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100 years ago: July 1921

• French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen won her third Wimbledon singles title in a row

• Former First Lady Nancy Reagan was born

• Children’s author Leon Garfield was born

• With the passing of the Dentists Act, dentistry became a fully regulated profession in the UK

80 years ago: July 1941

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