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Returning from active service with the Royal Navy, Erskine Childers devotes his energies to Sinn Fein and Irish independence
Mussolini founds the Fasci di Combattimento, dedicated to opposing the Socialist party
Edward Elgar completes his last great work, the Cello Concerto in E minor
More than 300 die when British troops fire on a peaceful demonstration in Amritsar
H.L. Mencken's The American Language traces the gradual evolution of American from English
The Swiss theologian Karl Barth publishes his influential Commentary on Romans, taking St Paul's epistle as his text
The Soviet system of Gulag slave labour camps is introduced, under the control of the secret service, the Cheka
Music-hall artist Harry Lauder is knighted for his wartime performances entertaining troops at the front
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk leads resistance to the Greek invasion of western Turkey
Employers' refusal to allow collective bargaining prompts a general strike in Winnipeg, the largest dispute of its kind in Canada's history
Léonide Massine, Ottorino Respighi and André Derain collaborate on the ballet La Boutique Fantasque
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown fly from St John's in Newfoundland to Clifden in Ireland
Mussolini's Fascist party rapidly acquires an aggressive presence, thanks to his gangs of armed thugs in their blackshirt uniforms
US boxer Jack Dempsey defeats Jess Willard for the world heavyweight title, sending him from the ring with a broken jaw
At least thirty-eight people are killed in a race riot in Chicago
Adolf Hitler joins the tiny German Workers' party, the members of which share his own virulent anti-semitism
French poets Louis Aragon and André Breton launch Littérature, a surrealist review
The League of Nations makes South West Africa (Namibia) a mandated British territory, to be administered by South Africa
Afghanistan finally achieves international recognition as an independent nation
Lillian Gish stars as a Cockney girl in D.W. Griffith's inter-racial film romance Broken Blossoms, set in London's slums
Nancy Astor, as MP for Plymouth, becomes the first woman to take her seat in Britain's House of Commons
On the death of Louis Botha, Jan Smuts succeeds him as prime minister of South Africa
The port of Fiume, belonging to Yugoslavia, is seized by Gabriele d'Annunzio and 300 Italian volunteers
Steelworkers go on strike in the US, attempting a major confrontation with industrial management
Walter Gropius becomes director of the newly formed Bauhaus in Weimar
