- Jul 1 1st x-ray photo of entire body, taken by Arthur Fuchs of Eastman-Kodak Company in Rochester, New York
- Jul 1 Brookfield Zoo opens in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 2 General Lazaro Cardenas elected president of Mexico
- Jul 3 FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria, Illinois
Atomic Chain-reaction Patented
Jul 4 Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb
- Jul 4 Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment
- Jul 5 "Bloody Thursday" - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco
Gehrig's Record Grand Slam
Jul 5 Lou Gehrig hits record 17th career grand slam in Yankees 8-3 win v Washington, passes Babe Ruth's total
Ryan Wins 12th Doubles Title
Jul 6 American doubles specialist Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles title as she and Simone Mathieu of France defend their crown 6-3, 6-3 vs Dorothy Andrus & Sylvie Henrotin
Perry Defeats Crawford
Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Home favourite Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-3, 6-0, 7-5 for the first of 3 straight Wimbledon titles
- Jul 7 Mary Hirsch, daughter of 3-time Kentucky Derby winning trainer Max Hirsch, becomes first woman to be licensed to train thoroughbred horses in the United States
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothy Round Little of England beats American Helen Jacobs 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 for her first Wimbledon singles title
Event of Interest
Jul 9 SS-Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps
- Jul 10 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, NYC
Baseball Record
Jul 10 NL pitcher Carl Hubbell strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin for MLB All Star game record for consecutive strikeouts; AL still win, 9-7
- Jul 14 116°F (47°C), Orogrande, New Mexico (state record, broken on June 27, 1994)
- Jul 14 NY Times erroneously declares Babe Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time
- Jul 14 Philadelphia Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beating Cincinnati 18-0
- Jul 15 Continental Airlines commences operations.
- Jul 17 Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland
- Jul 20 118°F (48°C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record)
- Jul 21 113°F (45°C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record)
The Death of John Dillinger
Jul 22 Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents
Bradman Makes 304
Jul 23 Australian cricket batting legend Don Bradman completes 304 in drawn 4th Test vs England at Leeds; 430 minutes, 43 x fours, 2 x sixes
PGA Men's Championship
Jul 29 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Park CC: Paul Runyan wins first of his 2 PGA crowns, defeating Craig Wood in 38 holes
- Jul 31 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Fred Perry beats American Frank Shields 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 15-13 to give Great Britain unassailable 3-1 lead to retain title; ends 4-1
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