10/6 Major Events 2

1905: Switzerland establishes a central bank. 1908: Crete declares independence from the Ottoman Empire and joins Greece. Austria-Hungary annexes the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. 1910: Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece in parliamentary elections; he would go on to serve seven terms. 1913: Yuan Shikai, using thousands of soldiers and police disguised as a 'citizens' group,' surrounds the National Assembly and forces his election as President and Li Yuanhong as Vice President. 1913: China and Britain hold talks in Simla, India, regarding Tibet. 1914: Japanese troops occupy Jinan, and the entire Jiaoji Railway line is occupied by Japanese forces. 1925: Chiang Kai-shek is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Guangzhou military government, beginning the second Eastern Expedition. 1927: Filming begins on 'The Jazz Singer,' the first sound film. 1928: Chiang Kai-shek assumes the position of Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China. 1930: Central Plains War: The Beiping National Government, led by Yan Xishan, collapses. 1937: The U.S. State Department condemns Japan's invasion of China.