Stanley’s Baldwin’s British government resigns after failing to win a majority leading to Ramsay MacDonald forming the first Labour government in Britain, ending 24 years of Labour Party struggle.
Revolutionary and Premier leader Vladimir Lenin dies of a stroke at the age of 53. Lenin’s Testament is handed over to the Communist Party, his testament calls for changes to the Soviet governing structure and criticises Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky and other party members; St Petersburg is renamed Leningrad – this remained the name of the city until 1991 when it was changed back.
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini disallows the non-fascist work union.
The first Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France.
Carl Taylor patents an ice cream cone rolling machine.
American astronomer Edwin Hubble presented his findings at the American Astronomical Society, demonstrating that there are galaxies beyond the Milky Way, changing our understanding of the universe.
