Thousands of Mexican Catholics pilgrimaged to Tepeyac the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as well as to other shrines and churches in the country a week before the Calles Law was to take effect. The event took place following the newspaper publication of a pastoral letter, signed by the Archbishop of Mexico City, José Mora y del Rio, as well as seven other archbishops and 29 bishops, ordering the suspension of services in all Catholic churches and directing all priests to stay away effective July 31, a move I frankly don't understand.
Advertisements called for a boycott of businesses supporting the Calles Law.
Border Patrol Inspector William Llonzo Parker was killed in a battle with Mexican liquor smugglers near the Wills Ranch, west of the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. The body of smuggler Artilio Espinosa was found during the investigation, indicating that Parker had killed at least one of his opponents.
Grigory Zinoviev was removed as chair of the Comintern after opposing Stalin. It would ultimately cost him his life.
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