Events in History
- Jul 1 Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria
- Jul 3 Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
- Jul 3 Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors
Meeting of Interest
Jul 5 Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
Historic Invention
Jul 8 Alfred Carlton Gilbert's patent for the Erector Set is issued, it becomes one of the most popular toys of all time
- Jul 10 Romania declares war on Bulgaria
- Jul 10 World's official highest recorded temperature at Greenland Ranch (now known as Furnace Creek Ranch), Death Valley, California at 134 °F (56.7 °C)
- Jul 12 150,000 Ulstermen gather and resolve to resist Irish Home Rule by force of arms; since the British Liberals have promised the Irish nationalists Home Rule, civil war appears imminent
- Jul 20 Turkish troops take Adrianopel & Erdine from Bulgaria
- Jul 21 The Egyptian government announces a new constitutional system and electoral law
- Jul 23 Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot, Palestine
- Jul 25 A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now African National Congress, is attended by a large number of people from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
- Jul 25 Carl Weilman strikes out 6 times in a 15 inning game
- Jul 29 Independence of the Principality of Albania recognized by the Conference of London
- Jul 30 Conclusion of the Second Balkan War
Birthdays in History
- Jul 1 Jo Sinclair [Ruth Seid], American writer (Wasteland), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
- Jul 3 Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, British Royal Navy officer, born in Inverness, Scotland (d. 1996)
- Jul 3 William Deakin, British historian and warden (St Anthony's College Oxford), born in London (d. 2005)
- Jul 8 Caitlin Thomas (née Macnamara), British author (Leftover Life to Kill) and the wife of the poet and writer Dylan Thomas, born in Hammersmith, London, England (d. 1994)
- Jul 10 Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet, born in Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain (d. 1985)
- Jul 11 Cordwainer Smith [Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger], American sci-fi author (Space Lords), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1966)
- Jul 11 Cordwainer Smith, American writer (d. 1966)
- Jul 12 Willis Lamb, American physicist (Nobel 1955), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
- Jul 13 Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish shipping magnate, born in Hellerup Denmark, (d. 2012)
- Jul 13 Walter Landor [Landauer], German-British industrial and brand designer, and consumer researcher, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1995)
- Jul 14 Fritz Erler, German socialist politician (SDP), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1967)
Gerald Ford (1913-2006)
Jul 14 38th US President (R: 1974-77) and 41st US Vice President (R: 1973-74), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Jul 15 Abraham Sutzkever, Yiddish language poet ("the greatest poet of the Holocaust"), born in Smorgon, Russia (d. 2010)
- Jul 15 Hammond Innes, English author (Hell Below Zero), born in Horsham, England (d. 1998)
- Jul 16 Hugh Ford, British mechanic engineer, born in Northampton, England (d. 2010)
- Jul 17 Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (d. 1997)
- Jul 17 Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and communist (convicted for Holocaust denial), born in Marseille, France (d. 2012)
- Jul 18 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede), born in Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands (d. 1994)
- Jul 23 Michael Foot, British politician (L) and writer, Leader of the Opposition (1980-83), born in Plymouth, Devon (d. 2010)
- Jul 25 John Cairncross, British civil servant and spy (5th man - Cambridge Five), born in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1995)
- Jul 27 Eva Jones, German poet and novelist (Taboo), born in Berlin (d. 1996)
- Jul 27 George L. Street III, American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient, born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 2000)
- Jul 27 Mary Green, headmistress (Kidbrooke School), born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire (d. 2004)
- Jul 27 Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d'Algeria), born in Luino, Italy (d. 1983)
Erich Priebke (1913-2013)
Jul 29 German Nazi SS commander and war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre of 335 Italians in Rome, born in Hennigsdorf, Prussia, Germany [1]
Deaths in History
- Jul 7 Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, dies at 71
- Jul 8 Louis Hémon, French novelist (Maria Chapdelaine), dies at 32
- Jul 19 Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia for one day in 1882, dies at 60
- Jul 29 Tobias Asser, Dutch advocate of world law (Nobel 1911), dies at 75
- Jul 31 John Milne, British geologist (developed the first modern seismograph), dies of Bright's disease at 62
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