100 Years ago.... Shackleton, polar explorer, dies Jan 5, 1922 Sir Ernest Shackleton, regarded as many as the finest explorer of his age,...

100 Years ago.... Irish Parliament votes to accept treaty Jan 21, 1922 After a debate of fiery words and high drama, the Dail Eireann,...

100 Years ago.... DISCOVERY: Insulin gives diabetics hope Dec 29, 1921 Medical history was made this year with the isolation of insulin,...

100 Years ago.... Irish offered Free State Dec 7, 1921 Shortly after midnight yesterday, British and Irish negotiations finally signed an...

100 Years ago.... Mussolini becomoes "Il Duce" of Fascists Nov 7, 1921 Benito Mussolini, the blacksmith's son from poverty-stricken...

100 Years ago.... Rioting as Gandhi burns foreign cloth Nov 17, 1921 The streets of Bombay were today lined with vast crowds, all...

100 Years ago.... Emperor Karl's comeback fails Oct 25, 1921 Undeterred by the utter failure of the theatrical coup last Easter, the...

100 Years ago.... Females quake at Valentino's Sheik Oct 31, 1921 The new sensation of the cinema is Rudolf Valentino of the flashing...

100 Years ago.... World's most famous tramp comes home Sept 9, 1921 The little tramp returned to the city of his birth today - to be...

100 Years ago.... Snugglepot and Cuddlepie are keeping the children amused August 1, 1921 The first release of May Gibbs' Snugglepot and...

100 Years ago.... Help us, pleads Lenin, as famine worsens August 4, 1921 Russia is in the grip of a terrible famine and its Bolshevik...

100 years ago.... Irish truce is declared July 22, 1921 Ireland now has a truce after months of the most savage fighting that the country...

100 Years ago.... Hawker crashes to his death in UK July 12, 1921 Harry Hawker died this afternoon doing what he had always done best,...