Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed British soldiers near Kilmichael in County Cork.
"Bloody Sunday" begins with the assassination of 14 undercover British intelligence agents by an IRA squad organised by Michael Collins.
Benito Mussolini and Leandro Arpinati led squads of fighters in the melee between Fascists and Socialists in Bologna, Italy.
The Model M Postage Meter was put into commercial use.
The General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time.
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) was founded in Sydney by a group inspired by the Russian Revolution.
Times Square Theater opened with a capacity of 1,032.
The Wall Street bombing took place in Manhattan, New York City.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, giving women the right to vote.
The State of Tennessee Passes the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Moscow Peace Treaty is signed.
US Post Office banned customers from mailing children and animals.
Pope Benedict XV canonized Joan of Arc.
The Democratic Republic of Georgia's independence was recognized by the Soviet Union.
The first game of the Negro National League was played at Washington Park in Indianapolis.
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was founded.
The Ottoman Empire was abolished.
The first German Expressionist film is premiered.
Adolf Hitler founded The Nazi Party in Munich, Germany.
Spain founded the Spanish Legion; an army unit made up of foreign soldiers.
The first council meeting of the League of Nations was held in Paris.
League of Nations instituted.
The Treaty of Versailles takes effect.
