20 times greater than the 12 marks needed in April 1919. December December 1 – Rising prices cause riots in Vienna. December 6 The Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State, an independent nation incorporating 26 of Ireland's 32 counties, is signed in London. Agnes Macphail becomes the first woman to be elected to the Canadian Parliament. December 13 – In the Four-Power Treaty on Insular Possessions, the Empire of Japan, United States, United Kingdom, and French Third Republic agree to recognize the status quo in the Pacific. December 23 – Visva-Bharati College is founded by Rabindranath Tagore in Santiniketan, Bengal Presidency, British India. December 29 – William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Canada's tenth prime minister; he will serve for three non-consecutive terms until 1948. Date unknown Spring – Russian famine of 1921–22 begins; roughly 5,000,000 die. Luxury goods brand Gucci is founded in Florence, Italy. Births January January 1 César Baldaccini, French sculptor (d. 1998) Cliff Bourland, American athlete (d. 2018) Hossein Wahid Khorasani, Iranian ayatollah January 3 Bob Dawson, Australian rules footballer Jean-Louis Koszul, French mathematician (d. 2018) John Russell, American actor (d. 1991) Cecil Souders, American football player (d. 2021) January 4 – Pedro Richter Prada, 115th Prime Minister of Peru (d. 2017) January 5 Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990) Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 2019) January 9 – Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian artistic gymnast January 10 – T. M. Kaliannan, Indian politician (d. 2021) January 11 – Juanita M. Kreps, American government official and businesswoman (d. 2010) January 12 – Muriel Phillips, American nurse and author (d. 2022) January 14 – Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006) January 16 Henry Sayler, American politician (d. 2021) George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth, British politician and journalist (d. 2008) Shmuel Toledano, Israeli politician (d. 2022) January 17 Asghar Khan, Pakistani politician, military officer (d. 2018) Epaminondas Stassinopoulos, Greek astrophysicist (d. 2022) Dan Tolkowsky, Israeli Air Force commander January 18 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American Nobel physicist (d. 2015) January 19 William 'Billy Batts' Devino, New York mobster with the Gambino crime family (d. 1970) Rachel Dror, German teacher and Holocaust survivor Patricia Highsmith, American author (d. 1995) January 20 – John Bai Ningxian, Chinese Roman Catholic bishop (d. unknown) January 21 Jaswant Singh Marwah, Indian soldier, journalist and author Howard Unruh, American spree killer (d. 2009) January 22 – Eleanor Owen, American playwright, actress, professor and mental