergey Sokolov, Russian-Soviet marshal and Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1984-87), born in Yevpatoria, Russian Empire (d. 2012)
- Jul 2 Diego Fabbri, Italian playwright and leader (Vatican movie bureau), born in Forli, Italy (d. 1980)
- Jul 4 Mitch Miller, American oboist and recording producer (Sing Along with Mitch), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2010)
Georges Pompidou (1911-1974)
Jul 5 French President (1969-74) and Prime Minister (1962-68), born in Paris, France
- Jul 9 John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (first American involved in the theoretical development of the atomic bomb), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2008)
- Jul 9 Mervyn Peake, British writer and illustrator (Gormenghast books), born in Lushan District, Jiangxi, China (d. 1968)
- Jul 9 Simon Fraser [Shimi], Lord Lovat, Scottish 25th head of clan Fraser and cattle breeder, born in Inverness, Scotland (d. 1995)
- Jul 12 Johanna Moosdorf, German writer (Next Door), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2000)
- Jul 15 Edward Shackleton, English explorer, geographer and Labour Party politician, born in Wandsworth, London (d. 1994)
- Jul 15 Juliet Pannett, English portrait painter (Illustrated London News), born in Hove, East Sussex, England (d. 2005) [1]
- Jul 17 Yang Jiang, Chinese writer (Six Chapters From My Life ‘Downunder,’), born in Beijing (d. 2016)
- Jul 18 Alexander Hyatt King, Mozart scholar, born in Beckenham, England (d. 1995)
- Jul 21 Jozef Cyrankiewicz, Polish politician, Premier Poland (1947-52, 1954-70), born in Tarnow, Poland (d. 1989)
Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)
Jul 21 Canadian writer and 'prophet of the digital age' (the medium is the message), born in Edmonton, Alberta
- Jul 27 Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (The Blaze of Noon), born in Lockwood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire (d. 1981)
- Jul 27 Wilfrid Oulton, British Royal Air Force officer, born in Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire (d. 1997)
- Jul 29 Foster Furcolo, American politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
- Jul 29 Iakovos, Archbishop of North and South America (Greek Orthodox), born in Agios Theodoros, island of Imvros, Ottoman Empire (d. 2005)
Weddings in History
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Jul 5 "Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery (36) weds Ewen MacDonald in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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