Events in History
- Jul 13 David Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"
Historic Expedition
Jul 19 Richard E. Byrd, Laurence McKinley Gould, and their polar expedition team return to the United States following the first exploration of the interior of Antarctica
- Jul 20 106°F (41°C), Washington, D.C. (district record)
- Jul 21 110°F (43°C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
- Jul 21 US Veterans Administration forms
- Jul 23 Earthquake strikes Ariano in Italy, 1,500 killed
- Jul 23 Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with HRs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th)
- Jul 25 Philadelphia Athletics triple steal in 1st and 4th innings vs Cleveland
- Jul 28 114°F (46°C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)
- Jul 29 115°F (46°C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record)
- Jul 29 Airship R100, 1st passenger-carrying flight from England to Canada
Birthdays in History
- Jul 1 Andreas JAI Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Schipluiden/Leiderdorp)
- Jul 1 Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier and first female General officer in US Marine Corps, born in Durand, Michigan (d. 2013)
- Jul 2 Carlos Menem, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (1989-99), born in Anillaco, Argentina (d. 2021)
- Jul 4 Yury Tyukalov, Soviet rower (Olympic 1952,56 Gold), born in Leningrad, Russia (d. 2018)
- Jul 6 Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (Signs & Wonders), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2016)
- Jul 6 Hans-Jürgen Heise, German writer, born in Bublitz (d. 2013)
- Jul 11 Harold Bloom, American literary critic, born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2019)
- Jul 15 Charles Kelly, chief constable (Staffordshire England)
- Jul 15 Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
- Jul 15 Stephen Smale, American mathematician
- Jul 16 Michael Bilirakis, American politician, Republican U.S. House of Representatives from Florida, born in Tarpon Springs, Florida
- Jul 20 Yuri Petrovich Artyukin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 14)
- Jul 24 Boris Nikolayevich Belousov, Soviet cosmonaut, born in Khotimsk, Mogilyov Oblast (d. 1998)
- Jul 24 Charles Hambro, English banker, multi-millionaire and CEO (Hambros) (d. 2002)
- Jul 25 Alice Parizeau, Polish-born Quebec writer and essayist, born in Łuniniec, Poland (d. 1990)
- Jul 26 Sarah A. Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, British Conservative politician, born in Dublin
- Jul 27 Ronald Dearing, British civil servant and chairman (British Post Office), born in Kingston upon Hull, England (d. 2009)
- Jul 27 Shirley Williams, British politician (Labour Party; Social Democratic Party; Liberal Democrat), born in London, England (d. 2021)
- Jul 28 Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), born in Schaerbeek, Belgium (d. 2006)
- Jul 31 Oleg Popov, Russian clown and circus artist, born in Vyrubovo, Moscow (d. 2016)
Weddings in History
Emilio Aguinaldo
Jul 14 1st Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo (61) weds second wife Maria Agoncillo (51) at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan
Deaths in History
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
Jul 7 British author who brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice, dies at 71
- Jul 8 Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1906-12), dies at 74
- Jul 19 Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1884-87), dies at 85
- Jul 23 Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer and airplane builder, dies at 52
- Jul 28 Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel Prize 1911), dies at 68
- Jul 30 Joan Gamper, Swiss-Catalan businessman and founder of FC Barcelona, dies at 52
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