A hundred years ago - 22/5/1921

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22/5/1921

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  • Representatives of all German workers and employers' organizations as well as the industry and the press can be found in the Berlin Philharmonie to a rally against the "rape" of Upper Silesia.The assembly calls for self-determination rights for Oberlesia and categorically rejects a connection to Poland or the formation of a free state.

  • The city administration of Chicago announces that women who point to the public with short skirts and nude arms must pay between 10 and 100 US dollars (about 640 to 6400 marks) in the future.

  • In Rüsselsheim, the first automotive railway race takes place since World War.The winner of the race with several passes are the Opel factory driver Karl Jörns and Georg Kellner.