Events Date 1927 July | History by KabAstro

Jul 2 Jericho Earthquake in Palestine kills about 500

Wimbledon Men's Championship

Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-French final Henri Cochet wins first of 2 Wimbledon singles crowns; beats Jean Borotra 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

Wimbledon Women's Championship

Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Spaniard Lilí Álvarez 6-2, 6-4 for her first of 8 Wimbledon titles

Jul 4 First flight of the Lockheed Vega, a pilot plus four-passenger monoplane; its 225 HP engine allowed cruising speed of 120 MPH

Sukarno Forms Independence Party

Jul 4 Sukarno and friends form the pro-Indonesian independence party, the PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia, Dutch East Indies

Jul 9 William T. Francis named US minister to Liberia

Ruth Half Way to Record

Jul 12 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth half way to his MLB record of 60 home runs; smacks #30 of Joe Shaute in 9th inning in New York's 7-0 win over Cleveland Indians at Dunn Field

Jul 14 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii

British Men's Open

Jul 15 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: American Bobby Jones retains title; wins wire-to-wire by 6 shots from Fred Robson & Aubrey Boomer

Jul 15 Massacre in Vienna: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police
Jul 16 Augusto César Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua
Jul 17 21st Tour de France: Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg claims first of 2 consecutive titles by 1h 48' 21" from Belgian Maurice De Waele

Ty Cobb's 4,000th Hit

Jul 18 Ty Cobb's 4,000th MLB career hit

Jul 23 Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson's stage comedy "Tommy", starring Alan Bunce, Peg Entwistle, and Sidney Toler, closes at the Gaiety Theatre, NYC, after 232 performances
Jul 24 The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres