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On this day in 1919, the republican party Sinn Féin declared Irish independence from Britain. After two years of guerilla warfare against British occupation and ~2,300 deaths, the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed, creating the Irish Free State.
Image: Photocopy of image taken during the Irish War of Independence. Seán Hogan's (NO. 2) Flying Column, 3rd Tipperary Brigade, IRA. 1920-1921 [Wikipedia]
Itō Noe, born on this day in 1895, was a Japanese anarchist, social critic, and feminist author. In 1923, Noe, along with Sakae Ōsugi and his 6-year-old nephew, was assassinated by state police in what was called the "Amakasu Incident".
On this day in 1924, revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died after a series of strokes. Following his death, his wife Krupskaya circulated "Lenin's Testament", a letter in which he criticized Party leadership and made suggestions for the future.