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Howard Carter exposes a flight of steps in the Valley of the Kings and comes to a barrier bearing the name Tutankhamun
The British Broadcasting company launches a regular broadcasting service from the Marconi 2LO studio in London
The Conservatives under Andrew Bonar Law win 347 seats in the British general election, giving them a large majority
The Labour party, winning 142 seats and beating the Liberals into third place, becomes for the first time the official UK opposition
Erskine Childers is sent before a firing squad in the Irish Free State for possession of a revolver
Valéry's collection Charmes includes probably his best-known poem, 'Le Cimetière marin'
Lenin has a second stroke, putting him finally out of action in political terms
With the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the 26 counties of southern Ireland formally become the Irish Free State
William Thomas Cosgrave becomes the first prime minister of the Irish Free State
At a congress in Moscow four soviet republics (Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Republic) agree to unite
Canadian physiologists Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolate insulin from the pancreas for the treatment of diabetes
Harold Macmillan stands as the Conservative candidate for the Liberal seat of Stockton-on-Tees and is defeated by 73 votes
The Czech novelist Jaroslav Hasek dies with his masterpiece, The Good Soldier Schweik, incomplete
Benito Mussolini sets up a Fascist Grand Council as a token assembly to conceal his authoritarian rule
De Valera and the IRA lay down their arms, bringing to an end the Irish civil war
France, with Belgian support, occupies Germany's industrial heartland in the Ruhr
With Mussolini already installed as Il Duce, his party wins 65% of the votes in a general election
Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges publishes his first collection of poems, Fervor de Buenos Aires ('Fervour of Buenos Aires')
Lenin's third stroke prevents the publication of his Testament, which urges upon the party the removal of Stalin
Garrick's Villa Estate is split up and auctioned. Garrick's Temple and Temple Lawn are sold to Paul Glaize who builds a house, Temple House, joined onto the Temple
Military leader Miguel Primo de Rivera takes power in Spain in a military coup
Henry Luce has an immediate success with a new magazine, calling it simply Time
Bessie Smith has a big hit with her first record, Downhearted Blues, selling two million copies within a year
The African National Congress (ANC) is formed in South Africa by renaming the South African National Native Congress
Marcel Duchamp completes his large glass construction The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even
