State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the largest American automobile insurer, was founded on this day in 1922 as a mutual insurance company designed to assist farmers. The founder, George J. Mecherle, was a tractor salesman and retired farmer.
The Greek Cruiser Georgios Averof shelled the Turkish city of Samsun. The Ottoman government deported Greek residents of western towns under their control as a reprisal.
The British Mount Everest Expedition was called off due to the deaths of seventeen Sherpas in an avalanche.
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