Historical Events
- Jul 1 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore beats defending 4-time champion R.F. Doherty 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 for his 1st of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
Butch and Sundance Rob Train
Jul 2 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner, Montana
Wimbledon Women's Championship
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper Sterry beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-2 6-2, her 4th of 5 Wimbledon singles titles
1st Governor-General of the Philippines
Jul 4 Former US Federal judge William Howard Taft is installed as the 1st Governor-General of the Philippines, declares an amnesty for all insurgents who take an oath of allegiance
- Jul 12 In Germany a group of 104 aristocrats present a deceleration against dueling, though the tradition will go on
- Jul 12 Striking Canadian salmon fishermen on the Pacific coast, resentful of the non-union Japanese who continue to fish, maroon and imprison 47
- Jul 15 NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0
- Jul 16 The Fawcett Commission headed by Millicent Fawcett is established as a result of an outcry against the treatment of Afrikaners in concentration camps during the South African War
- Jul 20 Morocco signs an agreement with France fixing Morocco's frontier with Algeria, a French colony
- Jul 22 British House of Lords, in its role as court, rules trade unions can be sued for actions of its members - in Taff Vale Case
- Jul 22 Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro
O. Henry Released from Prison
Jul 24 Writer O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank
- Jul 25 Emily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps during the South African War
Dutch History
Jul 31 Abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Irna Phillips, American scriptwriter who created 6 soap operas (Guiding Light), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
- Jul 1 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, English philanthropist (Prisoners' Wives Service), born in London (d. 1996)
- Jul 2 Rex Alston, English sports broadcaster and author (BBC radio), born in Faringdon, Berkshire (d. 1994)
- Jul 3 Ruth Crawford Seeger, American modernist classical and folk music composer (String Quartet, 1931; Rissolty, Rossolty), born in East Liverpool, Ohio (d. 1953)
- Jul 5 Erling Kjellsby, Norwegian organist, educator and composer, born in Christiana, Norway (d. 1976)
- Jul 5 Sergey Vladimirovich Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1992)
- Jul 7 Gustav Knuth, German actor (Sissi, Freddy Unter Fremden), born in Brunswick, Germany (d. 1987)
- Jul 7 Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director (Bicycle Thieves, Sciuscià), born in Sora, Lazio (d. 1974)
- Jul 8 Donald Harden, Anglo-Irish archaeologist, Director of the London Museum, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1994)
- Jul 8 Ludwig Stiel, German pianist, composer, and conductor, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1988)
- Jul 9 Barbara Cartland, English romance author (Camfield #69), born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (d. 2000)
- Jul 9 Jester Hairston, American actor (That's My Mama, Amen), born in Belews Creek, North Carolina (d. 2000)
- Jul 13 Eric Portman, English actor (Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale), born in Yorkshire England (d. 1969)
- Jul 13 Mickey Walker, American boxer (World Welterweight Champion 1922-26; World Middleweight Champion 1926-29), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1981)
- Jul 14 George Tobias, American actor (Bewitched), born in New York City (d. 1980)
- Jul 14 Gerald Finzi, British composer (Dies natalis), born in London, England (d. 1956)
- Jul 15 John Wesley Work III, African-American composer, musicologist and scholar of African-American folklore and music, born in Tullahoma, Tennessee (d. 1967)
- Jul 15 Pyke Koch, Dutch magic realism painter (Dolores' Breakfast), born in Beek, Netherlands (d. 1991)
- Jul 16 Fritz Mahler, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1973)
- Jul 17 Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and writer, leader in Polish Futurist movement and communist, born in Klimontów, Poland (d. 1938)
- Jul 20 Heinie Manush, American Baseball HOF left fielder (MLB All-Star 1934 Washington Sens; AL batting champion 1926 Detroit Tigers), born in Tuscumbia, Alabama (d. 1971)
- Jul 20 Vehbi Koç, Turkish industrialist (Koç Group)and philanthropist, born in Ankara, Turkey (d. 1996)
- Jul 21 Allyn Joslyn, American actor (They Won't Forget; Cafe Society), born in Milford, Pennsylvania (d. 1981)
- Jul 22 Charles Weidman, American choreographer and modern dancer (Candide), born in Lincoln, Nebraska (d. 1975)
- Jul 23 Hank Worden, American actor (The Searcher, Red River), born in Rolfe, Iowa (d. 1992)
- Jul 25 Lila Lee, American actress (Midnight Girl, Blood & Sand), born in Union Hill, New Jersey (d. 1973)
- Jul 25 Walter Breedveld, Dutch writer (Een ship vergaat), born in Den Bosch, Netherlands (d. 1977)
- Jul 26 John Bleifer, Polish actor (Highway to Heaven), born in Zawiercie, Poland (d. 1992)
- Jul 28 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball pitcher (MLB record career double plays [79] 1938-64) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 1979)
Rudy Vallee (1901-1986)
Jul 28 American singer and one of the earliest crooners ("Vagabond Dreams"; "My Time Is Your Time"), born in Island Pond, Vermont
- Jul 28 Sándor Vándor, Hungarian Jewish composer, born in Miskolc, Hungary (d. 1945) [1]
- Jul 30 Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, born in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada (d. 1955)
- Jul 31 Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (Landscape with 2 Personages), born in Le Havre, France (d. 1985)
- Jul 31 Renié [Conley], American Academy Award-winning costume designer (Cleopatra; Kitty Foyle), born in Republic, Washington (d. 1992)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 13 Peter Jackson, Australian heavyweight boxer (International Boxing Hall of Fame), dies from tuberculosis at 40
- Jul 17 John Farmer, English composer, dies at 64
- Jul 18 Alfredo Carlo Piatti, Italian cellist, teacher, and composer, dies at 79
- Jul 20 William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
- Jul 30 Herbert Baxter Adams, American historian (American Historical Association), dies at 51
