| July 1939 | Warren C. joined A.A. Cleveland, caused debate because he was not hospitalized. |
| July 1944 | Bob writes article for Grapevine “On Cultivating Tolerance”. |
| July 1962 | ‘Victor E’ cartoon first appeared in Grapevine. (Some say May 1962). |
| July 1-3, 1960 | 25th Anniversary of AA in Long Beach, CA. |
| July 2-3, 1955 | 20th Anniversary Convention at St. Louis, MO. The Three Legacies, of Recovery, Unity, and Service, turned over to the movement by the old timers. AA comes of Age. |
| July 2, 1960 | Father Ed Dowling dies. |
| July 2, 1965 | “Best of Bill” and Pocket-Sized “12 and 12” 1st sold. |
| July 2, 1965 | 1st “La Vigne”, Canadian Grapevine, published. |
| July 2-4, 1965 | 30th Anniversary of AA in Toronto. Adopted “I Am Responsible.” |
| July 2, 1993 | 50 years of AA celebrated in Canada. |
| July 2, 2000 | 20 millionth copy of Big Book given to Al-Anon in Minneapolis, MN. |
| July 3-5, 1970 | 35th Anniversary of AA in Miami. “Declaration of Unity”. Bill’s last public appearance. |
| July 3-6, 1980 | 45th Anniversary of AA in New Orleans. First true marathon meeting was held. |
| July 3-6, 1980 | Gay AA’s have own program at 45th AA Anniversary in New Orleans. |
| July 4, 1939 | 1st AA meeting started in Flatbush, NY. |
| July 4-6, 1975 | 40th Anniversary of AA in Denver. World?s largest coffee server serves 1/2 million cups a day. |
| July 5-7, 1985 | 50th AA Anniversary in Montreal, Canada. Ruth Hock was given 5,000,000th Big Book. House of Seagrams flew their flags at half mast for 3 days. |
| July 5-8, 1990 | 55th AA Anniversary in Seattle, WA. Nell Wing was given 10,000,000th Big Book. |
| July 7, 1940 | Bill attends 1st Summer Session at School of Alcohol Studies at Yale University. |
| July 8, 1940 | 1st AA Group formed in Dayton, Ohio. |
| July 10, 1941 | Texas newspaper publishes anonymous letter from founding member of Texas AA Group. (Larry J) |
| July 11, 1960 | Time published article called “Passionately Anonymous” on the 25th Convention. |
| July 14, 1939 | Dr Tiebout gives Big Book to Marty M. who promptly throws it back at him. |
| July 15 1938 | 1st documented use name Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A. archives letter Bill to Willard Richardson. |
| July 16, 1965 | Frank Amos, AA Non-Alcoholic Trustee, dies. |
| July 18 1938 | In letter to Dr. Richards at Johns Hopkins, Bill used Alcoholics Anonymous as working title for Big Book & name for the fellowship. |
| July 20, 1941 | First AA group formed in Seattle, Washington. |
| July 22, 1877 | William Duncan Silkworth born in Brooklyn, NY. |
| July 22, 1980 | Marty M. early AA woman and founder of NCADD dies. |
| July 23, 1940 | Philly AA’s send 10% of kitty to Alcoholic Foundation, sets precedent. |
| July 23, 1943 | New Haven CT Register reports arrival of AA’s to study with E M Jellinek. |
| July 24, 1943 | L.A. press reports formation of all-Mexican AA Group. |
| July 28-30, 1950 | First AA International Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio. Twelve Traditions adopted. Dr. Bob made last appearance at large AA gathering. |
| July 31, 1972 | Rollie H dies sober in Washington DC. |