Monday, August 16, 2021

Tuesday, August 16, 1921. Dáil Éireann convenes.

The Dáil Éireann convened in Dublin in spite of the United Kingdom's position that without dominion status, an independent government in Ireland would not be recognized.


The "Second Dáil" would become the one that engaged in the long awkward process of sorting out Irish independence.

Prince Alexander, hospitalized in France due to appendicitis, became King of Yugoslavia due to the death of his father, King Peter.

The Soviet Union announced a partial revocation of prohibition in the USSR, allowing for alcoholic beverages of now more than 14% ABU.

Woodrow Wilson returned to the practice of law for the first time in decades.  He would not do it for long.

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