926 Chronicle 2

1815: Russia, Prussia, and Austria announce the signing of the "Holy Alliance" in Paris. 1886: William Henry Finlay discovers Comet 15P/Finlay. 1900: Tao Mo succeeds Lu Chuanlin as Governor-General of Liangguang. 1905: Einstein officially publishes "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" in the German journal Annalen der Physik, proposing the theory of special relativity. 1907: New Zealand and Newfoundland officially gain self-governing status, becoming dominions within the British Empire. 1914: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 1914: WWI: Japanese forces control the Jiaoji Railway and lay siege to German troops in Qingdao. The only operational German aircraft engages nine Japanese planes in what is the first aerial combat in Asia. 1928: The Republic of China adopts the Gwoyeu Romatzyh, created by Zhao Yuanren and others, as the official system for Latinizing Chinese. 1944: WWII: The Soviet Army completes the Tallinn Offensive, driving German forces out of Estonia.