Archaeologist Howard Carter broke through the sealed doorway into Tutankhamun's burial chamber, revealing the pharaoh's gilded shrine for the first time in over 3,000 years.

Turkey and Allied powers signed the Treaty of Lausanne, formally settling borders of the modern Turkish republic after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

The Grand National Assembly proclaimed the Republic of Turkey, with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk elected its first president, ending centuries of Ottoman rule.

The Grand National Assembly declared Turkey a republic, ending centuries of Ottoman monarchy and installing Mustafa Kemal as its first president.

Adolf Hitler burst into a Munich beer hall meeting with armed followers, firing a pistol shot into the ceiling and declaring a national revolution had begun.