Events Date 1919 July | History by KabAstro

Dempsey vs Willard

Jul 4 Jack Dempsey beats champion Jess Willard, retired in 3rd round in Toledo, Ohio for world heavyweight championship

Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen of France beats Dorothea Chambers 10-8, 4-6, 9-7 for the first of 6 Wimbledon singles titles

Jul 6 Institute for Sexual Science opened in Berlin by physician Magnus Hirschfeld to establish study of sexual science

Jul 7 Philadelphia Phillies tie MLB record of 8 steals in an innings (9th) in a 10-5 loss vs NY Giants

Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In the first all-Australian final Gerald Patterson beats Norman Brookes 6-3, 7-5, 6-2

Jul 8 US President Woodrow Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference

Jul 10 US President Woodrow Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate

Jul 11 Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day and no Sunday work
Jul 13 Boston Red Sox pitcher Carl Mays walks off mound blaming teammates for lack of support in field
Jul 13 Race riots in Longview, Gregg County, Texas
Jul 17 Finland adopts constitution
Jul 17 Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play
Jul 19 Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen rioted and burnt down Luton Town Hall.

Jul 21 Anthony Fokker establishes his new aircraft company, the Dutch Aircraft Factory in Amsterdam

Jul 21 Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 in Chicago, Illinois
Jul 22 De Falla & Massine's "Three-cornered Hat" premieres in London
Jul 24 Race Riot in Washington, D.C. (6 killed, 100 wounded)
Jul 27 13th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium
Jul 27 Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured)
Jul 28 Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam
Jul 31 The Weimar Constitution establishing the German Republic is adopted