That's a shame abuot the child labourer, because Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis created the Raggedy Ann doll in 1914, but poor old Mary never got a chance to play with it.

Something else important happened in 1914 aswell, though i'm buggered if i can remember what it was.

Yuo were supposed to post about 1914 though. The fact that Jon went on to mention other years is irrelevant.

And i'm not even going to mention the fact that you made number 1914 when i was busy researching and typing mine, making me look stupid.

Anyway, let's just forget it and carry on. Something that farmers in Kansas may have had trouble doing in 1918 when some very hot winds caused serious damage to their crops.

In 1921, from the ashes of the once great Ottoman Empire, the land of Turkey was formed. This new country took the world by storm, providing all sorts of dubios meat-based products to drunken revellers in every city of the globe.

Oh, they made a cool flag, too.

And, as Darren should well know, in 1922 the Irish Free State was founded. And look how well that went!
It was also the year that the first US aircraft carrier was launched, namely the USS Langley. And that did a lot of good too :/ 

...and then Il Duce continues his fun and games by telling everyone that they're Fascist, and he's their dictator. And they all go, "Mwuh? Uh. Okay." Oh, and the KKK has a bit of a resurgence in Washington.

Still, on the upside, 1925 also saw the signing of the Locarno Pact, /and/ the introduction of London's first double decker busses!

Meanwhile, the Americans were executing their own particular brand of crazy, and handing death sentances out to any immigrants who're accused of a crime, a la Sacco and Vanzetti.

And 1600 stupid people get hospitalised on December 12, after slipping on Britain's icy streets.

January 30th, 1933, and President Hindenburg has a chat with leading politician/businessman Von Papen, and decides Hitler's probably 'not that bad', and gives him the Chancellorship. Less than a month later, and the Reichstag's on fire. Coo. A fitted-up Socialist is found nearby, and the Enabling Act is passed as the result. Hindenburg wonders if, perhaps, he might have been mistaken.

On the other side of the Atlantic, though, FDR's being all warm and fuzzy, and broadcasts his first Fireside Chat, shortly before doing his whole New Deal thing. (hug) 

The international media's attention is directed to Scotland, however, where the first modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster has just occured.

A little more subtly, however, our world changes for the better, as the revered Ruth Wakefield invents the chocolate chip cookie.