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Today in History. Covering daily news from 1921.

By Ryo Kawashima.

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Art by mkawashima.com

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German children lining up to get their milk ration at Mayen, Germany. Due to the famine and continuing Allied naval blockade, milk is only limited to the children and the sick. Up to 763,000 German civilians are estimated to have died due to starvation in 1918:

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The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to Max Planck and the Nobel prize for Chemistry is awarded to Fritz Haber:

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Former Russian Prisoners of War eating while they pass through Meurthe-et-Mosselle, France after being released from German captivity:

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Adolphe Max, the mayor of Brussels, returns to his desk after he had been detained by the Germans during the war for refusing to cooperate with the occupation: © IWM (Q 3391)

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Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden and Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg abdicate, becoming the last of the German monarchs to give up their titles. Duke Frederick II:

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French dirigible at La Rochelle aerodrome: © IWM (Q 58520)

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In the forest of Compiègne, the German delegation signs the armistice with the Allied powers, which will come into effect in 6 hours.

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The German revolution spreads to nearly all coastal cities, as well as Munich, Hanover, Brunswick, and Frankfurt. King Ludwig III of Bavaria is forced to flee Munich, becoming the first monarch in the German Empire to be deposed:

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Australian troops successfully capture the strategic Mont Saint-Quentin, which overlooks Péronne and the Somme River. Painting of the battle by Fred Leist:

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The Estonian Salvation Committee declares the independence of Estonia from Russia:

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