100 Years Ago This Month: July 2026

JUNE 1926

• Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen’s two-day-old government is defeated in Parliament by one vote on July 1. Many of Meighen’s fellow Conservatives voted against him.

• Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles publishes the Calles Law on July 2. The law mandated that all church property be taken over by the government and that all worship be conducted inside churches under the supervision of local officials.

• Less than two weeks after an attempted coup d’état against the government of Prime Minister Miguel Primo de Rivera, King Alfonso XIII of Spain issued a royal decree on Jul...