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Biology teacher John Scopes is prosecuted for breaking state law by teaching evolution to his class of children in Dayton, Tennessee
The German navy adapts a civilian encryption machine, Enigma, for military purposes
The RSS party, from which the present Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) derives, is established in India by Keshava Baliram Hedgewar
A.J. Cook, leader of Britain's miners, insists 'Not a penny off the pay, not a minute on the day'
Virgiinia Woolf publishes her novel Mrs Dalloway, in which the action is limited to a single day
Italian poet Eugenio Montale publishes his first collection, Bones of the Cuttlefish
Film actress Greta Garbo and her director Maurits Stiller move from Sweden to Hollywood
A round table at the Algonquin Hotel in New York becomes famous for its collection of wits
British jockey Gordon Richards becomes champion jockey for the first of 26 times
Reza Khan, by now prime minister of Iran, mounts a second coup to depose the last Qajar shah and begin his own Pahlavi dynasty
Treaties signed at Locarno, in Switzerland, aim to stabilize and guarantee Germany's borders with France and Belgium
African-American singer and dancer Josephine Baker is jazz hot in La Revue Nègre in Paris
Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck has its premiere in Berlin
The Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is founded to unite Hindus in a society without caste and today involves millions of volunteers in providing 'one-teacher schools' for poor communities
English potter Michael Cardew sets up a studio at Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire
John Logie Baird gives the world's first demonstration of television to a group assembled in his attic rooms in London
Russian Jewish writer Isaac Babel publishes a collection of stories, Red Cavalry, based on his own experiences in the army
Soldiers Pay is the first published novel of the Mississippi author William Faulkner
The Austrian architect Adolf Loos builds a house in Paris for the Romanian dadaist poet Tristan Tzara
Miners go on strike in Britain in protest against employers' attempts to reduce wages
French author André Gide publishes his only novel, The Counterfeiters
Patrick Abercrombie publishes The Preservation of Rural England, calling for rural planning to prevent the encroachment of towns
T.E. Lawrence publishes privately his autobiographical Seven Pillars of Wisdom, describing his part in the Arab uprising
A general strike begins in Britain in support of the striking miners
To explain the irregular movement of stars, Swedish astronomer Bertil Lindblad proposes the theory that our galaxy rotates
