Populist humorist Will Rogers born. The resulting year-long media frenzy helps elect Ronald Reagan U.S. President. Everett Central Labor Council formed. Washington state voters reject an initiative that would ban the export of raw logs.
Voters ban underground bomb tests, Colorado.
Gandhi leads Great March into Transvaal, South Africa. Parliament institutes racial segregation in public facilities, Rhodesia. Bolshevik revolution launched in Russia. Within a decade white settlers, business interests, and the U.S. Army seize the region. 20,000 black and white workers stage general strike, New Orleans.