May 05 Polish troops occupy Kiev

May 17 The first De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol

May 01 Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens

May 05 US President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal

May 16 Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) canonized a saint in Rome

May 07 USSR recognizes independence of Georgia

May 16 Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull

May 05 German-Latvian peace treaty signed

May 23 Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei

May 27 Tatar ASSR is established in Russian SFSR

May 16 Switzerland joins the League of Nations

May 02 The first game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis

Jan 17 Paul Deschanel elected President of France

Jan 03 Arthur Honegger's "Chant de Nigamon," premieres

Jan 04 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits

Jan 20 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws

Jan 03 New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000

Jan 11 French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die

Jan 16 The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution takes effect, banning the sale of beer and distilled spirits.

Jan 19 US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations

Jan 06 Winnipeg, Manitoba T. A. Crerar chairs a meeting of Ontario and Prairie farmers' organizations to establish the National Progressive Party

Jan 04 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits

Jan 31 The first Ukrainian daily newspaper in US (New York City NY) begins publication

Jan 23 Dutch government refuses to turn over ex-Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to the allies

Jan 29 Walt Disney starts first job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co

Jan 17 Paul Deschanel elected President of France

Jan 03 New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000

Jan 20 The birth of Federico Fellini, Italian born film director

Jan 13 New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly

Jan 10 League of Nations' first meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect

Jan 02 10,000 US union &socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)

Jan 02 The birth of Issac Asimov, Biochemist and science fiction writer

Jan 10 The League of Nations is established by the Treaty of Versailles.

Jan 16 Georgia declares independence

Jan 15 Prohibition goes into effect, making it illegal to sell beer and liquor.

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