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Harding Dies
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency. -
Ford Motor Company
The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion. -
Fitzgerald Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby. -
Scopes Violaes Ban
Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution, in violation of new state law banning the teaching of Darwin. The ensuing "Scopes Monkey Trial," pitting defense attorney Clarence Darrow against three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan in a proxy debate of modernity versus fundamentalism, captivates the nation. Scopes is eventually found guilty. -
Ku Klux Klan
Forty thousand Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, their white-hooded procession filling Pennsylvania Avenue. -
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin's Gold Ruch popular silent comedy. -
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway publishes The Sun Also Rises. -
The General
Buster Keaton's comedy classic The General, considered by many to be the greatest silent film ever made, premieres. -
Mae West Obscence
Risqué entertainer Mae West is found guilty of obscenity by a New York court and sentenced to ten days in jail. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
With all possible avenues of appeal now exhausted, Italian immigrant radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed by electric chair.