On this day: January 16
"Don Quixote" is first published, Prohibition is ratified and goes into effect, Hitler moves underground, and the space shuttle Columbia takes off for the last time, all on this day.
1920: The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France, six days after the Versailles Treaty came into force. In November, the headquarters of the League was moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where the first General Assembly was held on Nov. 15, 1920.
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