July 1929

July 1, 1929 (Monday)

July 2, 1929 (Tuesday)

July 3, 1929 (Wednesday)

  • The Ramsay MacDonald government announced they would cut imports and manufacture as much as possible domestically in order to fight unemployment.[5]
  • Died: Dustin Farnum, 55, American actor

July 4, 1929 (Thursday)

  • During a game at Wrigley Field between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds, Cubs outfielder Hack Wilson charged into the Reds dugout and attacked pitcher Ray Kolp, who had been heckling him. Wilson was ejected from the game. Later that night, as the two teams mingled at the train station, Wilson told several Reds players he was going into their car to make Kolp apologize. When Pete Donohue warned Wilson he wouldn't leave alive, Wilson punched him in the face and knocked him to the floor. Railroad officials and other members of both teams intervened to avert any further fighting.[6]
  • Born: Al Davis, football coach and Oakland Raiders owner, in Brockton, Massachusetts (d. 2011)

July 5, 1929 (Friday)

July 6, 1929 (Saturday)

July 7, 1929 (Sunday)

  • A special day of thanksgiving was observed in churches across the British Empire to express gratitude for the recovery of King George V from his lengthy illness.[9]

July 8, 1929 (Monday)

July 9, 1929 (Tuesday)

July 10, 1929 (Wednesday)

  • The Southern Cross set a new record by completing a flight from the Australian coast to the English coast in 12 days 21 hours and 13 minutes, more than 2 days faster than the old record set in February 1928.[12]
  • New, smaller paper currency was put into circulation in the United States.[13]

July 11, 1929 (Thursday)

July 12, 1929 (Friday)

July 13, 1929 (Saturday)

  • Belgium and Germany reached a settlement on the question of German money left in Belgium at the end of the war. Germany agreed to pay 500 million gold marks over a series of annuities to make good on the valueless currency. Belgium had insisted on settling the longstanding issue before endorsing the Young Plan.[16]
  • The drama film Dangerous Curves starring Clara Bow and Richard Arlen was released.

July 14, 1929 (Sunday)

July 15, 1929 (Monday)

  • Another operation was performed on George V to remove portions of two of his ribs in order to drain a lung abscess.[18]
  • Britain invited the Soviet Union to discuss the resumption of diplomatic relations.[1]
  • The Federal Farm Board met for the first time.[19] "In selecting this Board I have sought for suggestions from the many scores of farmers' cooperatives and other organizations and yours were the names most universally commended", President Hoover told the gathering. "... By your appointment I invest you with responsibility, authority and resources such as have never before been conferred by our Government in assistance to any industry."[20]
  • Died: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 55, Austrian writer

July 16, 1929 (Tuesday)

  • China made two demands of its own to the Soviet Union, calling for the release of 1,000 imprisoned Chinese nationals and adequate protection for Chinese in Russia from repression.[21]
  • The Chilean transport ship Abtao sank in a storm off the coast of San Antonio; only two of the crew of 43 survived.[22]

July 17, 1929 (Wednesday)

  • The Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations with China and began to mobilize its army along the Chinese border.[1]
  • Born: Roy McMillan, baseball player, in Bonham, Texas (d. 1997)

July 18, 1929 (Thursday)

July 19, 1929 (Friday)

July 20, 1929 (Saturday)

  • 2,000 were left homeless in Ankara, Turkey by an early morning fire that razed the old quarter of the city.[25]
  • Born: Roland Dobrushin, mathematician, in Leningrad, USSR (d. 1995)

July 21, 1929 (Sunday)

July 22, 1929 (Monday)

July 23, 1929 (Tuesday)

  • The Soviet Union agreed to meet China for peace talks.[29]

July 24, 1929 (Wednesday)

July 25, 1929 (Thursday)

July 26, 1929 (Friday)

July 27, 1929 (Saturday)

July 28, 1929 (Sunday)

July 29, 1929 (Monday)

July 30, 1929 (Tuesday)

July 31, 1929 (Wednesday)

  • Troops were massed in the capitals of countries all over Europe over fears that communists would stage general strikes and riotous demonstrations on August 1 to mark International Red Day.[44][45]
  • The American children's magazine The Youth's Companion ceased to exist after 102 years as its merger with rival publication The American Boy was announced.[46]

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