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★22 Feb 1921
After White Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drove the Chinese out of Mongolia, the Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor.

★05 Jan 1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

★07 Sep 1927
American inventor Philo Farnsworth transmitted the first images using his all-electronic television system.

★05 Apr 1936
Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hit Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S., killing at least 216 people.

★05 May 1936
Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops captured Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, unopposed.

★23 Dec 1938
The first living specimen of a coelacanth, long believed to be extinct, was discovered in a South African fisherman's catch.

★09 Sep 1939
World War II: About 3,000 Polish Army forces began a nearly month-long defence of the Hel Peninsula during the German invasion of Poland.

★31 May 1941
The United Kingdom completed its re-occupation of Iraq, returning 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.

★19 Dec 1941
Second World War: Three Italian Royal Navy divers on manned torpedoes detonated limpet mines on Royal Navy ships, disabling two battleships.

★13 Jul 1942
World War II: The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was converted from a battalion to accommodate a larger number of volunteers spurred on by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.

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