July 1920
July 1, 1920 (Thursday) *Sir Robert Borden announced that he was resigning after nine years of service as prime minister of Canada, because of poor health. Borden made his announcement at a meeting in Ottawa of his Unionist Party (Canada), Unionist Party colleagues. *The former German town of Walk, Livonia, Walk was divided by an arbitration commission between Estonia (where most of the area, including the railway station, became the town of Valga, Estonia, Valga) and Latvia (where the southern suburbs part became Valka). *Born: **George I. Fujimoto, American chemist, discovered the Fujimoto–Belleau reaction; in Seattle, United States (d. 2023) **Aziz Sedky, Egyptian politician and engineer, prime minister of Egypt from 1972 to 1973, developer of Egypt's industrialization during the rule of President Nasser; in Cairo, Egyptian Sultanate (present-day Egypt) (d. 2008) *Died: Delfim Moreira, 51, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil from 1918 to 1919 (b. 1868) July 2, 1 ...
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