- Jul 1 1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea
Lost in the Stars
Jul 1 Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill's "Lost in the Stars", based on Alan Paton's novel "Cry the Beloved Country", closes at Music Box Theater, NYC, after 281 performances
- Jul 1 NYC bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents
- Jul 1 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Feller's 200th Game
Jul 2 Cleveland Indians' pitcher Bob Feller wins his 200th MLB game, 5-3 over Detroit Tigers
- Jul 2 Henri Queuille is elected the seventh Prime Minister of the Fourth French Republic
- Jul 2 Kinkaku-ji, a Zen Buddihst temple in Kyoto, Japan, burns down
- Jul 4 Boston Braves slugger Sid Gordon ties MLB season grand slam record (4) with a bases loaded hit vs Phillies
- Jul 4 Harry Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution)
- Jul 4 The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
- Jul 5 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
- Jul 5 US forces enter combat in the Korean War for the first time, in the Battle of Osan
- Jul 6 German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland
- Jul 7 1st Farnborough airshow held
British Men's Open
Jul 7 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: Bobby Locke of South Africa retains title by 2 strokes from Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina
- Jul 7 Korean War: UN Security Council establishes the United Nations Command to combat North Korean forces
Wimbledon Men's Championship
Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Budge Patty wins his only Wimbledon singles title 6-1, 8-10, 6-2, 6-3 over Australian Frank Sedgman
- Jul 8 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
MacArthur Made UN Commander
Jul 8 General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief of UN forces in Korea
- Jul 8 Leroy Deans awarded first Order of Purple Heart in Korea
Wimbledon Women's Championship
Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Margaret Osborne duPont 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 for her third straight Wimbledon singles title
17th All Star Baseball Game
Jul 11 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
- Jul 12 Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death
- Jul 12 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws
- Jul 13 Doctors operate and remove seven bone fragments from MLB player Ted Williams' elbow
- Jul 13 René Pleven forms French government
- Jul 14 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea
- Jul 16 FIFA World Cup Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Alcides Ghiggia scores a 79th minute winner as Uruguay beats Brazil, 2-1
- Jul 16 Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)
- Jul 17 Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka
- Jul 17 Suppression of Communism Act comes into force in South Africa
- Jul 19 French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
Yankees Sign 1st Black Players
Jul 19 NY Yankees sign their 1st Black players, Elston Howard and Frank Baines
- Jul 20 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
- Jul 22 Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge
- Jul 22 King Leopold returns to Belgium after 6 years in exile
- Jul 24 V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral
- Jul 26 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
- Jul 26 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
- Jul 27 US President Harry Truman promises aid to Taiwan
- Jul 29 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run
Come Back Little Sheba
Jul 29 William Inge's stage drama "Come Back, Little Sheba", starring Shirley Booth and Sidney Blackmer, closes at the Booth Theatre, NYC, after 191 performances, and 2 Tony Award wins
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