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The Treaty of Versailles was signed
The main players at the signing were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson known as the "Big Three." -
United States Political
The 18th Amendment was ratified. This banned all sale, manufacture, transportation and consumption of alcohol in the United States. -
Great Britain Economical
The first meeting of the council of the League of Nations is held in London. -
Soviet Union Political
The First Congress of the Comintern began in Moscow. -
Great Britain Economical
Parliament enacts legislation limiting the work week to 48 hours and establishing a minimum wage. -
Soviet Union Political
Leon Trotsky came in to office. -
Japan Political
Saito Makoto was appointed governor of Korea. -
Great Britain Ecomonomical
The Royal Air Force takes control of all British Airship operations. -
United States Economical
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was founded with $20 million capitol. -
Great Britain Intellectual
The first Bentley luxury car was invented. -
Great Britain Political
Winston Churchill announces plans to replace conscription with a 220,000 man volunteer army. -
United States Economical
Congress passes the Esch-Cummins Act wich returned railroads to private operation after WWI. -
Great Britain Economical
The government proposes an annual tax on automobiles. -
Japan Economical
Prices collapse and a long stagnation begins. -
Great Britain Political
The First Congress of the Communist Party of Great Britain opens in London. -
Great Britain Political
Parliament approves the Firemans Act instituting strict controls amd licensing of privately owned weapons. -
United States Political
The 19th amendment was passed which gave women the right to vote. -
Great Britain Intellectual
Oxford University admits women to full degree studies for the first time. -
Great Britain Economical
The number of unemployed workers tops 1 million the government announces increased unemployment compensation. -
Soviet Union Economical
Gosplan, the economic planning committee of the Soviet Union, was created by a decree of the Sovnarkom. -
Great Britain Social
Rationing of coal begins. -
United States Political
Warren G. Harding was elected as president. -
Great Britain Political
Great Britain signs a trade agreement with Soviet Russia. -
Great Britain Social
Great Britain's first birth control clinic is opened by Dr. Marie Stopes in Holloway. -
Soviet Union Political
A decree of the Tenth Party Congress replaced war communism with the more liberal New Economic Policy. -
Germany Social
Guccio Gucci opens first boutique of fashion design in Florence. -
United States Social
The first Miss America Paegent is held. -
United States Intellectual
Earle Dickson invented the first band aid. -
United States Intellectual
The first pop up toaster was invented by Charles Strite. -
Great Britain Social
804 people died in England and Wales of influenza during this week. -
Great Britain Social
THousands of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered to stem an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. -
Great Britain Political
The government announces plans to reduce public expenditures by 87,000,000 Euros. -
Italy Political
Italy's king put Benito Mussolini at the head of Italy's government. -
Great Britain Social
Music Hall wins the Grand National. Only 3 of 32 horses finish the race. -
Italy Social
Fascists and communists battle each other in the streets. Fascists prevail with help from the government. -
Japan Social
The Japanese Communist Party was founded. -
Great Britain Intellectual
The British Broadcasting company is established. -
Italy Political
The Fascists named Benito Mussolini the Prime Minister of Italy. -
Germany Economical
Germany did not make their reparation payment. -
Germany Social
The Reichstag building were the German and Parliament was burned by arson. The Nazi used the fire as an excuse to begin mass arrests of Communist citizens. -
Japan Social
The Great Kanto earthquake devastates Tokyo. -
Germany Economical
A new currency called the Rentenmark was introduced. -
Germany Social
Beer Hall Putsch: Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party failed in an attempt to overthrow the German Government. -
Soviet Union Social
Vladmir Lenin dies. -
Italy Political
Mussolini's fascist party wins national elections. -
United States Political
The immigration act of 1924 was passed which limited the annual number of immigrants that could be admitted in to the country. -
Japan Political
US Congress approves the Exclusion act which prohibits further immigration from Japan. -
Germany Intellectual
Mein Kampf was published which was Hitler's autobiography. -
Soviet Union Political
Trotskey was forced to resign his military offices. -
Italy Social
Italian women are forbiden to teach philosophy, history, Italian language and literature, Latin and Greek in high schools. -
Great Britain Intellectual
Austen Chamberlin was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. -
Italy Political
Mussolini becomes the dictator of Italy. -
Italy Intellectual
Novelist Grazia Deledda is the first Italian woman awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. -
Germany Political
Germany joins the League of Nations by unanimous vote. -
Japan Political
Japanese Peasent Unions: Labor movement tried to recrute farmers - not many signed up. -
Japan Economic
Japan's banking system collapsed. -
Great Britain Intellectual
King George V opens the National Museum of Wales. -
United States Social
The Jazz Singer was released as the first feature length motion picture with dialogue. -
Great Britain Intellectual
The Oxford English Dictionary is completed after 70 years of work. -
Japan Social
Japan's population is 65 million. -
United States Intellectual
Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented the bread slicer. -
Japan Intellectual
The first Japanese typewriter was invented by Kyota Sugimoto. -
United States Political
Herbert Hoover was elected as the 31st president. -
Soviet Union Social
Trotsky was banished from Soviet Union. -
United States Economical
This is the date that the stock market crashed. Unemployment rates skyrocketed. This was the time known as the Great Depression. -
United States Social
The Museum of Modern Art opens in New York. -
Japan Political
Japan signs the London Naval Treaty which was an agreement to reduce Naval warfare. -
United States Intellectual
Hans Von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle both co-invented the jet engine. -
Germany Political
The German Federal Election took place. -
Japan Social
The Sakuraki was founded which was a secret group of Japanese officers who wanted military dictatorship. -
Japan Social
Japan invades Manchuria. -
Japan Social
Nationalist military officers assassinate Prime Minister Inukai, attack banks and police stations. -
United States Social
Emelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean and was the first woman to do so. -
Soviet Union Political
The First Five-Year Plan was announced that the plan had been fulfilled. -
Germany Political
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of the German Reich. -
Germany Political
The Enabling Act was passed which declared Hitler a legal dictator. -
Germany Social
Burning of "un-German" books. -
United States Economical
The Dust Bowl strom hit. This was a period of severe dust storms and drought affecting the midwestern states. -
Japan Intellectual
Fujifilm Holdings Corporation is founded. This was a Japanese photography and imaging company. -
Italy Social
The Italian national football team wins its first FIFA World Cup. -
Germany Political
Hitler declares himself fuehrer. -
Soviet Union Intellectual
The Writers Union was established. -
United States Social
The first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was held in Ohio. -
United States Economical
The Social Security Act was passed which limited poverty and unemployment. -
Italy Social
Italy invades Ethiopia. -
Soviet Union Social
The Great Purge took place. -
Germany Social
The summer olympics were held in Berlin. -
Japan Political
Japan signs anti-communist pact with Germany and Italy. -
United States Intellectual
The Golden Gate Bride in San Francisco was built. -
Japan Economical
The second Sino-Japanese war. A war between the republic of China and the empire of Japan. -
Japan Intellectual
Canon was founded. -
Japan Intellectual
The portable electrocardiograph was invented by Taro Takemi. -
Soviet Union Social
Stalin signs a non-aggression pact with Hitler. -
Italy Political
Mussolini and Hitler sign the "Pact of Steel." -
Germay Invades Poland
Hitler and the Nazis wanted Lebensraum. They wanted to recover land that was lost during World War I.
