Thursday, November 17, 2022

Friday, November 17, 1922. Don't be a J. Walker.

Well known policeman and cartoonist Dick Mansfield in safety work lecture in Washington D.C., 11/17/22

The Irish Free State, which had come into existence due to a bunch of (mostly) men carrying around weapons and assassinating figures of English authority, executed James Fisher, Peter Cassidy, Richard Tuohy and John Gaffney. for "unauthorized possession of revolvers" in violation of the Public Safety Bill.

Defence Richard Mulcahy stated in the Dail;"People have to be shot. It was necessary to shock the country into a realization of the grave thing it is to take human life. These men were found in the streets carrying loaded revolvers ready to take the lives of other men. That's the simple case we have to put before the country."

The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI left the country, with the Ottoman Empire accordingly leaving history.  It had a long run, 1299 to 1922.

Prime Minister Benito Mussolini of Italy and his fascist government won a vote of confidence, 306 to 116.

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