Events in History
Conference of Interest
Jul 3 Intergovernmental Conference on Identity Certificates for Russian Refugees, convened by Fridtjof Nansen in Geneva, creates the Nansen passports (for stateless persons)
- Jul 5 1st general election in Netherlands
- Jul 5 Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
- Jul 5 Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
- Jul 6 Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy
- Jul 15 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at Bronx Zoological Park, New York City
- Jul 17 Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto
- Jul 20 French and British Togoland make separate mandates within the League of Nations
- Jul 22 Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St Louis teams are on top
- Jul 27 International Geographical Union forms in Brussels
- Jul 29 Greek troops defeat Turkish forces and are on their way to Constantinople, but the Allies forbid them taking the city
- Jul 31 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minnesota)
- Jul 31 General strike in Italy against fascist violence
Birthdays in History
- Jul 2 Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer, born in San Biagio di Callalta, Italy (d. 2020)
- Jul 3 Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter (Africa, Antilles), born in Liege, Belgium (d. 2010)
- Jul 3 François Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village), born in Paris (d. 1993)
- Jul 3 Tom Hudson, British artist and teacher, born in Horden, County Durham, England (d. 1997)
- Jul 12 Clark MacGregor, American Republican politician (involved in Watergate), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2003)
- Jul 12 Mark Hatfield, American politician (29th Governor of Oregon), born in Dallas, Oregon (d. 2011)
- Jul 12 Michael Ventris, English architect who deciphered Linear B, born in Wheathampstead, England (d. 1956)
- Jul 13 Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (1972-3, 75-82), born in Copenhagen (d. 2016)
- Jul 14 Elfriede Rinkel, Nazi concentration camp guard (d. 2018)
- Jul 14 Robin Olds, American World War II and Vietnam War ace fighter pilot (d. 2007)
- Jul 15 Jef Houthuys, Belgian trade unionist (chairman Belgian labor union ACV 1968-87), born in Opwijk, Belgian (d. 1991)
- Jul 15 Jiří Lederer, Czech journalist and anti-communist dissident (Prague Spring), born in Kvasiny, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1983)
- Jul 15 Leon M. Lederman, American experimental physicist (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1988 - for research on quarks and leptons) and author (The God Particle), born in NYC, New York (d. 2018) [1]
- Jul 17 Donald Davie, English Movement poet and literary critic, born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England (d. 1995) [1]
- Jul 18 Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (paradigm shift), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1996)
- Jul 19 George McGovern, American politician and Presidential candidate (D-1972), born in Avon, South Dakota (d. 2012)
- Jul 19 Harold Camping, American evangelist and founder of Family Radio, born in Boulder, Colorado (d. 2013)
- Jul 19 Rachel Robinson, American social activist and humanitarian (The Jackie Robinson Foundation), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 20 Alan S. Boyd, American politician and transportation executive (1st US Secretary of Transportation), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2020)
- Jul 21 Kay Starr [Katherine Starks], American singer (Wheel of Fortune), born in Dougherty Oklahoma (d. 2016)
- Jul 23 Moses Rosen, Chief Rabbi of Romania (1948-94), born in Moineşti, Bacău, Romania (d. 1994)
- Jul 24 Charles Mathias Jr., American Republican politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Frederick, Maryland (d. 2010)
- Jul 24 Madeleine Ferron, French Canadian writer, born in Louiseville, Quebec (d. 2010)
- Jul 25 John B. Goodenough, American materials scientist (lithium-ion battery), solid-state physicist and Nobel laureate in chemistry, born in Jena, Germany (d. 2023)
- Jul 26 Frank Price, CEO (British Waterways Board), born in Birmingham (d. 2017)
- Jul 28 Jacques Piccard, Swiss deep sea undersea explorer (one of the first to explore the Mariana Trench), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2008)
- Jul 30 Henry W. Bloch, American businessman (co-founder of H&R Block) and philanthropist, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2019)
- Jul 31 Lucy Killea, American Californian politician who supported pro-choice, born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2017)
Weddings in History
Lord Mountbatten
Jul 18 British naval officer Louis Mountbatten (22) weds Lord Mount Temple's daughter Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley (20) at St. Margaret's in Westminster, London
Deaths in History
- Jul 4 Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot, dies at 27
- Jul 6 Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver), dies at 59
- Jul 7 Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b.1874)
- Jul 13 Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
- Jul 17 Heinrich Rubens, German physicist (back body radiation), dies at 57
- Jul 19 Cornelis Adrianus Pekelharing, Dutch physician, dies on 74th birthday
- Jul 20 Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (Markov Chain), dies at 66
- Jul 21 Djemal Pasha, Turkish Ottoman military leader (persecuted Armenian people), assassinated by Armenian Revolutionary Federation members at 50
- Jul 22 John Motley Morehead III, American chemist (commercial production of calcium carbide, important for welding), dies at 67
- Jul 22 Jokichi Takamine, Japanese-American biochemist who isolated adrenalin (epinephrine), which causes the body to respond to emergencies, the first pure hormone isolated from natural sources, dies at 67
- Jul 29 Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist and archaeologist, dies at 81
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