- Jul 1 The South African Press Association (SAPA) is established as a non-governmental institution by South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the sharing of news, both national and international
- Jul 1 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Don Budge beats England's Henry Austin 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 for the 3rd leg of his Grand Slam
Wimbledon Women's Championship
Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Helen Jacobs 6-4, 6-0 in 4th final between the pair (Wills Moody won all 4)
- Jul 3 British East Coast Main Line locomotive No. 4468 "Mallard" reached a speed of 202.6 km/h (126 mph) setting new record for steam powered trains
Eternal Flame Lit at Gettysburg
Jul 3 President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield
- Jul 4 France-Turkish friendship treaty
- Jul 4 Phillies complete move to Shribe Park in Philadelphia, lose 10-5 to Boston Bees
- Jul 5 Herb Caen's 1st column in San Francisco Chronicle
- Jul 6 6th MLB All Star Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati on 4 AL errors
- Jul 8 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC,: Englishman Reg Whitcombe wins his only major title by 2 strokes from Jimmy Adams of Scotland in treacherous, windy conditions
- Jul 8 Would be start of England v Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
- Jul 10 "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic
Event of Interest
Jul 10 Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours
- Jul 13 Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland
Mussolini's Manifesto
Jul 14 Benito Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish African manifesto
- Jul 15 Arthur Fagg becomes first batsman in first-class cricket history to score double centuries in both innings of a match; 244 and 202 for Kent v Essex at Colchester
Room Service
Jul 16 John Murray and Allen Boretz's stage comedy "Room Service", starring Sam Levene, Eddie Albert, and Phillip Loeb, closes at the Cort Theatre, NYC, after 500 performances
PGA Men's Championship
Jul 16 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Shawnee CC: 1934 champion Paul Runyan dominates the heavily favoured Sam Snead, 8 & 7; largest victory margin ever in the event's match play format
- Jul 17 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan leaves NY flying for LA, winds up in Ireland supposedly by mistake
Oops, Wrong Way!
Jul 18 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland after a 28 hours flight, supposedly left NY flying for California
- Jul 20 IOC awards Helsinki, Finland 1940 Summer Olympic Games after Tokyo, Japan withdraws (Second Sino-Japanese War)
Nobilissima Visione
Jul 21 Paul Hindemith and Leonide Massine's ballet Nobilissima Visione premieres in London
Bradman's Century at Headingley
Jul 23 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test
- Jul 25 Jewish artisans not allowed in Germany
- Jul 25 Revolutionary offensive of Ebro Spain (Hollander Piet)
- Jul 26 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC
- Jul 28 34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launched at Birkenhead
- Jul 28 Don Bradman scores 202 Australia v Somerset, 225 mins, 32 fours
- Jul 29 Olympic National Park established in Washington state, longest undeveloped coastline in America
- Jul 31 32nd Tour de France: Italian cyclist Gino Bartali wins both general and mountain classifications
- Jul 31 Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius in Persepolis.
Jake Powell Suspended
Jul 31 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends New York Yankees outfielder Jake Powell after he said on Chicago radio he kept in shape by "cracking" African Americans over the head with his nightstick
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