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July 1921
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The following events occurred in July 1921:

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July 8, 1921: Ireland's De Valera and the UK's Lloyd George agree on truce
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Friday, July 1, 1921

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Saturday, July 2, 1921

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July 2, 1921: Dempsey defeats Carpentier in a "Fight of the Century"
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Sunday, July 3, 1921

Monday, July 4, 1921

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Ivanoe Bonomi, new Prime Minister of Italy
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Tuesday, July 5, 1921

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Miller Reese Hutchison
  • American inventor Miller Reese Hutchison, the former chief engineer to Thomas Edison, demonstrated his new noiseless and smokeless weapon in a press conference at the Woolworth Building, capable of firing a projectile at speeds of up to five miles (8 km) per second, equivalent to 18,000 miles per hour (29,000 km/h). Hutchison claimed that a larger version of the cannon could be adapted to fire a shell weighing five tons10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) — a distance of up to 300 miles (480 km).[24]
  • South Africa's Prime Minister Jan Smuts conferred with Republicans and Unionists meeting at Dublin and suggested a proposal to remove barriers to a meeting in London.[25]
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Wednesday, July 6, 1921

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Thursday, July 7, 1921

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Friday, July 8, 1921

  • At the conclusion of the Dublin Conference, a truce between British troops and Irish Republicans was announced by Irish Republican leader Éamon de Valera and British Prime Minister David Lloyd George in Dublin and in London, respectively, scheduled to take effect at noon on Monday, July 11.[36] The truce came in conjunction with De Valera's response to Lloyd George's invitation to discuss a peace treaty in London. De Valera wrote in his reply, "Sir: The desire you expressed on the part of the British Government to end the centuries of conflict between the peoples of these two islands and to establish relations of neighborly harmony is the genuine desire of the people of Ireland. I have consulted with my colleagues... in regard to the invitation you have sent me. In reply I desire to say that I am ready to meet and discuss with you on what basis such a conference as that proposed can reasonably hope to achieve the object desired." The British Government then announced, "In accordance with the Prime Minister's offer and Mr. de Valera's reply, arrangements are being made for hostilities to cease from Monday next, July 11, at noon."[37]
  • The Land O'Lakes agricultural cooperative was founded in Saint Paul, Minnesota, by 320 producers to promote the marketing of butter, initially named the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Association.[38]
  • The U.S. and Canadian Joint Commission reported that the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway canal linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean could be constructed at a cost of $252,278,200.[3][39]
  • U.S. warships anchored off of the coast of Tampico to protect against unrest were ordered to return to the U.S.[3]
  • France's observers at Germany's war crime trials departed from Leipzig after declaring that the German trials were "a farce."[40]
  • An intense heat wave, with high humidity and temperatures, affected most of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.[3]
  • The Agreement Between Great Britain and Sweden Relating to the Suppression of the Capitulations in Egypt was concluded in Stockholm.[41]
  • Labour candidate Walter Halls won a by-election in the UK parliamentary constituency of Heywood and Radcliffe, by a majority of just over 300 votes.[42]
  • Born: John Money, New Zealand psychologist and sexologist, known for controversial sexual identity study on David Reimer; in Morrinsville, New Zealand (d. 2006)[43]
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Saturday, July 9, 1921

  • Mongolia declared its independence from China during the Mongolian Revolution.[44]
  • In a "man-driven airplane", French aviator Gabriel Poulain was able to fly at least one meter off the ground for a distance of at least 10 meters, winning the Peugeot Prize of 10,000 French francs. The pedal-powered aircraft, Aviette, weighed 37 pounds (17 kg) while unoccupied.[45]
  • Former world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson was released from the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, after serving 10 months of his sentence for his 1913 conviction under the Mann Act.[46] U.S. President Donald Trump would issue a posthumous presidential pardon to Johnson on May 24, 2018.[47]

Sunday, July 10, 1921

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Monday, July 11, 1921

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The Bogd Khan, ruler of Mongolia
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Tuesday, July 12, 1921

  • Beginning at 3:00 in the afternoon local time, the first radio broadcast in Sweden was made, transmitted from the city of Boden with a signal that could be heard in Stockholm.[61]
  • The Spanish passenger ship Manuel L. Villaverde struck rocks off the coast of Colonial Nigeria, broke in two and sank. All those on board were rescued.[62]
  • U.S. baseball player Babe Ruth tied and then broke the record for career home runs in the same game,[63] surpassing Roger Connor's record of 136. Ruth would continue to break his own record, finishing his career with 714 homers, a mark that would stand until being broken by Hank Aaron in 1974. Despite Ruth's effort, the New York Yankees still lost to the host St. Louis Browns, 6 to 4.
  • Died: Harry Hawker, 32, Australian test pilot and aircraft designer; killed in the crash of his Nieuport Nighthawk airplane shortly after takeoff from the Hendon Aerodrome near London (b. 1889)[64]

Wednesday, July 13, 1921

Thursday, July 14, 1921

Friday, July 15, 1921

Saturday, July 16, 1921

Sunday, July 17, 1921

Monday, July 18, 1921

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Minister Behbud Khan Javanshir

Tuesday, July 19, 1921

Wednesday, July 20, 1921

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A bomb misses SMS Ostfriesland
  • A group of 15 pilots of the U.S. Army, Navy and Marines carried out final aerial bombardment of a retired German warship, choosing the largest of the ships surrendered to the U.S. as part of German reparations, the dreadnought SMS Ostfriesland. U.S. Secretary of War John W. Weeks and U.S. Secretary of Navy Edwin Denby watched the demonstration along with U.S. Army General John J. Pershing and other prominent U.S. officials in attendance.[104] To the embarrassment of the planners, only 13 of the 52 bombs struck the Ostfriesland, and only four of those actually exploded, without sinking the German warship.[105] The U.S. Army carried out a second attack the next day, as two 2,000 pounds (910 kg) bombs sank Ostfriesland 60 miles (97 km) off of the American coast.[106]
  • The British cabinet voted to approve Prime Minister David Lloyd George's peace proposal to the Irish Republicans, which included Dominion status and self-government for Ireland in all domestic matters, while reserving defense and foreign relations to the United Kingdom.[107]
  • Born: Ted Schroeder, American tennis player, won the finals at the U.S. Open in 1942 and at Wimbledon in 1949; as Frederick Rudolph Schroeder, in Newark, New Jersey, United States (d. 2006)[108]

Thursday, July 21, 1921

  • The Eskimo Pie was launched as a packaged chocolate and ice cream dessert when Christian Nelson of Onawa, Iowa, was able to persuade candy manufacturer Russell Stover to invest in what Nelson initially called "the I-Scream-Bar."[109]
  • After meeting with King George V, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George presented a peace proposal to Irish Republican Éamon de Valera, offering recognition of self-governing Dominion of Ireland in return for Irish permission for Britain to maintain a military and naval presence.[76]
  • As the Russian Civil War continued, the Soviet ship Sawa was shelled and sunk by the Soviet submarine Trotsky in the Black Sea while trying to defect to the Whites. The vessel and most of her crew were killed. Four men were rescued and imprisoned.[110]
  • Died: Milorad Drašković, 48, Serbian politician and Minister of Internal Affairs for Yugoslavia, the kingdom's police agency; assassinated by a member of the Yugoslavian Communist Party. The killing, coupled with the June 29 attempt on the life of Prince Alexander, prompted the passage of the Law Concerning the Protection of Security and Order in the State eleven days later on August 1 (b. 1873)[111]

Friday, July 22, 1921

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General Fernández Silvestre

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Tuesday, July 26, 1921

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Friday, July 29, 1921

Saturday, July 30, 1921

Sunday, July 31, 1921

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