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May 1921 Tropical Ephemeris

What happened in May 1921

• May 1, 1921: Jaffa riots in Mandatory Palestine resulted in 47 Jewish and 48 Arab deaths, escalating tensions between the two communities.
• May 2, 1921: Poles in Upper Silesia launched the Third Silesian Uprising against German rule, seeking to incorporate the region into Poland.
• May 3, 1921: The province of Northern Ireland was created within the United Kingdom, establishing a separate political entity for the region.
• May 5, 1921: Germany agreed to pay 132 billion gold marks ($33 trillion) in annual installments of 2.5 billion as reparations for World War I, a significant financial burden.
• May 6, 1921: The German-Soviet Provisional Agreement was signed, recognizing the Soviet government in the RSFSR and establishing diplomatic relations between Germany and the Soviet Union.
• May 14, 1921: A major geomagnetic storm occurred, causing widespread disruptions to telegraph and radio communications, highlighting the vulnerability of these systems to natural phenomena.
• May 16, 1921: The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia was founded, playing a significant role in the country's political development and later becoming the ruling party after World War II.
• May 19, 1921: The Emergency Quota Act was passed in the United States, establishing national quotas on immigration and significantly reducing the number of immigrants from Eastern Europe, leading to an increase in Jewish emigration to Palestine.
• May 22, 1921: In the first golf international between the United States and the United Kingdom, the United States team decisively defeated the British team 9 rounds to 3, demonstrating their dominance in the sport.
• May 23, 1921: The Leipzig War Crimes Trials were held in Germany, prosecuting individuals accused of war crimes during World War I, setting a precedent for international accountability for war crimes.
• May 24, 1921: The first Northern Ireland general election was held, resulting in a dominant-party system with the Ulster Unionists winning 40 out of 52 seats, which lasted for fifty years.
• May 25, 1921: The Irish Republican Army occupied and burned The Custom House in Dublin, a symbolic act of defiance against British rule during the Irish War of Independence.
• May 26, 1921: A general strike began in Norway, demonstrating the growing labor movement and dissatisfaction with working conditions.
• May 31, 1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre, also known as the Greenwood Massacre, occurred in Oklahoma, resulting in the deaths of 36 to 300 African Americans and the destruction of the Greenwood District, one of the wealthiest black communities in the United States.