The Battle of Point Pleasant (Battle of Kanawha, Battle of Great Kanawha) was fought between Virginian militia and Shawnee and Mingo warriors in what is now West Virginia.
It was the only major battle of Lord Dunmore's War.
Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, prevailed and took his forces into the Ohio Valley.
The action effectively concluded the war in favor of Virginia and the Crown.
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Ten years after the terrible disaster at Eccles, West Virginia, which killed 180 coal miners, 119 were killed in a mine explosion at Benwood, West Virginia.
Gov. Warren T. McCray of Indiana was booked into the Marion County Jail after being found guilty of fraud by a Federal Jury.
McCray had been an opponent of the Ku Klux Klan who helped figure in his conviction, although McCray admitted the truth of the allegations, which involved promissory notes and land speculation. Becuase of the KKK's involvement, McCray was pardoned by President Hoover in 1930. He lived out the rest of his days after serving three years of his sentence on his farm.
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The Giants took the World Series with a 1 to 0 victory over the Yankees.
While both nations were in a shaky position at the time, it's worth remembering that Turkey, while on the defensive, was holding its own against Greece. France and the UK, initially allies in the Greek effort, had abandoned Greece as it became more aggressive in regard to its territorial demands and efforts. The Turks, on the other hand, had shown an inclination to look East into Turkic territories, something the USSR didn't need to happen. Moreover, the Soviet Union was having difficulty imposing its moronic economic system on an unwilling population and its political thumb on various ethnicities, so it was arguably in a worse position than Turkey was. Also, its population was enduring famine to the lunatic nature of its farm policy.
After World War Two Stalin pressed for the return of Imperial Russian lands, but Turkey resisted it, and the Western Allies backed Turkey's position. Soviet demands were dropped, but Georgia and Armenia have never been happy with the border that the treaty created.
A photographer took a photo of Jacksonville, Florida.
Simmons had founded the modern, i.e., the second Ku Klux Klan after being badly injuried in a car accident. His inspiration for the organization was the film Birth Of A Nation, D. W. Griffith's silent, racist film with a Lost Cause version of Reconstruction.
Polo had become a big Army sport in the early 20th Century, and the interwar years were really its high water mark. During that period it was widely participated in and encouraged by the Army. Polo became common not only in the Regular Army, but in the National Guard.
Hines was back at work photographing Appalachia, including the members of an African American 4H Club..
The photos speak volumes. She's of our age, but not Very plainly dressed and very adult looking.
On this day in 1921, The New York Giants beat the Yankees 13 to 5 in Game 3 of the 1921 World Series.
China responded to a demand from Japan for certain rights in Shantung province with a complete rejection. The demands were based on the Treaty of Versailles transferring German possessions to Japan following World War One, which included port cities in the province. The Chinese were not willing to go along with the treaty on these points, and ultimately their position prevailed.
The same photographer that toured schools in West Virginia took the photos of members of a 4H Club.
