Jan 11 Insulin first used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)

Jan 30 Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over New South Wales

Jan 24 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)

Jan 24 -54ºF (-48ºC), Danbury WI (state record)

Jan 18 Irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy the Rotunda in Dublin

Jan 03 The first living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar

Jan 28 American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"

Jan 01 Vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road

Jan 09 Rotterdam metal strike ends

Jan 06 Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments

Jan 23 At Toronto General Hospital, 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson became the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes.

Jan 03 The first living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar

Jan 13 Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended

Feb 27 Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes first National Radio Conference

Feb 20 Vilnius, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland

Feb 21 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die

Feb 15 Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex

Feb 07 Reader's Digest magazine goes on sale for the first time.

Feb 27 The US Supreme Court unanimously upholds a woman's right to vote.

Feb 27 G B Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II," premieres in New York NY

Feb 22 Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin

Feb 11 "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1

Feb 21 Great Britain grants Egypt independence

Feb 06 The birth of Patrick McNee, British actor.

Feb 28 English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles

Feb 02 James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies)

Feb 06 Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI

Feb 11 US intervention army leaves Honduras

Feb 09 Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii

Feb 09 Italian government of Bonomi falls

Feb 05 The very first 'Readers Digest' appears on the shelves

Feb 05 Reader's Digest magazine first published

Feb 08 Radio arrives in the White House

Feb 28 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain

Feb 06 US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation

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