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Event of Interest
Jan 23 Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown" premieres in NYC
Film & TV History
Jan 26 John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of television in his laboratory in London
Historic Publication
Jan 27 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his theory of wave mechanics and presents what becomes known as the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics
- Jan 27 US Senate agrees to join World Court
- Feb 1 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR
- Feb 1 Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch
- Feb 2 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours
- Feb 2 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: In all-Australian final John Hawkes beats James Willard 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
- Feb 2 Australasian Championships Women's Tennis, Adelaide: Daphne Akhurst Cozens retains title; beats Esna Boyd Robertson 6-1, 6-3
- Feb 4 Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany
- Feb 6 NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates
- Feb 6 St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees
Walt Disney Studios
Feb 8 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios
- Feb 8 German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership
- Feb 8 Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
- Feb 9 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools
- Feb 10 Building of Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, begins
- Feb 11 UK transfers administration of Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific to New Zealand
- Feb 12 Barendrecht soccer team forms
- Feb 15 Brooks Atkinson Theatre opens at 256 W 47th St NYC
- Feb 15 Contract air mail service begins in US
Sports History
Feb 16 Suzanne Lenglen defeats US champion Helen Wills in influential tennis match in Cannes, France
Event of Interest
Feb 25 Francisco Franco becomes Spain's youngest general at 33
- Feb 25 Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government and warlords
- Feb 26 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street
- Mar 3 International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Fla)
- Mar 4 De Geer government in Netherlands takes office
- Mar 6 China asks for a seat on the Security council
- Mar 7 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)
- Mar 9 Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle and 1st female mayor of any major US city
- Mar 10 Run on Belgian banks
- Mar 11 Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Féin
- Mar 12 Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
1st Liquid-Fueled Rocket
Mar 16 Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)
- Mar 17 Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3
The Girl Friend
Mar 17 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "The Girl Friend", starring Sammy White and Eva Puck, opens at the Vanderbilt Theatre, NYC; runs for 301 performances
- Mar 17 Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations
- Mar 24 The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands
- Mar 26 85th Grand National: Billy Watkinson victorious aboard 25/1 bet Jack Horner; first Australian jockey to win the race
- Mar 26 ACD de Graeff appointed governor general of Dutch East Indies
- Mar 26 First lip-reading tournament held in America
- Mar 31 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
- Apr 1 Montreal Maroons' Clint Benedict becomes first NHL goalie to record 3 straight playoff shutouts, in a 3-0 win against the visiting Victoria Cougars in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Championship series
- Apr 2 Riots between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta
- Apr 3 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions
- Apr 3 Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard
- Apr 4 Greek dictator Theodoros Pangalos elected president
- Apr 6 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 2-0 for a 3-1 series victory
- Apr 7 Forest fire burns 900 acres & kills 2 (San Luis Obispo California)
- Apr 11 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
The Pleasure Garden
Apr 12 Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film as director "The Pleasure Garden", in England; the silent drama was made in Germany
- Apr 12 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
Baseball History
Apr 13 At 38, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout
- Apr 13 Cyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam
Lady, Be Good!
Apr 14 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's 1st collaborative musical "Lady, Be Good!", featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adelle Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, opens at Empire Theatre, London's West End; runs for 326 performances
- Apr 15 Sesquicentennial Stadium opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; renamed Philadelphia Municipal Stadium, later renamed JFK Stadium (demolished 1992); played host to Tunney-Demspy fight (1926); 41 Army-Navy football games; professional football; and many concerts, including the US portion of Live-Aid (1985)
- Apr 16 Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" & "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner
- Apr 18 Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf, Germany
- Apr 19 30th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Johnny Miles in 2:25:40.4
- Apr 20 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic
- Apr 22 Persia, Turkey & Afghanistan sign treaties of security
Turandot
Apr 25 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" premieres in Milan
- Apr 25 Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi
- Apr 26 Germany & Russia sign neutrality peace treaty
- Apr 26 Karachai Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1943)
- Apr 29 France and US reach accord on repayment of WW I
Sports History
May 1 Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige (19) debuts in the Negro Southern League for Chattanooga
- May 1 British coal miners go on strike
- May 2 US military intervenes in Nicaragua
Volunteers Help Defeat General Strike
May 3 Britain's Trade Union Congress calls for the country's first ever general strike, begins at 1 minute to midnight in support striking coal miners, lasts 9 days
- May 3 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith)
- May 3 US Marines land in Nicaragua (9 months after leaving), stay until 1933
- May 5 Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"
- May 8 A. Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- May 8 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park, home of Boston Red Sox baseball team
1st Flight Over the North Pole?
May 9 1st flight over the North Pole claimed by Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot Floyd Bennett. Later discovery of Byrd's diary suggests they may have turned back 150 miles short of the pole due to an oil leak.
1st Flight Over the North Pole
May 12 Airship Norge is the first vessel to fly over North Pole, lead by Roald Amundsen and piloted by Umberto Nobile
- May 12 British General Strike ends after 9 days, coal mine workers stay on strike
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1
May 12 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in Leningrad
May Coup
May 12 General Józef Piłsudski returns to power in Poland after coup d'état against the Witos regime
- May 12 Hans Luther resigns for 2nd time as German Chancellor after no-confidence vote against his minority government
- May 15 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8
Chinese History
May 17 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme warlord in Canton
- May 17 Wilhelm Marx succeeds Hans Luther as Chancellor of Germany
- May 18 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanishes in Venice, California She shows up a month later saying she's been kidnapped
- May 19 French air force bombs Damascus Syria
- May 20 Belgian government of Jaspar takes power
- May 20 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots & planes
- May 20 Railway Labor Act became law in USA
Film & TV History
May 20 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies
- May 21 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
- May 22 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1
- May 22 Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China
- May 22 Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop
Baseball Record
May 23 Chicago Cub's Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard
- May 23 Lebanese constitution forms under French mandate
World Record
May 24 Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi sets world 3000m record (8:25.4) in Berlin, Germany
- May 25 Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of the Ukrainian People's Republic
- May 26 Lebanon adopts constitution
- May 28 Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
- May 28 US Customs Court created by congress
- May 31 Indianapolis 500: First rain-shortened race in "500" history; Frank Lockhart wins after 20 lap duel with Dave Lewis; race called after 400 miles (160 laps)
- May 31 Kruger National Park is established as South Africa's first national park
- May 31 Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup
- May 31 Sesquicentennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia
- Jun 1 Ignacy Mocicki elected President of Poland
- Jun 4 Ignacy Mościcki becomes President of Poland (holds office till 1939)
- Jun 5 Clevelands Indians baseball team triple-play NY Yankees & win 15-3
- Jun 6 Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms
- Jun 7 Swedish government of Ekman forms
- Jun 10 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle
- Jun 12 58th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard Crusader wins in 2:32.2
- Jun 12 Brazil leaves League of Nations
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 14 French Championships Men's Tennis: Henri Cochet wins 1st of 4 home titles; beats fellow Frenchman René Lacoste 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
- Jun 14 French Women's Tennis Championships: Suzanne Lenglen beats Mary Kendall Browne 6-1, 6-0
Briand Government Falls
Jun 15 7th French government of Aristide Briand falls
- Jun 18 Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover
- Jun 19 DeFord Bailey is 1st African American to perform on Nashville's "Grand Ole Opry"
- Jun 20 Mordecai W. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University
- Jun 22 Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs
- Jun 23 8th French government of Aristide Briand forms
- Jun 23 The College Board administers the first SAT exam in USA
British Golf Open
Jun 25 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American amateur Bobby Jones wins the first of his 3 Claret Jugs, 2 strokes clear of runner-up Al Watrous; 5th victory by an American in 6 years
- Jun 28 Mercedes-Benz forms when the world's oldest automobile manufacturers DMG and Benz & Cie merge
Event of Interest
Jun 29 Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada
- Jun 29 Carter G. Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research into Black history
- Jul 1 Canada restores gold standard
- Jul 2 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguished Flying Cross authorized, to award "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight"
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frenchman Jean Borotra wins his second Wimbledon singles title 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 over American Howard Kinsey
- Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Briton Kitty Godfree wins her second Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Spaniard Lilí Álvarez
- Jul 4 NSDAP-party forms in Weimar
- Jul 9 Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander in China
- Jul 9 Coup under General Sinel de Cordes in Portugal
- Jul 10 Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage
- Jul 10 US Open Men's Golf, Scioto CC: Amateur Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open 2 weeks earlier, claims the second of his 4 US Opens, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joe Turnesa
- Jul 12 Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu
- Jul 12 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)
- Jul 13 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4)
- Jul 15 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
- Jul 16 Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc
- Jul 16 National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos
- Jul 17 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4)
- Jul 18 20th Tour de France won by Lucien Buysse of Belgium
- Jul 18 The South Africa author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
- Jul 19 2nd French government of Herriot, forms
- Jul 20 A convention of the Methodist Church votes to allow women to become priests.
- Jul 22 105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)
- Jul 22 108°F (42°C), Troy, NY (state record)
- Jul 22 Cincinnati Reds right fielder Curt Walker ties National League record of 2 triples in an inning in a 13-1 rout of the Boston Braves
Prime Minister Poincaré
Jul 23 French government of Raymond Poincaré forms
- Jul 23 National Railway Company of Belgium forms (NMBS/SNCFB)
- Jul 26 National Bar Association incorporates
- Jul 26 Philippines government asks USA for a plebiscite on independence
- Jul 28 US & Panamanian pact about safeguard of Panama Canal
- Jul 30 Albanian boundaries deduced
- Aug 1 Battles between Druze & French in Damascus
- Aug 1 Failed assassination on General Primo de Rivera in Barcelona
- Aug 3 Traffic lights installed at Piccadilly Circus, London
- Aug 5 French & German trade agreement signed
Film & TV History
Aug 5 Harry Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1½ hrs before escaping
Don Juan
Aug 6 "Don Juan" starring John Barrymore is released by Warner Bros, the 1st feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects
- Aug 6 American Gertrude Ederle (20) becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel in 14 hours, 39 minutes, a record for male or female
The Cocoanuts
Aug 7 George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin's musical "The Cocoanuts" starring the Marx Brothers closes at the Lyric Theatre, NYC, after 276 performances; later adapted as a film
- Aug 10 Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
Sports History
Aug 11 Cleveland Indians future Baseball HOF outfielder Tris Speaker hits his 700th double in 7-2 loss to Chicago White Sox at Dunn Field, Cleveland
- Aug 13 Enrique Tirabocchi of Argentina becomes the first to swim the English Channel from France to England (record 16 hours 33 minutes)
- Aug 17 Greek-Serbian, Croatian and Slavs peace treaty signed
- Aug 18 England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0
- Aug 18 Weather map televised for 1st time
- Aug 20 Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai(NHK) is established.
Event of Interest
Aug 20 Uprising against Rezā Shāh Pahlavi in Iran
US Open Women's Tennis
Aug 23 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan 4-6, 6-4, 9-7 for her 8th and final US singles title
Hobbs Scores 316
Aug 30 Jack Hobbs scores 316 not out at Lord's (Surrey v Middlesex)
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