French pediatrician Gaston Variot warned young women not to dance theCharleston, because its "sudden wrenching movements" were "likely to produce internal conditions inimical to the proper conditions of childbirth."[2]
TheBarnes-Hecker Mine Disaster occurred inIshpeming, Michigan, the worst industrial tragedy in Michigan's history. 51 men died when an explosion in the mine filled the tunnels with water from a nearby swamp.[3]
A new, far-reaching police law was enacted in Italy giving the government extensive powers of confinement and extending its power to dissolve political and cultural organizations. A new deportation law allowed for persons to be restricted to certain localities within Italy for light offenses or exiled to penal colonies for more serious ones.Benito Mussolini also reclaimed theItalian Minister of the Interior position for himself, andItalo Balbo was appointed undersecretary for the Air Ministry.[6][7][8]
In Poland, MarshalJózef Piłsudski decreed a press gag law. The law forbade publishing news that could cause a public demonstration, news or rumors that ridiculed or criticized government officials and judges, and matter considered by government officials to be derogatory. Government officials were empowered to impose fines or jail sentences without a court hearing.[9]
Born:Joan Sutherland, Australian singer, in Sydney (d. 2010)
Died:Tom Forman, 33, American actor and director (suicide)
Princeton University severed athletic relations withHarvard. A formal letter from Princeton explained, "We have been forced to the conviction that it is at present impossible to expect in athletic competition with Harvard that spirit of cordial good will between the undergraduate bodies of the two universities which should characterize college sports."[12]
Miners' leaders and the British government reached an agreement on the ending of the coal miners' dispute. The miners essentially gave in to the owners' demands, including that the workday be increased from seven hours to eight. Some 300,000 miners had already returned to work by this time through localized settlements.[16]
The formerCrown Prince Wilhelm and his son were attacked by an angry mob at theFriedrichstraße when they got out of a car flying theHohenzollern flag. Police intervened and held up traffic until they could ride away again.[19]
It was revealed that the Irish writer and playwrightGeorge Bernard Shaw had refused the £7,000 in prize money awarded to him a year ago for hisNobel Prize in Literature, and theSwedish Academy had been begging him to take it ever since. Tired of the standoff, Shaw declared, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize!"[16]
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Italian trade unionist CaptainGiuseppe Giulietti, loyal to the Fascists but out of favour for his brand ofsyndicalism, was arrested in Genoa for purported embezzlement.[25][26]
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Benito Mussolini created a special Court for political crimes and reintroduced the death penalty to Italy for attempts on the life of the royal family or Head of State, acts of espionage and incitement of civil war.[28][29]
KingFerdinand of Romania was reported to be gravely ill, sparking fears that a civil war might break out if he were to die as the heir to the throne,Michael, was five years old and QueenMarie was still on an ocean liner in the Atlantic.[30]
Italy put its anti-striking law to use for the first time, fining eighty-one clothing workers inGallarate 100 lira each for stopping work.[31][32]
In fighting between German Communists and the right-wingNazi Party andReichsbanner members, following the death ofLeonid Krasin, 13 people were injured and 60 arrested.[36]
Benito Mussolini restored the right among members of the Fascist Party to criticize government policies.[37]
Italian trade unionist CaptainGiuseppe Giulietti, loyal to the Fascists but out of favour for his brand ofsyndicalism, was arrested in Genoa for purported embezzlement.[38][39]
Born:Lew Burdette, U.S. baseball player who was 1957 World Series MVP, 1956 ERA leader in the NL and the 1959 NL wins leader; inNitro, West Virginia (d. 2007)
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