--Dick Berardino, baseball player was born
--Polly Holliday was born
--Richard Petty was born
--Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937: "The plan was introduced into the United States Senate first because Roosevelt expected stronger opposition in the House of Representatives. The Senate opened debate on the substitute proposal July 2."
--"GEDEON PLEADS GUILTY; To Be Sentenced July 2 for Having Pistol Found After Triple Slaying: A plea of guilty to possessing a pistol in his shop at 215 East Thirtyfourth Street was entered yesterday in Special Sessions by Joseph Gedeon, 54 years old, the furniture repair man whose wife, daughter and a boarder were murdered in their home at 316 East Fiftieth Street last Easter Sunday morning."
--"TWO SYNOD HEADS ARE FINED IN REICH; 2 Others Cleared of Violating Order Banning Reading of Church Resignations: Two Confessional Synod leaders, Pastor Niesel and Mr. von Arnim-Lutzow, were fined 600 marks each today by the regular criminal court here, but their co-defendants, Pastor Gerhard Jakobi of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin and Dr. Ehlers, were acquitted"
--"Tigers Score 7 in Sixth on 1 Hit And 7 Passes, Routing Yanks, 14-7; Pearson Suddenly Blows Up, Malone Is Ineffective, and Champions Give Makosky Poor Support--Detroit Bats Around Again in Eighth Against Broaca--17,000 See Game: The Yankee winning streak came to an end on Navin Field today just when the champions seemed on the brink of presenting Manager Joe McCarthy with the longest string of successes of his regime"
