May 30 Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists

May 26 The United States start limiting immigration, banning all Japanese

May 26 German Government of Marx resigns

May 10 J Edgar Hoover appointed head of the FBI

May 07 Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana

May 11 Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election

May 22 The birth of Charles Aznavour, French born singer

May 26 President Coolidge signs Immigration Law (restricting immigration)

May 02 Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR

May 08 Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231" premieres

May 05 Unions terminate Twentse textile strike

May 08 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut

May 21 Leopold and Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun

May 04 8th modern Olympic games open in Paris France

May 11 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)

May 01 Admiral Paul Koundouriótis becomes President of Greece

May 08 Memel territories given to Lithuania

May 04 German Republic election fascists &communists win

Jan 21 Jan 21, Russian revolutionary and founder of Bolshevism, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, dies at age 54.

Jan 24 Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad

Jan 11 SS Helgoland, she had sought shelter off the Ards coast but dragged her anchors and stranded at Tara Point, Ulster. The crew climbed the rigging to seek safety but had to remain there all night until they were rescued. During World War One she had been a 'Q' ship, with disguised gunnery for use against enemy submarines.

Jan 23 Ramsey MacDonald forms first Labour government in Britain

Jan 06 Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo

Jan 12 History of Science Society organized at Boston

Jan 24 Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad

Jan 26 Parliament approves the Red Ensign as Canada's official flag for government buildings at home and abroad

Jan 25 The first Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France

Jan 01 Grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP

Jan 03 British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovers the mummified remains of Tutankhamen, boy-king of Egypt.

Jan 27 Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier

Jan 15 3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms

Jan 27 Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square

Jan 30 Ponsford scores second 110 of the game in Victoria win over New South Wales

Jan 14 Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy

Jan 24 The Russian city of St. Petersburg is renamed Leningrad to honor the late revolutionary leader. It was later renamed back to St. Petersburg.

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