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The Treaty Of Versailles was signed on the fifth anniversary of the Archduke Ferdinand's assassination. It stated that Germany would claim blame to the war, strip down its arms, and give areas of land away. Ultimately, it lost 13% of its land, 12% of its people, and 10% of the coal produced, which went to France, and was under rule of the League Of Nations.
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By being elected to the West Australian Legislative Assembly, Edith became the first female Australian to enter Parliament.
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Germany begins trading at any Mark value, lowering its value. They had hoped to increase interest in German trading by the rare deal, but instead found that inflation and conversion rates would eventually plunge Germany into a depression.
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Elected General Secretary, Joseph Stalin was a leader of his party, and while they refrained from re-electing him in '34, he was re-elected in all other positions.
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David first spoke of resigning from his post as prime minister of England due to frustration that his War Policy Committee was not allowed to fight as passionately as he'd hoped - David had had hopes to capture Trieste, using Italian soldiers instead of British.
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The Dawes Plan, created by Charles Dawes, was a plan for America to invest in Germany, loaning them money to pay back to the League of Nations. This ultimately failed, as the League of Nations would also then pay America, making them all reliant on the country.
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Logie Baird presented his televised silhouettes at Selfridge's Department Store, London.
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The civil war was sparked due to the rising tension between the Republic of China, lead by Kuomintang, and communists loyal to their Communist Party of China.
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The bread slicer was invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder, redesigning the machine and releasing the following year a machine that would not only slice bread, but also wrap it in plastic.
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The Jazz Singer was an American musical following a boy wanting to achieve his musical dreams. It was the first movie with synchronised audio and video, and found an initially apprehensive, but quickly enthusiastic response.
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The Wall Street Market crashed because, with the growing confidence in the economy, many people invested and took out loans that they were later unable to finance. As a result, over 13,000,000 people became unemployed.
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The first electric razor was invented by Colonel Jacob Schick. It featured power by a grapefruit-sized external motor, and while its initial reception was not exceptional, he found moderate profit, which clearly grew.
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After the Nazi party had only won a 37% vote the previous year, the previous chancellor hoped that a deal issuing Hitler as chancellor in one of the 3 Nazi government posts would create stability in the government.
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The Geheime Staatspolizei, or the Secret State Police, was employed by Hitler to create a private taskforce to identify and arrest any anti-Nazi agents.
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By destroying the War Ministry, Hitler creates Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces) - direct control.