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The first of America's 'unknown soldiers' is placed in the new Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery
James Joyce's novel Ulysses is published in Paris, by Sylvia Beach, because of censorship problems elsewhere
Ambrogio Ratti is elected pope and takes the name Pius XI
The Marconi company in England pioneers a regular broadcasting service from its 2MT radio station near Chelmsford
De Witt Wallace and his wife, working from home, publish the first issue of Reader's Digest
Robert J. Flaherty lives with the Inuit in the Arctic to make his dramatized documentary Nanook of the North
Egypt becomes an independent kingdom, subject to a British military presence to protect the Suez canal
Mahatma Gandhi is arrested by the British in India as an agitator and is sentenced to six years in prison
French fashion designer Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel introduces a very successful perfume, calling it Chanel No. 5
Lenin creates a powerful new post for Joseph Stalin, as General Secretary of the Communist Party
The reputation of UK prime minister Lloyd George suffers severely when he is accused of selling peerages so as to build up a personal political fund
Lenin has a stroke, removing him for five months from active control of party and state
The US architectural critic Lewis Mumford publishes The Story of Utopias, the first of his many influential works
Garrick's Villa is divided into seven flats by Flora Hutchinson
Wassily Kandinsky takes up a teaching post at the Bauhaus in Weimar
Diego Rivera, returning from his study of Italian frescoes, begins the first of his influential murals depicting Mexican history
Marina Tsvetaeva completes an anti-Soviet cycle of poems, The Encampment of the Swans
Winston Churchill buys Chartwell, a house in Kent that remains his home until his death
D.H. Lawrence takes a house in Sydney, where he writes the bulk of his novel Kangaroo
Virginia Woolf writes to Clive Bell admitting 'theft' from James Strachey
The League of Nations introduces the Nansen Passport for stateless persons
William Walton and Edith Sitwell give a private performance of their entertainment Façade, setting poems by Sitwell
Sinclair Lewis creates an archetypal character in George Folanshee Babbitt, a real-estate broker in the midwestern town of Zenith
British manufacturer Herbert Austin launches Britain's first car for the popular market, the Austin Seven or 'Baby Austin'
In elections to the Dáil the pro-treaty faction of Collins and Griffith defeats the opposition, led by de Valera
