June 22, 1919: Reichstag votes to accept the Versailles Treaty, Allies engage in sports, Faroe's display flag, Minnesota hit by tornado.

On this day in 1919 the Reichstag voted 237 to 138 to accept the Versailles Treaty, while its Supreme Counsel also rejecting the war guilt clauses.  The Reichstag vote sealed the question of whether Germany would sign the peace agreement, or endure an Allied invasion of its territory.  It voted to accept.

While the Germans were gathering to vote to tend the war, the Allies were holding the Inter Allied Games, an Olympic like event restricted to serving Allied soldiers or discharged Allied soldiers. The event was held in Paris' new Pershing Stadium.

The inaugural events were clearly impressive.

The Arabs wouldn't be getting independent countries for siding with the Allies, but they did get their own team at the event.

In the Faroe Islands, a Danish dependency, displayed its flag unofficially for the first time on this day at a wedding.

The Faroe's have their own language and are culturally distinct. An independence movement has existed on the islands since the late 19th Century and it was growing at this time.  Further developments would lead to the Faroe's declaring independence in 1946, which was accordingly rejected by Denmark, but which did grant the islands home rule.  They did not follow Denmark into the European Community and therefore are outside of it.

Fergus Falls was hit by a terrible tornado that killed 57 people, the second worst tornadic event in Minnesota's history.

Fergus Falls, Minn. after the cyclone, June 22, 1919,