Colorado adopted its apparently popular flag. I've always thought this flag a bit lacking, but that's not the widespread view.
Ho Chi Minh boarded the French ship L'Admiral Latouche Tréville on his way to France. He'd taken a job on the ship as part of the kitchen staff.
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The first Indian Motorcycle prototype was demonstrated in Springfield, Massachusetts.
One more reason to hate soccer:
An outcry erupts as a whale mural beloved by many in Dallas is replaced with art for the World Cup
This is the stupidest era in recent history.
The first color feature film, The Black Pirate, was released.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin addressed the British public about the ongoing strike in the UK, the first such emergency radio broadcast of that type in that nation.
The first test of the Mark 6 torpedo exploder was conducted.
Sir David Frederick Attenborough was born, and turns 100 years old today.
A major fire broke out at Fenway Park.
It was a Saturday.
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Ford Motors introduced the 40 hour workweek into American industry. They reduced what had been a 48 hour workweek to that level, with no reduction in pay.
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The Soviet Union and Weimar Germany pledged to remain neutral if either nation got into a war in the next five years.
A Flapper Fanny cartoon for the day:
It was a Saturday.
Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike, especially Big Business.
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The Japanese government issued the Haitō Edict, The Sword Abolishment Edict (廃刀令) prohibiting people, with the exception of former lords (daimyōs), the military, and law enforcement officials, from carrying weapons in public, including swords.
It was an attack on the former samurai class, with their establishment itself having already been eliminated.
General Chiang Kai-shek carried out a purge of Communists from the Republic of China's military and the Kuomintang party, In doing it, Chiang declared martial law in the Republic's capital at Guangzhou essentially effecting a coup.
While a major event, it's surprisingly understudied and the details are murky. At the time, Chiang maintained he was acting first in the face of an impending Communist coup. While its not at all clear that was the case, and many people assert it was a pretext, even the Communist have never had all that much to say about this event.
It was a Saturday.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department released 27 paris of Hungarian Partridges
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The Savoy opened in Harlem, and would remain open until 1958.
Japanese destroyers were fired upon by the Chinese from the Taku Forts.
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