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Zoltan Kod´ly's work for tenor, chorus and orchestra, Psalmus Hungaricus, has its first performance in Budapest
Sigmund Freud proposes a new interpretation of the mind in his book The Ego and the Id
Turkey becomes a republic with Atatürk as president and Ankara as its new capital
Adolf Hitler, launching a putsch in a Munich beer cellar, announces the birth of a new national government
Adolf Hitler's beer-cellar putsch ends in ignominious failure, as he turns and flees under fire
Hermann Goering is wounded in the aftermath of the Munich beer hall putsch, but unlike Hitler manages to escape
Arthur Honegger's Pacific 231, inspired by the sounds of a steam train, has its first performance in Paris
Rainer Maria Rilke publishes his Duino Elegies and his Sonnets to Orpheus
Adolf Hitler dictates Mein Kampf to Rudolf Hess in their shared prison cell after the failed Munich putsch
Rudolf Hess suggests to Hitler the policy of Lebensraum or 'living space' for the German people
Paul Hindemith sets Rainer Maria Rilke's song-cycle Das Marienleben
Harold Macmillan stands again for Stockton-on-Tees and this time wins the seat with a majority of 3215
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
Following the death of Sir Ratan Tata in 1918, his widow sells York house and its contents to the Twickenham Urban District Council for use as council offices.
George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue has its first performance, at the Aeolian Hall in New York
Clarence Birdseye, having eaten frozen fish in the Arctic, launches Birdseye Seafoods in New York
Britain's most prestigious steeplechase, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, is run for the first time
James Hertzog's National Party, committed to protecting white privilege, comes to power in South Africa
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
The ‘New Star & Garter Home’, designed by Edwin Cooper, is opened by King George V and Queen Mary
Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller wins three Olympic gold medals in the Paris games, together with a bronze in water polo
Max Brod disregards Franz Kafka's dying instruction to destroy all his manuscripts
