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Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, granting woman the right to vote. -
World Series
Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time; the New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three. -
German Reparations
Germany, burdened by reparations payments imposed by Treaty of Versailles, suffers hyperinflation. One american dollar is north 7,000 German Marks. -
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. -
Klansmen March
Forty thousand Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, their white-hooded procession filling Pennsylvania Avenue. -
Charlie Chaplin in Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin's popular silent comedy The Gold Rush premieres before enthusiastic audiences -
The General
Buster Keaton's comedy classic The General, considered by many to be the greatest silent film ever made, premieres. -
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway publishes The Sun Also Rises -
Immigrant Radicals
With all possible avenues of appeal now exhausted, Italian immigrant radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed by electric chair. -
Babe Ruth 60
New York Yankees star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking the record of 59. Ruth record will stand for more than thirty years. -
The Jazz Singer
Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer, the first "talking" motion picture, premieres, marking the beginning of the end of the silent film era. -
Chicago Mob
In the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, the single bloodiest incident in a decade-long turf war between rival Chicago mobsters fighting to control the lucrative bootlegging trade. -
Kellogg-Brand Pact
Fifteen nations, including the United States, sign the Kellogg-Brand pact "outlawing" war. -
Hoover President
Herbert Hoover, running on a slogan of "A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage," is elected to the presidency, crushing Catholic Democrat Al Smith to maintain Republican dominance of the Oval Office. -
Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres, introducing the world to a new animated character-Mickey Mouse. -
Stock Market Collapse
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Dow will bottom out at a Depression-era ow of just 41.22 in 1932.