Conference of Interest
Jul 3 Intergovernmental Conference on Identity Certificates for Russian Refugees, convened by Fridtjof Nansen in Geneva, creates the Nansen passports (for stateless persons)
Fridtjof Nansen
- Jul 5 1st general election in Netherlands
- Jul 5 Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
- Jul 5 Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
- Jul 6 Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy
- Jul 8 35th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (6-2 6-0)
- Jul 9 Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100m free style under 1 minute
- Jul 10 42nd Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Gerald Patterson beats R Lycett (6-3 6-4 6-2)
- Jul 11 The Hollywood Bowl opens.
- Jul 15 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY Zoo
- Jul 15 26th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 288 at Skokie CC in Illnois
- Jul 17 Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto
Baseball Record
- Jul 20 French and British Togoland made seperate mandates within League of Nations
- Jul 22 Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St Louis teams are on top
- Jul 23 16th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium
- Jul 25 AT&T begins broadcasting on WBAY (NYC-later WEAF, WNBC, WRCA & WFAN)
- Jul 27 International Geographical Union forms in Brussels
- Jul 29 Greek troops defeat Turkish forces and are on their way to Constantinople, but the Allies forbid them taking the city
- Jul 31 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minnesota)
- Jul 31 General strike in Italy against fascist violence