- January 20
- Second German government of Luther begins. [1]
- January 21
- Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties. [1]
- January 22
- Belgian chief of staff General Maglinse quits. [1]
- January 26
- Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London England). [1]
- January 27
- US Senate agrees to join World Court. [1]
- February 1
- Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR. [1]
- February 4
- Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany. [1]
- February 8
- German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership. [1]
- February 9
- Teaching theory of evolution is forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia, USA schools. [1]
- February 11
- Tokelau (Union) islands in south Pacific transfers to New Zealand. [1]
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- February 17
- Avalanche buries 75 people in Sap Gulch in Bingham, Utah, USA; 40 die. [1]
- February 25
- Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain. [1]
- Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords. [1]
- March 3
- International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Florida). [1]
- March 4
- De Geer government in Netherlands takes office. [1]
- March 6
- China asks for a seat in the League of Nations Security council. [1]
- March 7
- First transatlantic telephone call (London - New York). [1]
- March 10
- Run on Belgian banks. [1]
- March 11
- Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein. [1]
- March 12
- Denmark begins unilateral disarmament. [1]
- Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines, Belgium. [1]
- March 15
- Belgium's "black monday", franc falls. [1]
- March 16
- In Auburn, Massachusetts, USA, Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, which rises 41 feet, flies 2.5 seconds, travelling 184 feet (56m). [1] [1046.370] [1193.1096]
- March 17
- Dutch Calvinists oust Reverend J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3. [1]
- Spain and Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations. [1]
- March 26
- ACD de Graeff is appointed Governor-General of Dutch East-Indies. [1]
- March 31
- German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands. [1]
- April 2
- Riots between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta, India. [1]
- April 3
- Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard. [1]
- Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions. [1]
- April 4
- Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos is elected president. [1]
- April 7
- Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills two (San Luis Obispo, California, USA). [1]
- April 11
- Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent. [1]
- April 12
- Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms. [1]
- April 20
- First check sent by radio facsimile transmission across the Atlantic. [1]
- April 22
- Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security. [1]
- April 24
- Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Treaty of Berlin. If one country is attacked, the other is to remain neutral. [10]
- April 25
- Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi. [1]
- April 26
- Karachai Autonomous Region is established in RSFSR (until 1943). [1]
- April 29
- France and US reach accord on repayment of WWI. [1]
- May 1
- British coal-miners go on strike. [1]
- May 3
- British general strike-3 million workers support miners. [1]
- Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith). [1]
- US marines land in Nicaragua (9 months after leaving), stay until 1933. [1]
- May 4
- General strike by unions in Great Britain. (The strike ends nine days later.) [1397.18]
- May 5
- Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for Arrowsmith. [1]
- May 8
- A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. [1]
- May 9
- Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make first flight over North Pole. [1]
- May 11
- Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen, Norway, for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean. [1]
- May 12
- British general strike ends. [1]
- Polish General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos. [1]
- Norwegian pilot Umberto Nobile flies airship Norge as first vessel to fly over the North Pole. [1]
- May 13
- German Government of Luther falls. [1]
- May 15
- British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike. [1]
- May 17
- Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton, China. [1]
- German Government of Wilhelm Marx takes power. [1]
- May 19
- French air force bombs Damascus, Syria. [1]
- May 20
- Belgian Government of Henri Jaspar takes power. [1]
- Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies. [1]
- May 22
- Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang, China. [1]
- May 23
- Lebanese constitution is established under French mandate. [1]
- May 26
- Lebanon adopts constitution. [1]
- Symon V Petliura, Ukrainian statesman, is assassinated at age 47 by Sholom Schwartzbard. [1]
- May 28
- Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal. [1]
- May 31
- Portuguese President Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup. [1]
- June 1
- The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition opens in Philadelphia. [574.70]
- July 1
- Oltre Giuba is incorporated into Italian Somaliland. [1367.1560]
- July 10
- Lake Denmark, New Jersey, arsenal explodes, kills 21, US$75 million damage. [1]
- July 16
- National Geographic takes first natural-color undersea photos. [1]
- July 23
- Fox Film buys the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film. [5]
- August 6
- Warner Bros premieres Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (New York), Don Juan with John Barrymore shown. [1]
- September 11
- Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu, Hawaii. [1]
- September 18
- Hurricane hits Miami and south Florida, USA, destroying hotels, piers, marinas, mansions built in preceding years. 400 killed, 50,000 made homeless. [1] [341.116]
- September 25
- International slavery convention signed by 20 states. [1]
- October 16
- Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200. [1]
- October 22
- Student Wallace Whitehead repeatedly punches magician Harry Houdini in the abdomen, after asking if he had strong muscles, and receiving permission to punch him. (By the end of the month, Houdini will die of a ruptured appendix.) [194.23]
- October 24
- Magician Harry Houdini performs in Detroit, Michigan, but collapses during intermissions from stomach pain. [194.24]
- October 25
- Harry Houdini is operated on in Detroit, Michigan, and is found to have a gangrenous ruptured appendix. Doctors realize he will die soon. [194.24]
- November 10
- Vincent Massey becomes first Canadian minister to USA. [1]
- November 18
- Pope Pius XI issues encyclical "On the persecution of the Church in Mexico". [1]
- December 7
- Gas refrigerator patented. [1]
- December 10
- Second part of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf is published. [1]
- December 14
- Danish Madsen government forms. [1]
- December 15
- Facist national symbol elevated in Italy. [1]
- December 17
- German Wilhelm Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army. [1]
- Lithuanian military state under General Augustine Woldemaras. [1]
- December 25
- Prince-regent Hirohito becomes 124th Emperor of Japan (1926-1989). [1]
- December 28
- Imperial Airways begins England-India mail and passenger service. [1]
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