    __notoc__  ==events== ===january===  * january &ndash; the year begins with the british empire at its largest extent, covering a quarter of the world and ruling over one in four people on earth. * january 7 &ndash; dÃ¡il Ãireann, the parliament of the irish republic, ratifies the anglo-irish treaty by 64â57 votes. * january 8 &ndash; the social democratic youth league of norway is founded. * january 10 &ndash; arthur griffith is elected president of dÃ¡il Ãireann. * january 11 &ndash; the first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made, by frederick banting in toronto. * january 12 &ndash; the british government releases the remaining irish prisoners captured in the war of independence. * january 13 &ndash; the flu epidemic has claimed 804 victims in britain. * january 15 &ndash; michael collins becomes chairman of the irish provisional government. * january 24 &ndash; christian k. nelson patents the eskimo pie. * january 26 &ndash; italian forces occupy misrata in libya. the reconquest of libya begins. * january 28 &ndash; knickerbocker storm: snowfall from the biggest-ever recorded snowstorm in washington, d.c., causes the roof of the knickerbocker theatre to collapse, killing 98. * january 29 &ndash; the union of costa rica, guatemala, honduras and el salvador is dissolved. * january 30 &ndash; radio kzkz-am, the second radio station in the philippines, begins broadcasting. === february ===  * february &ndash; ring magazine is first published. * february 1 &ndash; irish american film director william desmond taylor is found murdered at his home in los angeles; the case is never solved. * february 2 &ndash; ulysses, by james joyce, is published in paris on his 40th birthday by sylvia beach. * february 5 &ndash; dewitt and lila wallace publish the first issue of reader's digest. * february 6 ** pope pius xi (achille ratti)
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