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  • U.S
    May, 1921
    Treaty of Versailles

    Clauses of the treaty

    U.S
    May, 1921

    The commission was required to "give to the German Government a just opportunity to be heard", and to submit its conclusions by 1 May 1921.




  • Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
    May, 1921
    Walt Disney

    The Establishment of Laugh-O-Gram Studio

    Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
    May, 1921

    In May 1921, the success of the "Laugh-O-Grams" led to the establishment of Laugh-O-Gram Studio, for which he hired more animators, including Fred Harman's brother Hugh, Rudolf Ising and Iwerks. The Laugh-O-Grams cartoons did not provide enough income to keep the company solvent, so Disney started production of Alice's Wonderland‍—‌based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland‍—‌which combined live-action with animation; he cast Virginia Davis in the title role. The result, a 12-and-a-half-minute, one-reel film, was completed too late to save Laugh-O-Gram Studio, which went into bankruptcy in 1923.




  • Anglet, France
    May, 1921
    Igor Stravinsky

    Moving to Anglet

    Anglet, France
    May, 1921

    In May 1921, Stravinsky and his family moved to Anglet, near Biarritz, southwestern France.




  • Germany
    Thursday May 5, 1921
    Treaty of Versailles

    Heavy fines were imposed on Germany

    Germany
    Thursday May 5, 1921

    On 5 May 1921, the reparation Commission established the London Schedule of Payments and a final reparation sum of 132 billion gold marks to be demanded of all the Central Powers. This was the public assessment of what the Central Powers combined could pay, and was also a compromise between Belgian, British, and French demands and assessments. Furthermore, the Commission recognized that the Central Powers could pay little and that the burden would fall upon Germany.




  • Ireland
    Friday May 13, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    The failure of the British efforts to put down the guerrillas was illustrated

    Ireland
    Friday May 13, 1921

    The failure of the British efforts to put down the guerrillas was illustrated by the events of "Black Whitsun" on 13–15 May 1921.




  • Ireland
    Friday May 13, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    General election for the Parliament of Southern Ireland

    Ireland
    Friday May 13, 1921

    A general election for the Parliament of Southern Ireland was held on 13 May. Sinn Féin won 124 of the new parliament's 128 seats unopposed, but its elected members refused to take their seats.




  • Dublin, Ireland
    Wednesday May 25, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    Several hundred IRA men from the Dublin Brigade occupied and burned the Custom House

    Dublin, Ireland
    Wednesday May 25, 1921

    The biggest single loss for the IRA, however, came in Dublin. On 25 May 1921, several hundred IRA men from the Dublin Brigade occupied and burned the Custom House (the center of local government in Ireland) in Dublin city center. Symbolically, this was intended to show that British rule in Ireland was untenable. However, from a military point of view, it was a heavy defeat in which five IRA men were killed and over eighty captured.


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