What Happened In July 1886 - Historical Events 1886 July

Historical Events for July, 1886

3rd » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen the first purpose-built automobile.
3rd » The 'New York Tribune' becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
4th » The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
4th » The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia.

1st » Gabrielle Robinne, French actress (d. 1980)
3rd » Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (d. 1969)
5th » Willem Drees, Dutch accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1988)
6th » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (d. 1944)
11th » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939)
12th » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (d. 1956)
18th » Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., American general (d. 1945)
19th » Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician (d. 1957)
22nd » Hella Wuolijoki, Finnish author (d. 1954)
23rd » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat (d. 1978)
23rd » Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (d. 1976)
25th » Edward Cummins, American golfer (d. 1926)
25th » Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Swedish hunter and author (d. 1946)
25th » Hans von Blixen-Finecke, Swedish horse rider (b. 1917)
26th » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
27th » Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
31st » Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mobster (d. 1931)
31st » Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (d. 1965)
31st » Harry Tate (footballer) e.g Harry Tate, American soccer player (d. 1954)