13th » The verdict in the six-month long Smarthavicharam trial of Kuriyedath Thathri is pronounced, leading to the excommunication of 65 men of various castes.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1905
3rd » Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach (d. 2006)
4th » Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (d. 1991)
4th » Lionel Trilling, American author, critic, and educator (d. 1975)
5th » Myles Horton, American educator and activist (d. 1990)
8th » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (d. 1997)
9th » Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1984)
10th » Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (d. 2002)
10th » Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
10th » Wolfram Sievers, German physician (d. 1948)
13th » Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (d. 1990)
15th » Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (d. 1974)
23rd » Leopold Engleitner, Austrian holocaust survivor, author, and educator (d. 2013)
25th » Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss author and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
25th » Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (d. 1990)
27th » Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
29th » Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
29th » Stanley Kunitz, American poet and academic (d. 2006)
29th » Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (d. 1935)
Famous Deaths for July 1905
1st » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
4th » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
8th » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
11th » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)