The first remains of an Australopithecus africanus were found in a quarry in South Africa. The skull was that of a child, perhaps five or six years of age, who was killed by a bird of prey.
The anti Japanese Korean independence organization, and military government the Righteous Government (정의부) organized in West Jiandao, Korea.
Duan Qirui (Tuan Ch'i-jui) was installed by General Feng Yuxiang as the acting President of the Republic of China.
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The Tientsin Conference opened in China between warlords Zhang Zuolin, Feng Yuxiang, and Lu Yongxiang. Former president Sun Yat-sen, the ongoing head of the Kuomintang and the government sitting in Canton, organized the meeting to discuss the ongoing civil war.
Ranch property belonging to Mexican president elect Plutarco Elías Calles was expropriated by the state in accordance with Mexican agrarian laws.
Chicago mobster Dean O'Banion, leader of Chicago's North Side Gang, was gunned down in his florist shop, making the cover of The Casper Herald. His murder was nearly inevitable as he'd grown crosswise with one of the Italian mob families in Chicago.
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The news of the election hit the papers.
The former Emperor of China, Puyi, was expelled from the Forbidden City by Gen. Feng Yuxiang who unilaterally revoked the Articles of Favourable Treatment of the Great Qing Emperor after His Abdication
Puyi lived a tragic life, having been born into the anachronism of the Chinese Empire at a time it was collapsing. He'd go on to be Emperor of Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, a prisoner of the Soviet Union, a prisoner of the Red Chinese, and finally, a gardener. He died in 1967 at age 61.
President Coolidge made a Thanksgiving proclamation:
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Huang Fu became the acting President of the Republic of China.
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Gen. Feng Yxiang broke with the Zhilli clique and allied with the Fengtian clique led by Zhang Zuolin, inviting Zhang to form a new, pro-Japanese, government just a week after he overthrew the government in a coup.
He's oppose the Japanese in World War Two, but was sympathetic to the Communists, in spite of being a Christian, after the war.
Irish Free State parliamentarians Francis Cahill, Thomas Carter, Henry Finlay, Seán Gibbons, Alexander McCabe, Daniel McCarthy, Seán McGarry and Seán Milroy resigned in protest of the government's response in the Irish Army Mutiny.
Henry Ford endorsed Calvin Coolidge for President.
The Coolidge's voted by mail.
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General Feng Yuxiang carried out the Beijing Coup overthrowing President Cao Kun and installing Huang Fu as the new Chinese president.
Ontario's voters rejected a proposal to end prohibition.
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June 14 is Flag Day now, and then.
It was in the midst of its Warlord Era, during which war and banditry was a constant feature of its existence, with various factions constantly fighting with each other.
On this day, Gao Lingwei became acting head of state.
Overthrown Bulgarian head of state Aleksandar Stamboliyski was tortured and murdered by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization. He had been a member of the Agrarian Union party.
The Irish General Election was held. Sinn Féin went into the election split into pro and anti treaty camps, with the pro treaty wing led by Michael Collins winning 58 of the 128 seats. The anti treaty faction lead by Éamon de Valera took 34. While that result showed fairly clearly that a majority of the Irish (whom in truth would likely have settled for home rule) supported the treaty, it did leave the pro treat portion of the party six seats short of a majority.
The rest of the votes for the 34 remaining seats went to the pro treaty Labour Party (17), the Independents (9), the agrarian Farmers Party (7) and the Businessman's Party (1). This left the Dail with a clear pro treaty majority.
Chen Chiung-ming captured Guangzhou and announced the departure of Southern China's secessionist leaders, including President Sun Yat-sen. This was also announced as a step towards reuniting China.
Mexican rebels under Álvaro Obregón defeated a Federal force numbering 6,000 sent out from Guadalajara to arrest his advance.
Exiled Chinese revolutionary figure Sun Yat-sen reorganized the Kuomintang party under the new name Chinese Revolutionary Party after Yuan Shikai, self-proclaimed emperor of China, outlawed the political party.
The Austro Hungarian Council of Ministers gave its recommendations to the Emperor, with the first bieng a surprise attack on Serbia being the preferred option, and the second place one being to place demands on Serbia before mobilization to provide a proper "juridical basis for a declaration of war".
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