July 1 - ZIP codes are introduced by the United States Postal Service.

July 5 - Diplomatic relations between the Israeli and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level. - The Roman Catholic Church accepts cremation as a funeral practice.

July 7 - Double Seven Day scuffle: Secret police loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attack American journalists including Peter Arnett and David Halberstam at a demonstration during the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

July 11 - South Africa: police raid Liliesleaf Farm to the north of Johannesburg, arresting a group of ANC leaders.

July 12 - Pauline Reade (16) is abducted by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady in Manchester, England, the first victim of the Moors murders; her remains located in July 1987.

July 19 - American test pilot Joe Walker, flying the X-15, reaches an altitude of 65.8 miles (105.9 kilometers), making it a sub-orbital spaceflight by recognized international standards.

July 26 - An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day Republic of Macedonia) leaves 1,800 dead. - NASA launches Syncom 2, the world's first geostationary (synchronous) satellite.

July 30 - The Soviet newspaper Izvestia reports that British diplomat and double agent Kim Philby has been given asylum in Moscow. (source: Wikipedia)