Thursday, May 19, 2022

Friday, May 19, 1922. Going for the Gold.

Delegates to the Genoa Conference,

The Thirty four nations that participated in the Genoa Conference agreed to a return to the gold standard, which had been suspended in varying degrees during World War one.

On the same day, the House of Lords voted not to admit women.

The Soviet Union introduced its youth organization, the Young Pioneers, as an ideological alternative to the Scouting organizations.

WDAP, which is now the legendary WGN, went on the air in Chicago.

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