The first Sears retail store opened in Chicago.
20 mushers embark on a journey to transport medicine to Nome, Alaska, inspiring the Iditarod Race.
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first female American governor.
Benito Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship over Italy began after an aggressive speech in parliament.
Adolf Hitler was freed from jail early.
USPTO received a trademark for the Kleenex brand name.
Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected to become Wyoming's governor, the first time a woman held a governorship in the United States.
The Statue of Liberty's fingers, which clasp the handle of her torch, was fully installed.
First successful around‑the‑world flight.
The Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law.
A team of aviators begins the first round-the-world flight in history.
The Royal Canadian Air Force was formed out of the Canadian Air Force.
The last remnant of the Ottoman empire in Turkey is abolished.
The first state execution in the US was performed in the state of Nevada.
The Greenwich Time Signal is broadcast for the first time.
Mahatma Gandhi was released from prison after two years into his six-year sentence.
The first Winter Olympics medal was awarded to American Skater Charles Jewtraw after skating 5,000 meters in just 44 seconds.
The world's first Winter Olympics took place in Chamonix, France.
Ramsay MacDonald became the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Hasbro was founded as Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island.
Beer Hall Putsch begins.
Turkey became a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
Walt and Roy O. Disney founded the Walt Disney Company.
The Great Kantō earthquake struck Japan.
The Treaty of Lausanne is signed between Turkey and the countries that formed the Allied Powers in the First World War.
The famous iconic Hollywood sign was placed in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, US.
Harry Houdini broke free from a straitjacket while hanging upside down 40 feet in New York City, US.
The first-ever Le Mans endurance race began.
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company started selling inflatable tires from Akron, Ohio.
The first dance marathon took place in New York City, US.
President Warren G. Harding became the first president to pay taxes in the US.
Egyptian King Tutankhamun's coffin was discovered.
The founding of the Soviet Union was announced.
The Irish Free State constitution becomes law.
British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
A British-led team of archaeologists located the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb.
Constantine I of Greece abdicates.
Irish Politician Michael Collins is Assassinated.
The Hinterkaifeck Murders occurred, where six people were brutally killed on a remote farmstead in Germany, and the killer was never identified.
The first public Bat Mitzvah was held in New York City. It was for a girl named Judith Kaplan.
Fuad I became King of Egypt.
Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for his civil disobedience during a protest.
The Anglo-Irish Treaty, agreed to by the British Parliament and Sinn Féin, was ratified.
Eamon de Valera publicly repudiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed.
US President Warren G. Harding signed the Willis-Campbell Act, which took effect from this day.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Hara Takashi, was assassinated in Tokyo.
Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.
Margaret Gorman from Washington, D.C., became the very first Miss America.
