July 1929

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July 10, 1929: Large U.S. banknotes taken replaced...
July 25, 1929: Pope Pius XI declares self no longer a "prisoner in the Vatican", goes into Saint Peter's Square
...by notes 17% percent narrower and shorter
July 2, 1929: Warner Bros. film star Gladys Brockwell dies of auto accident injuries

The following events occurred in July 1929:

Monday, July 1, 1929

Tuesday, July 2, 1929

Wednesday, July 3, 1929

Thursday, July 4, 1929

  • 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 would not 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.
  • Born: Al Davis, American football coach and Oakland Raiders owner, in Brockton, Massachusetts (d. 2011)

Friday, July 5, 1929

Saturday, July 6, 1929

Sunday, July 7, 1929

  • 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.

Monday, July 8, 1929

Tuesday, July 9, 1929

Wednesday, July 10, 1929

  • New, smaller paper currency was put into circulation in the United States in the size that would be the standard more than 90 years later. The new bills were about 69% the size of the previous bills, 6.14 inches vs. 7.42 inches long, and 2.61 inches vs. 3.125 inches wide.
  • 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.

Thursday, July 11, 1929

  • China ordered 300 Russian officials and employees out of the country as Chinese authorities completely took over the Chinese Eastern Railway.
  • The British government refused to grant Leon Trotsky political asylum.
  • Born: David Kelly, Irish actor, in Dublin (d. 2012)

Friday, July 12, 1929

Saturday, July 13, 1929

  • 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.
  • The drama film Dangerous Curves starring Clara Bow and Richard Arlen was released.

Sunday, July 14, 1929

  • The Soviet Union gave China a three-day ultimatum in the Chinese Eastern Railway crisis. China was ordered to release all arrested Russian citizens and call a conference for dialogue.
  • Born: Bob Purkey, U.S. baseball player, in Pittsburgh (d. 2008)
  • Died: Hans Delbrück, 80, German military historian

Monday, July 15, 1929

  • Another operation was performed on George V to remove portions of two of his ribs in order to drain a lung abscess.
  • Britain invited the Soviet Union to discuss the resumption of diplomatic relations.
  • The Federal Farm Board met for the first time. "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."
  • Died: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 55, Austrian writer

Tuesday, July 16, 1929

  • 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.
  • The Chilean transport ship Abtao sank in a storm off the coast of San Antonio; only two of the crew of 43 survived.

Wednesday, July 17, 1929

  • The Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations with China and began to mobilize its army along the Chinese border.
  • Born: Roy McMillan, U.S. baseball player and 3-time Gold Glove winner; in Bonham, Texas (d. 1997)

Thursday, July 18, 1929

Friday, July 19, 1929

Saturday, July 20, 1929

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

Sunday, July 21, 1929

Monday, July 22, 1929

Tuesday, July 23, 1929

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

Wednesday, July 24, 1929

Thursday, July 25, 1929

  • Pope Pius XI celebrated Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and then made an historical entrance into St. Peter's Square as a crowd of approximately 200,000 cheered the end of the pope's status as a "prisoner in the Vatican" (Prigioniero nel Vaticano or Captivus Vaticani. For almost 59 years, beginning with the unification of Italy in 1870 and the annexation of Rome into the Kingdom of Italy, five popes (Pius IX, Leo XIII, Pius X, Benedict XV and Pius XI) had refused to venture outside the walls of Vatican City or even to appear at the balcony of the Vatican Basilica to face Saint Peter's Square, as a gesture of refusing to accept the authority of the Italian government over the Vatican.
  • Died: Doc Scurlock, 80, American cowboy and gunfighter of the Old West

Friday, July 26, 1929

  • Raymond Poincaré resigned as Prime Minister of France due to ill health.
  • An explosion on the British cruiser HMS Devonshire killed 19.
  • A demonstration of 400 Chinese students outside the Soviet consulate in Shanghai turned into a riot. One student was shot and a Japanese policeman was wounded.
Lussu, no longer a prisoner on the island of Lipari

Saturday, July 27, 1929

Sunday, July 28, 1929

Monday, July 29, 1929

Tuesday, July 30, 1929

Wednesday, July 31, 1929

  • 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.
  • 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.

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