- Jul 1 Canada restores gold standard
- Jul 2 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguished Flying Cross authorized, to award "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight"
Wimbledon Men's Championship
Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frenchman Jean Borotra wins his second Wimbledon singles title 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 over American Howard Kinsey
Appointment of Interest
Jul 9 Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander in China
- Jul 9 Coup under General Sinel de Cordes in Portugal
- Jul 10 Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage
US Golf Open
Jul 10 US Open Men's Golf, Scioto CC: Amateur Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open 2 weeks earlier, claims the second of his 4 US Opens, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joe Turnesa
- Jul 12 Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu
Nurmi World Record
Jul 12 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)
- Jul 13 Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi sets world record 3000m (8:20.4) in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jul 15 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
- Jul 16 Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc
- Jul 16 National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos
- Jul 17 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4)
- Jul 18 20th Tour de France won by Lucien Buysse of Belgium
- Jul 18 The South Africa author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
- Jul 19 2nd French government of Édouard Herriot, forms
- Jul 20 A convention of the Methodist Church votes to allow women to become priests.
- Jul 22 105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)
- Jul 22 108°F (42°C), Troy, NY (state record)
- Jul 22 Cincinnati Reds right fielder Curt Walker ties National League record of 2 triples in an inning in a 13-1 rout of the Boston Braves
Prime Minister Poincaré
Jul 23 French government of Raymond Poincaré forms
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