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Events in July 1895 7
1895Wimbledon 1895Men: Wilfred Baddeley · Women: Charlotte Cooper SterryCharlotte Cooper Sterry won the first of five women's titles.
1895 – 1982Carl Orff (1895-1982)Died 29 March 1982, aged 86German composer best known for the cantata Carmina Burana. He died in Munich, the city where he spent most of his career.
1895 – 1983Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)Died 1 July 1983, aged 87Buckminster Fuller was an American architect, inventor, and futurist best known for popularizing the geodesic dome. He advocated for efficient, sustainable design decades before environmentalism became mainstream. His ideas influenced architecture, engineering, and design education worldwide.
1895Olney Doctrine asserted in Venezuela boundary disputeUnited States invokes the Monroe Doctrine against BritainOn 20 July 1895 US Secretary of State Richard Olney sent Britain a forceful note asserting American authority in the Western Hemisphere amid a border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana. The note, later called the Olney Doctrine, declared that the United States was "practically sovereign" in the Americas. The crisis was eventually resolved by international arbitration in 1899.
1895 – 1985Robert Graves (1895-1985)Died 7 December 1985, aged 90Graves was an English poet and novelist best known for his memoir Good-Bye to All That and the historical novel I, Claudius. He spent much of his later life in Deia, Majorca, where he died on 7 December 1985.
1895 – 1964Gracie Allen (1895-1964)American comedian, the scatterbrained half of Burns and Allen on stage, radio and television.
1895Gracie Allen born in San FranciscoGracie Allen is born in San Francisco.