Lady Nancy Astor was sworn in, making her the first female member of British Parliament.
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Japanese Emperor Hirohito approved plans set forward by his advisors to go to war against the United States of America.
Slavery in Cape Colony, Britain's colony in South Africa, was abolished by the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.
Pedro I was crowned Emperor of Brazil.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
