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Lenin's third stroke prevents the publication of his Testament, which urges upon the party the removal of Stalin
Military leader Miguel Primo de Rivera takes power in Spain in a military coup
The African National Congress (ANC) is formed in South Africa by renaming the South African National Native Congress
De Valera and his followers do well in elections to the Dáil but decline to take their seats
Rhodesia becomes a self-governing colony with political power exclusively in the hands of European settlers
Albert Roussel's opera-ballet Padmâvâti is premiered in Paris
The Italian novelist Italo Svevo has his first great success when The Confessions of Zeno is published in France
Sean O'Casey's first play The Shadow of a Gunman is performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
Maxim Gorky publishes My Universities, completing his autobiographical trilogy
The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) officially comes into being, with a newly written constitution
The Treaty of Lausanne, with more favourable terms than those negotiated at Sèvres, finally brings peace between Turkey and the Allies
The gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey makes his first appearance in Dorothy Sayers' Whose Body?
Le Corbusier publishes an influential collection of his articles under the title Towards a New Architecture
Bernard Shaw's play Saint Joan has its world premiere in New York
Zoltan Kod´ly's work for tenor, chorus and orchestra, Psalmus Hungaricus, has its first performance in Budapest
Turkey becomes a republic with Atatürk as president and Ankara as its new capital
Arthur Honegger's Pacific 231, inspired by the sounds of a steam train, has its first performance in Paris
Winston Churchill, accepting the position of chancellor of the exchequer in Baldwin's cabinet, returns to the Conservative party
Lenin's death is followed by an intense power struggle in the Kremlin between Stalin, Trotsky, Kamenev and Zinoviev
A general election brings in Britain's first Labour prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, at the head of a minority government
Sean O'Casey's second play Juno and the Paycock is performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
The Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti is murdered by Mussolini's Fascists
Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller wins three Olympic gold medals in the Paris games, together with a bronze in water polo
The British rugby team touring South Africa are for the first time called the Lions
Gracie Fields makes her name when she appears in London as Sally Perkins in the musical Mr Tower of London
