On this day, January the 10th, in the year of 1920, the League of Nations, a former international organization formed with the goal to give a place for the world’s nations to talk to maintain world peace, was founded.

As the world was coming off the First World War, a general sentiment of peace was wanted among the nations of the world. To achieve this, the nations negotiating the Treaty of Versailles came up with the League of Nations after the framework of United States President Woodrow Wilson proposed such an organization.

Ironically, due to Wilson not being able to get enough support in the U.S. Senate, the Treaty of Versailles was not signed onto by America, so they didn’t join the League of Nations.

While the league was able to maintain peace (primarily in Europe) for a certain period of time, it eventually failed due to nations putting their own needs in front of the greater good.

The biggest thing the league failed to stop was the Second World War, which was bigger than the first.

After WW2, the league was dissolved and its power and responsibilities were transferred to the stronger United Nations, which remains as a talking table for world peace today (Britannica) (History).

To read more daily facts and tidbits and about the failed organization and the United Nations, see the Barron Perspectives “On this Day Archives” webpage and such articles as “(Fourteen Points) On This Day – January 8th” and “On This Day – October 24th (United Nations”.