Nansen Passports Created
Jul 3 Intergovernmental Conference on Identity Certificates for Russian Refugees, convened by Fridtjof Nansen in Geneva, creates the Nansen passports (for stateless persons)
Lenglen Wins 4th Title
Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: French phenom Suzanne Lenglen wins her 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title; beats American based Norwegian Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-2, 6-0
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 10 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Gerald Patterson wins his second Wimbledon title; beats Randolph Lycett 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Jul 11 The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles
- Jul 15 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at Bronx Zoological Park, New York City
- Jul 15 Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical revue "Shuffle Along" the 1st hit Broadway show with an all-Black cast closes at Daly's 63rd Street Theatre, NYC, after 504 performances [1]
US Men's Golf Open
Jul 15 US Open Men's Golf, Skokie CC: Gene Sarazen wins the first of his 7 major titles, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up John Black and 20-year-old amateur Bobby Jones
- Jul 17 Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto
Weissmuller Breaks 1 Minute Barrier
Jul 19 American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller first to break 1 minute barrier for 100m freestyle; swims 58.6s at Alameda, CA
- Jul 20 French and British Togoland make separate mandates within the 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
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