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Communist revolution in Russia and its empire creates several new countries that are known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin.
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The Comintern, an international communist organisation, formed. Treaty of Versailles.
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Australia’s first radio broadcast takes place in Sydney. In the UK, Stanley Baldwin (a conservative) and Ramsay MacDonald (Labour leader) swap the prime ministership several times.
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Death of Vladimir Lenin; Joseph Stalin (the general secretary of the Communist Party) takes over power in the USSR.
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The Jazz Singer begins the era of ‘talking pictures’ and the end of silent movies.
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28 October, Wall Street stock market crash; beginning of global depression.
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. English cricket team devises ‘bodyline bowling’ to beat the run-scoring talents of Don Bradman
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Black Friday bushfires in Victoria kill 71 people and destroy five towns. World War II begins when Germany invades Poland.
