- Jul 1 Dutch soccer clubs Sportclub Enschede & Enschedese Boys merge to form FC Twente '65 FC (2009-10 Eredivisie champions)
- Jul 1 Kinderstraf trial starts
- Jul 3 USSR and Persia sign dam building and economic aid pact
- Jul 3 Harold Strachan, member of the Communist Party of South Africa and Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress, is served with a restriction order in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act
- Jul 9 John Edrich completes 310* v NZ in 532 minutes, 52 fours 5 sixes
- Jul 9 Senators Frank Howard ties record with 7 strikeouts in DH
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Jul 11 Israeli Mapai-party nominates David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
- Jul 14 Australian Ronald Clarke runs world record 10k (27:39.4)
- Jul 14 Israeli/Jordanian border fights
- Jul 14 US Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km)
- Jul 15 "Mariner IV" sends back 1st pictures of Mars
- Jul 15 Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece
- Jul 16 Mont Blanc Road tunnel between France & Italy opens
- Jul 18 Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit
- Jul 20 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record)
- Jul 21 Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact
Event of Interest
Jul 22 Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Home as leader of the British Conservative party
Edward Heath
Alec Douglas-Home
Event of Interest
Jul 27 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking
Lyndon B. Johnson