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1916_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 β Bulgaria declares war on Romania, going on to take Dobruja.
September 2 β WWI: British pilot Leefe Robinson becomes the first to shoot down a German airship over Britain.
September 4 β WWI: East African Campaign β Dar es Salaam surrenders to British Empire forces, securing them con... |
1916_9 | Section: October (2):
October 7 β The Georgia Tech vs. Cumberland College American football game ends in a score of 222-0.
October 12 β HipΓ³lito Yrigoyen is elected President of Argentina.
October 14 β Perm State University is founded in Russia.
October 16 β Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. birth control clinic, a ... |
1916_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1
Pavel Milyukov delivers his "stupidity or treason" speech in the Russian State Duma, precipitating the downfall of the Boris StΓΌrmer government.
The first 40-hour work week officially begins, in the Endicott-Johnson factories of Western New York.
November 5
The Kingdom of Poland (1916β... |
1916_11 | Section: December (2):
December 12 β "White Friday": In the Dolomites, 100 avalanches bury at least 2,000 Austrian and Italian soldiers.
December 16 β Robert Baden-Powell gives the first public display of the new Wolf Cub section of Scouting at Caxton Hall, Westminster.
December 18 β WWI: The Battle of Verdun ends in F... |
1917_0 | 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1910s... |
1917_0 | Section: January (2):
January 9 β WWI β Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column.
January 10 β Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party are rescued after being stranded for several ... |
1917_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 β WWI: Atlantic U-boat Campaign: Germany announces its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare, rescinding the 'Sussex Pledge'.
February 3 β WWI: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
February 12 β Deportivo Toluca F.C. is founded as an Association foo... |
1917_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
WWI: The U.S. government releases the text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.
Εmuta, Japan, is founded by Hiroushi Miruku.
March 2 β The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
March 4
Woodrow Wilson is sworn in for a second term, as President of the... |
1917_3 | Section: April (2):
April β Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki, the first anime, is released in Japan.
April 2 β WWI: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the United States Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
April 6 β WWI: The United States declares war on Germany.
April 8 (N.S.) (March 26, O.S.) β In Petrograd,... |
1917_4 | Section: May (2):
May 3 β WWI: 1917 French Army mutinies begin.
May 9 β WWI: The Nivelle Offensive is abandoned.
May 13 β Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, is consecrated Archbishop by Pope Benedict XV.
May 13βOctober 13 (at monthly intervals) β 10-year-old LΓΊcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jac... |
1917_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 β 1917 French Army mutinies: A French infantry regiment seizes Missy-aux-Bois, and declares an anti-war military government. Other French army troops soon apprehend them.
June 4 β The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe Elliott and Florence Hall receive the first Pu... |
1917_6 | Section: July (2):
July
The first Cottingley Fairies photographs are taken in Yorkshire, England, apparently depicting fairies (a hoax not admitted by the child creators until 1981).
Suze Groeneweg becomes the first woman elected to sit in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands (although women will not be gran... |
1917_7 | Section: August (2):
August 2β3 β The Green Corn Rebellion, an uprising by several hundred farmers against the WWI draft, takes place in central Oklahoma.
August 2 β Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning lands his aircraft on the ship HMS Furious in Scapa Flow, Orkney. He is killed 5 days later during another landing on the ... |
1917_8 | Section: September (2):
September 11 β The Bellevue Conference is held.
September 14 (September 1 Old Style) β Russia is declared a republic by the Provisional Government.
September 23 β Leon Trotsky is elected Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet.
September 25 β The Mossovet (Moscow Soviet of People's Deputies) votes to s... |
1917_9 | Section: October (2):
October 4 β WWI: Battle of Broodseinde near Ypres β British Imperial forces overpower the German 4th Army's defences.
October 12 β WWI: First Battle of Passchendaele: β Allies fail to take a German defensive position, with the biggest loss of life in a single day for New Zealand, over 800 men and ... |
1917_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1 β WWI:
The British XXI Corps of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force begins the Third Battle of Gaza.
The British Desert Mounted Corps begins the Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe, in the direction of Hebron and Jerusalem.
November 2 β Zionism: The British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour makes t... |
1917_11 | Section: December (2):
December β Annie Besant becomes president of the Indian National Congress.
December 3 β After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic (the bridge partially collapsed on August 29, 1907 and September 11, 1916).
December 6
The Senate of Finland officially d... |
1918_0 | 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1918th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 191... |
1918_0 | Section: January (2):
January β 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas.
January 4 β The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Soviet Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
January 8 β American president Woodrow Wilson presents the Fourteen Points as a ba... |
1918_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 β Cattaro Mutiny: Austrian sailors in the Gulf of Cattaro (Kotor), led by two Czech Socialists, mutiny.
February 3 β Battle of Oulu
February 5 β The SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the Irish coast; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
February... |
1918_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 β WWI: German submarine U-19 sinks HMS Calgarian off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland.
March 3 β WWI: The Central Powers and Bolshevist Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending Russia's involvement in the war.
March 6
The Finnish Army Corps of Aviation is founded as a forerunner of th... |
1918_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 β The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service in Britain are merged to form the Royal Air Force, the first autonomous Air Force in the world.
April 5 β SΔlote succeeds as Queen of Tonga; she will remain on the throne until her death in 1965.
April 6 β Finnish Civil War: The battle... |
1918_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 β WWI: German troops enter Don Host Oblast; they capture Rostov-on-Don on May 8.
May 2 β General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
May 7 β WWI: The British capture Kirkuk.
May 9 β WWI β Second Ostend Raid: The British Royal Navy unsuccessfully attempts, for a second time, ... |
1918_5 | Section: June (2):
JuneβAugust β The "Spanish flu" becomes pandemic. Over 30 million people die in the following 6 months.
June 1 β WWI: The Battle of Belleau Wood begins.
June 4 β RMS Kenilworth Castle, one of the Union-Castle Line steamships, collides with her escort destroyer HMS Rival while trying to avoid her othe... |
1918_6 | Section: July (2):
July 3 β Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War: The Siberian Intervention is launched by the Allies, to extract the Czechoslovak Legion from the Russian Civil War.
July 4 β Mehmed VI succeeds as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire on the death of his half-brother Mehmed V (ReΕΓ’d, who has reigned sinc... |
1918_7 | Section: August (2):
August 2 β North Russia Intervention: Anti-Bolshevik forces stage a coup at Arkhangelsk, and an occupation by Allied forces follows.
August 3 β WWI: Australian hospital ship HMAT Warilda is torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on passage from Le Havre to Southampton by German submarine SM UC-4... |
1918_8 | Section: September (2):
September β WWI: British armies and their Arab allies roll into Syria.
September 3 β The Bolshevik government of Russia publishes the first official announcement of the Red Terror, a period of repression against political opponents, as an "Appeal to the Working Class" in the newspaper Izvestia.
... |
1918_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 β WWI: The Desert Mounted Corps captures Damascus.
October 2 β WWI: The Charge at Khan Ayash is begun north of Damascus, by the 3rd Light Horse Brigade.
October 3
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany appoints Max von Baden Chancellor of Germany.
King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria abdicates in the wake... |
1919_0 | 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1919th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 919th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year ... |
1919_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
HMY Iolaire sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris,... |
1919_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 β Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces liberate Valga and VΓ΅ru, expelling the Red Army from the entire territory of Estonia.
February 3 β Russian Civil War: Soviet troops occupy Ukraine.
February 4β5 β Pressburg (Bratislava) becomes the capital of Slovakia.
February 5
United A... |
1919_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 β The March 1st Movement against Japanese colonial rule in Korea is formed.
March 2 β The Founding Congress of the Comintern opens in Moscow.
March 3βApril β Russian Civil War: Beginning of the Chapan War as peasants of the provinces of Samara and Simbirsk rebel against Soviet rule.
March 4
... |
1919_3 | Section: April (2):
April 5 β Pinsk massacre: 35 Jews are killed by the Polish Army without trial after being accused of Bolshevism.
April 6β7 β The Bavarian Soviet Republic is founded.
April 10 β Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead in Morelos.
April 12 β French serial killer Henri DΓ©sir... |
1919_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 β May Day Riots break out in Cleveland, Ohio, United States; 2 people are killed, 40 injured, and 116 arrested.
May 2 β Weimar Republic troops and the Freikorps occupy Munich and crush the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
May 3 β AmΔnullΔh KhΔn attacks the British government in India.
May 4
The May Fou... |
1919_5 | Section: June (2):
June β Earl W. Bascom, rodeo cowboy and artist, along with his father John W. Bascom at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, designs and makes rodeo's first reverse-opening side-delivery bucking chute, which becomes the world standard.
June 2 β 1919 United States anarchist bombings: Eight mail bombs are sent... |
1919_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 β Russian Civil War: Perm Operation (1918β19) begins on the Siberian Front: The 2nd and 3rd armies of Soviet Russia recapture the city of Perm.
July 2 β The Syrian National Congress in Damascus: Arab nationalists announce independence.
July 2β6 β British airship R34 makes the first transatlant... |
1919_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 β BΓ©la Kun's Hungarian Soviet Republic collapses.
August 3 β The Romanian army enters TimiΘoara.
August 4 β The Romanian army occupies Budapest.
August 8 β The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919, signed in Rawalpindi, ends the Third Anglo-Afghan War, with the United Kingdom recognising the right ... |
1919_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1βOctober 2 β Russian Civil War, Siberian Front: Admiral Alexander Kolchak launches his final offensive in the Tobolsk operation, defeating the Red Army.
September 3 β Jan Smuts becomes the second prime minister of South Africa.
September 6 β The U.S. Army expedition across North Ameri... |
1919_9 | Section: October (2):
October 2 β President of the United States Woodrow Wilson suffers a serious stroke, rendering him an invalid for the remainder of his life.
October 7 β The Dutch airline KLM is founded (as of 2022, it is the world's oldest airline still flying under its original name).
October 9 β In Major League ... |
1920_0 | 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1920th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 920th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1920s ... |
1920_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
PolishβSoviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own market town.
January 7 β Russian Civil War: The forces of Russian White Admiral Al... |
1920_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 β The South African Air Force (SAAF) is established, the second autonomous Air Force in the world, after the British Royal Air Force (RAF).
February 2
Estonian War of Independence: The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed, ending the war and recognizing the independence of both the Republic of... |
1920_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
Hungarian Admiral and statesman MiklΓ³s Horthy becomes the Regent of Hungary.
The United States Railroad Administration returns control of American railroads to its constituent railroad companies.
March 7 β The Syrian National Congress proclaims Syria independent, with Faisal I of Iraq as kin... |
1920_3 | Section: April (2):
April β The so-called Spanish flu pandemic ends with an estimated total of between seventeen and fifty million dead since 1918. It would be the last global pandemic until the 2009 swine flu pandemic almost 90 years later.
April 2 β The German army marches to the Ruhr to fight the Ruhr Red Army.
Apri... |
1920_4 | Section: May (2):
May 3 β A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
May 7
PolishβSoviet War: Polish troops occupy Kyiv. The government of the Ukrainian People's Republic returns to the city.
Mexican Revolution: Venustiano Carranza leaves Mexico City in a large train.
Treaty of Moscow (1920): Soviet ... |
1920_5 | Section: June (2):
June 4 β Treaty of Trianon: Peace is restored between the Allied Powers and Hungary, which loses 72% of its territory.
June 5 β Bolshevik cavalry breaks through Polish and Ukrainian lines south of Kyiv, precipitating eventual withdrawal.
June 12 β PolishβSoviet War: The Red Army retakes Kyiv.
June 13... |
1920_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 β Germany declares its neutrality in the PolishβSoviet War.
July 2 β PolishβSoviet War: The Red Army continues its offensive into Poland.
July 7 β Arthur Meighen becomes Canada's ninth prime minister.
July 11 β The East Prussian plebiscite determines that most of the territory in question will... |
1920_7 | Section: August (2):
August 3 β Irish War of Independence: Catholics riot in Belfast, in protest at the continuing British Army presence.
August 10 β Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of SΓ¨vres with the Allied Powers, confirming arrangements for the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.
August 11... |
1920_8 | Section: September (2):
September 5
Mahatma Gandhi launches the Non-Cooperation Movement in India, with the goal of obtaining independence from British rule
Presidential elections begin in Mexico.
September 8 β Gabriele D'Annunzio proclaims the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume.
September 9 β The Lotta Sv... |
1920_9 | Section: October (2):
October β English writer Agatha Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, appears in the U.S., introducing her long-running Belgian detective character Hercule Poirot in the setting of an English country house. (The book is published in the U.K. in 1921.)
October 3 β The Prix de l'A... |
1920_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2
1920 United States presidential election: Republican U.S. senator Warren G. Harding defeats Democratic governor of Ohio James M. Cox and Socialist Eugene V. Debs, in the first national U.S. election in which women have the right to vote.
In the United States, KDKA AM of Pittsburgh (own... |
1920_11 | Section: December (2):
December β The first edition of the Poems of the English war poet Wilfred Owen, killed in action in 1918, appears in London, introduced by his friend Siegfried Sassoon. Only five of Owen's verses having been published in his lifetime, the collection introduces his work to many readers. It include... |
1921_0 | 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1921st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 921st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1920... |
1921_0 | Section: January (2):
January 2
The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil.
The Spanish liner Santa Isabel breaks in two and sinks off Villa Garcia, Mexico, with the loss of 244 of the 300 people on boar... |
1921_1 | Section: February (2):
February 12 β Red Army invasion of Georgia: The Democratic Republic of Georgia is invaded by forces of Bolshevist Russia.
February 19 β The French Third Republic and Second Polish Republic form a defensive alliance.
February 20 β The Young Communist League of Czechoslovakia is founded.
February 2... |
1921_2 | Section: March (2):
March β The Group Settlement Scheme in Western Australia begins.
March 1
The city of KiryΕ«, located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, is founded.
The Australia national cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, becomes the first to complete a whitewash of the touring England team in The Ashes, something tha... |
1921_3 | Section: April (2):
April 11 β The Emirate of Transjordan is created under British Mandate, with Abdullah I as emir.
April 15 β "Black Friday" in Britain: transport union members of the 'Triple Alliance' refuse to support national strike action by coal miners.
April 20 β Ferenc MolnΓ‘r's play Liliom is first produced in... |
1921_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1β7 β Jaffa riots: Riots at Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine result in 47 Jewish and 48 Arab deaths.
May 2βJuly 5 β Third Silesian Uprising: Poles in Upper Silesia rise against the Germans.
May 3 β The province of Northern Ireland is created within the United Kingdom.
May 5
London Schedule of Payments s... |
1921_5 | Section: June (2):
June 3 β The death penalty is abolished in Sweden.
June 10 β Paris declaration: Representatives of the three states of Transcaucasia and the North Caucasus (the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian Socialist Soviet Republics) proclaim their independence, establishing a customs union and military allian... |
1921_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is founded.
The first BCG vaccination against tuberculosis is given, in Paris, France; the recipient is a newborn child.
July 2 β U.S. President Warren Harding signs a joint congressional resolution, declaring an end to America's state of war with Germany, Aus... |
1921_7 | Section: August (2):
August 5 β The first radio baseball game is broadcast: Harold Arlin announces the Pirates-Phillies game from Forbes Field over Westinghouse KDKA in Pittsburgh.
August 11
Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness strikes while he is vacationing; on August 25 he is diagnosed with polio and aged 39 be... |
1921_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 β Poplar Rates Rebellion: Nine members of the borough council of Poplar, London, are arrested.
September 8 β Margaret Gorman, 16, wins the Golden Mermaid trophy at a beauty pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey; officials later dub her the first Miss America.
September 13 β White Cast... |
1921_9 | Section: October (2):
3 October
Simko, the leader of the Shikak tribe, killed the Iranian commander Colonel Mohammad Taqi Pessian by having his head cut off in the Battle of Jafarabad (1921), which was the first incident of his rebellion.
October 5
The World Series baseball game in North America is first broadcast on t... |
1921_10 | Section: November (2):
November 4 β After a speech by Adolf Hitler in the HofbrΓ€uhaus in Munich (Germany), members of the Sturmabteilung ("brownshirts") physically assault his opposition.
November 9 β The National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista or PNF) is founded in Italy.
November 11 β During an Armistice D... |
1921_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 β Rising prices cause riots in Vienna.
December 6
The Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State, an independent nation incorporating 26 of Ireland's 32 counties, is signed in London.
Agnes Macphail becomes the first woman to be elected to the Canadian Parliament.
December 13... |
1922_0 | 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1922nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 922nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 22nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 192... |
1922_0 | Section: January (2):
January 7 β DΓ‘il Γireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64β57 votes.
January 10 β Arthur Griffith is elected President of DΓ‘il Γireann, the day after Γamon de Valera resigns.
January 11 β The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made, by Fred... |
1922_1 | Section: February (2):
February 6
Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) succeeds Pope Benedict XV, to become the 259th pope.
The Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty is signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy. Japan returns some of its control over the Shandong Peninsula to China.
February 8
Pre... |
1922_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2
An ice mass breaks the Oder Dam in Breslau.
The British Civil Aviation Authority is established.
March 4 β The silent horror film Nosferatu is premiΓ¨red at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Germany.
March 10 β Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay for sedition.
March 13 β Edward, Prince of Wale... |
1922_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 β South African Railways takes control of all railway operations in South West Africa.
April 3 β Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party.
April 7 β 1922 Picardie mid-air collision: The first midair collision between airliners occurs... |
1922_4 | Section: May (2):
May 8 β In Moscow, eight priests, two laymen and one woman are sentenced to death for opposition to the Soviet government's confiscation of church property.
May 18 β Sergei Diaghilev, Igor Stravinsky, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, Erik Satie and Clive Bell dine together at the Hotel Majes... |
1922_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1
Bolshevik forces defeat Basmachi troops, under Enver Pasha.
The first issue of the magazine Krestyanka is published in Russia.
June 9 β Γ
land's Regional Assembly convenes for its first plenary session in Mariehamn, Γ
land; the day will be celebrated as Self-Government Day of Γ
land.
June 11 β Ro... |
1922_6 | Section: July (2):
July 11 β The Hollywood Bowl open-air music venue opens.
July 17 β The final signings of Treaty 11, an agreement between George V, King of Canada, and various Canadian First Nations, are conducted at Fort Liard.
July 20 β The German protectorate of Togoland is divided into the League of Nations manda... |
1922_7 | Section: August (2):
August 2 β The 1922 Swatow typhoon hits Shantou, China, killing more than 5,000 people.
August 22 β Irish Civil War: General Michael Collins is assassinated in West Cork.
August 23
Morocco revolts against the Spanish.
August 26
A Turkish large-scale attack opens against Greek forces in Afyon; Turki... |
1922_8 | Section: September (2):
September 3 β The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, the world's third purpose-built motorsport race track, is officially opened at Monza in the Lombardy Region of Italy.
September 9 β Turkish forces pursuing withdrawing Greek troops enter Δ°zmir, effectively ending the Greco-Turkish War (1919β1922).
... |
1922_9 | Section: October (2):
October β 3,000 German marks are now needed to buy a single American dollar β triple the figure three months ago due to hyperinflation.
October 1 β G. I. Gurdjieff opens his Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man at Fontainebleau, France.
October 3 β Rebecca Latimer Felton becomes the fir... |
1922_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1
The Ottoman Empire is abolished after 600 years, and its last sultan, Mehmed VI, abdicates, leaving for exile, initially in Malta, on November 17.
A broadcast receiving licence with a fee of ten shillings is introduced in the United Kingdom.
November 4 β Discovery of the tomb of Tutank... |
1922_11 | Section: December (2):
December 5 β The British Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new Constitution of the Irish Free State.
December 6 β The Irish Free State officially comes into existence. George V becomes the Free State's monarch. Tim Healy is appointed first ... |
1923_0 | 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1923rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 923rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 23rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1923, the Gregorian calendar wa... |
1923_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
Wahiduddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic (d. 2018)
Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (d. 2019)
Vulo Radev, Bulgarian film director (d. 2001)
RomΓ©o Sabourin, Canadian World War II spy (d. 1944)
January 2
Abdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy, 38th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2014)
Rachel Waterhouse, E... |
1923_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1
Stig MΓ₯rtensson, Swedish racing cyclist (d. 2010)
Gena Turgel, Polish author, Holocaust survivor and educator (d. 2018)
February 2
James Dickey, American poet, author (Deliverance) (d. 1997)
Red Schoendienst, American baseball player (d. 2018)
Liz Smith, American gossip columnist (d. 2... |
1923_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2
Orrin Keepnews, American record producer (d. 2015)
Robert H. Michel, American Republican Party politician (d. 2017)
March 3 β Doc Watson, American folk guitarist, songwriter (d. 2012)
March 4
Russell Freeburg, American journalist and author
Piero D'Inzeo, Italian Olympic show jumping rider (... |
1923_3 | Section: April (2):
April 2
Alice Haylett, American professional baseball player (d. 2004)
Gloria Henry, American actress (d. 2021)
Johnny Paton, Scottish football player, coach and manager (d. 2015)
G. Spencer-Brown, British mathematician (d. 2016)
April 4
Maximiano Tuazon Cruz, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate (d. 201... |
1923_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1
Frank Brian, American basketball player (d. 2017)
Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese football forward, manager (d. 2014)
Joseph Heller, American novelist (Catch-22) (d. 1999)
Billy Steel, Scottish footballer (d. 1982)
May 2
Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland (d. 2008)
Paul Shooner, Canadian politic... |
1924_0 | 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1924th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 924th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1920s decade. |
1924_0 | Section: January (2):
January 12 β Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
January 20β30 β Kuomintang in China holds its first National Congress, initiating a policy of alliance with the Soviet Union and the Chinese C... |
1924_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 β The United Kingdom recognizes the Soviet Union.
February 5 β GMT: A radio time signal is broadcast for the first time, from the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
February 14 β The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR), based in the U.S. state of New York, is renamed International B... |
1924_2 | Section: March (2):
March 3 β The Ottoman Caliphate, a remnant of the Ottoman monarchy abolished on November 1, 1922 and one of the historical claims of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, comes to an end with the deposition of the Caliph of the Ottoman dynasty. This marks the end of an era, giving way to the ... |
1924_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1
Adolf Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in Landsberg Prison in Germany for his participation in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch (he serves less than 9 months).
The first revenue flight for Belgium's Sabena Airlines takes place.
April 6 β Italian general election, 1924: Fascists win the elections in I... |
1924_4 | Section: May (2):
May 4 β The 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies are held in Paris, France.
May 8 β Lithuania signs the KlaipΔda Convention with the nations of the Conference of Ambassadors, taking the KlaipΔda Region from East Prussia and making it into an autonomous region.
May 10 β In the United States, J. Edga... |
1924_5 | Section: June (2):
June 2 β U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
June 5 β Ernst Alexanderson sends the first facsimile across the Atlantic Ocean, which goes to his father in Sweden.... |
1924_6 | Section: July (2):
July 10 β Paavo Nurmi of Finland wins the 1,500 and 5,000 m runs within two hours at the Paris Olympics.
July 12 β United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916β24) comes to an end. The constitutional government headed by General Horacio VΓ‘zquez, elected in the elections held in March, is ... |
1924_7 | Section: August (2):
August 16 β The Dawes Plan is signed in Paris, temporarily resolving German reparations dispute.
August 28 β August Uprising: Georgia rises against rule by the Soviet Union in an abortive rebellion, in which several thousands die.
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1924_8 | Section: September (2):
September 9
The Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
The 8-hour work day is introduced in Belgium.
September 9β11 β The Kohat riots break out in India.
September 28 β U.S. Army pilots John Harding and Erik Nelson complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. It has taken them 17... |
1924_9 | Section: October (2):
October β The skull of the Taung Child is discovered.
October 2 β The Geneva Protocol is adopted by the League of Nations Assembly as a means to strengthen the League, but later fails to be ratified.
October 6 β 1-RO begins regular radio broadcasting services in Italy.
October 9 β Municipal Grant ... |
1924_10 | Section: November (2):
November β The last known sighting of a California grizzly bear is recorded, by Colonel John R. White at Sequoia National Park.
November 4
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first woman governor in the United States.
1924 United States presidential election: Republican Calvin Coolidg... |
1924_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 β A Soviet-backed communist 1924 Estonian coup d'Γ©tat attempt fails in Estonia.
December 19 β German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for the murder and dismemberment of at least 24 young males in Hanover.
December 20 β In Germany, Adolf Hitler is released from Landsb... |
1925_0 | 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1925th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 925th year of the 2nd millennium, the 25th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1920s decade. |
1925_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 β The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
January 3 β Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italian Chamber of Deputies which will be regarded by historians as the beginning of his d... |
1925_1 | Section: February (2):
February 25 β Art Gillham records (for Columbia Records) the first Western Electric masters to be commercially released.
February 28 β The 1925 CharlevoixβKamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
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