L'Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes (known as the Paris Exposition) opens and provides a venue and the name for art deco.

7 Aug.

Druze rebels in Syria kill two hundred French soldiers and wound six hundred more in a revolt against the French mandate. The following day British troops in Transjordan mobilize on the Syrian border to prevent Druze rebels from fleeing Syria. On 20 September French troops attack Damascus and shell the native quarter.

21 Aug.

A skirmish between Bulgarian and Greek troops near the tiny Turkish town of Demir Hissar launches a six-week border dispute between the two nations.

15 Sept.

Russian Bolsheviks lead a revolt in Bessarabia, killing fifty Romanian troops, but the uprising is quickly put down.

16 Oct.

At Locarno, Switzerland, seven European nations negotiate a series of treaties that guarantee postwar borders and offer what Europeans consider the best hope for lasting peace.

26 Nov.

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