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The Versailles Treaty makes Danzig (or Gdansk) a free city (from 10 January 1920), under the protection of the League of Nations
The Versailles Treaty provides a corridor of land to give Poland access to Danzig and the Baltic, thereby dividing two parts of Germany
The German-speaking inhabitants of South Tirol are incorporated within Italy under the Versailles peace terms
German East Africa is to be governed by Britain as Tanganyika, under a League of Nations mandate
To President Wilson's profound disappointment the US Congress, by failing to ratify the treaty of Versailles, opts out of the League of Nations
Thomas Young's replacement of Pope's Villa is bought by the Sisters of Mercy and becomes St Catherine's School.
Harold Macmillan marries Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of the duke of Devonshire
Prohibition comes into effect in the USA, three months after the Volstead Act has provided guidelines for enforcement
The US steel strike collapses after four months, with nothing achieved
A right-wing military putsch seizes power for a few days in Berlin
Ezra Pound publishes Hugh Selwyn Mauberley, a poem that reflects on the practice of poetry itself
After several less successful novels, the French writer Colette makes her reputation with Chéri
Marie Rambert, a Polish dancer with the Ballets Russes, opens a ballet school in London
A plebiscite in Schleswig establishes the border between Denmark and Germany
Edith Wharton publishes her best-known novel, The Age of Innocence
Vladimir Tatlin's model for a gigantic Monument to the Third International becomes one of the most significant examples of Constructivism
A national congress in Damascus proclaims Faisal king of an independent Syria
Bristol-born actor Cary Grant moves to the USA with a troupe of touring tumblers
Destour is formed as a nationalist party in Tunisia, demanding full independence from France
The Japanese potter Shoji Hamada accompanies Bernard Leach on his return to England
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is elected president of Turkey's new Grand National Assembly
The Meccano company launches the first of its Hornby model trains
Sapper's patriotic hero makes his first appearance, taking on the villainous Carl Peterson in Bull-dog Drummond
After his marriage, Harold Macmillan leaves the army and joins the family publishing firm
The publication of Scott FitzGerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise, brings him instant success
