Ellen Terry, acclaimed British actress, dies at age eighty.

27 Aug.

The Pact of Paris, an ineffective agreement by twenty-three nations to outlaw war, is signed in Paris.

27 Aug.

Mustafa Kemal Pasha, president of Turkey, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Roman alphabet for all future written communication in Turkey.

12 Sept.

Spain arrests more than two thousand protesters on the fifth anniversary of the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

7 Oct.

Ras Tafari becomes king of Ethiopia, and on 2 November 1930 he is named king of kings with the title Haile Selassie I.

25 Nov.

Mountain tribes in Afghanistan launch a major revolt against King Amanollah to protest his attempts at social reform. He abdicates on 14 January 1929 in favor of his brother, Inayatullah, who on 17 January is deposed by bandit leader Bacha-i-Saquao. On 3 November 1929 Gen. Mohammed Nadir Shah assumes the throne of Afghanistan and stabilizes the nation.

24 Dec.

Hungarian police arrest leaders...