Magna Carta of the Information Age
Jul 1 "Magna Carta of the Information Age" "A Mathematical Theory of Communication", article of book by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver laying foundation for information theory, published in "Scientific American" [1]
- Jul 1 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Jul 1 WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jul 1 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Ted Schroeder beats Jaroslav Drobný 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 for his only Wimbledon singles title
- Jul 2 "High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater NYC after 727 performances
- Jul 2 "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
Wimbledon Women's Championship
Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Margaret Osborne duPont 10-8, 1-6, 10-8 for the second of 3 straight Wimbledon titles
- Jul 6 Cincinnati Reds catcher Walker Cooper goes 6 for 7, (3 HRs, 3 singles, 5 runs scored, 10 RBI) in 23-4 win v Chicago Cubs
- Jul 6 Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158°F for 2 minutes
- Jul 7 "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967
- Jul 7 Musical revue "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at the Broadway Theatre, NYC; runs for 76 performances
- Jul 8 Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson, 1st black players for New York Giants, 4-3 loss to Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field
- Jul 8 South Africa's Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences, prohibiting marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other races [1]
British Golf Open
Jul 9 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St.George's GC: South African Bobby Locke wins a 36-hole playoff by 12 strokes from Irishman Harry Bradshaw
- Jul 10 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced in Toledo, Ohio
- Jul 10 WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, Rhode Island (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Jul 12 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
- Jul 12 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
- Jul 12 Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die
- Jul 12 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
Spring Symphony
Jul 14 Benjamin Britten's choral symphony "Spring Symphony" premieres in Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Czech Tennis Defections
Jul 14 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobný and Vladimir Černík defect while playing in a tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland; Drobny accepts Egyptian citizenship
- Jul 15 "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances
- Jul 15 WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jul 19 Laos becomes associated state within French Union
- Jul 20 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
- Jul 20 Vasil Kolarov elected Premier of Bulgaria
- Jul 21 US Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)
- Jul 23 Test Cricket debut of England's Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
36th Tour de France
Jul 24 36th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy
- Jul 24 Indian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5
Musial Aids St Louis Victory
Jul 25 St Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Bkln 14-1
- Jul 26 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jul 27 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies
- Jul 29 Moscow ends the blockade of West Berlin
- Jul 30 British warship HMS Amethyst escapes down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff
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