January 1 Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo January 2 Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR) January 3 Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator January 4 French psychologist Emil Coue brings his self-esteem therapy to U.S. "Every day in every way I am getting better and better" January 5 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings January 5 James Gleason and Richard Tabers "Is zat so?," premieres in New York City January 5 Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman Governor in USA January 5 Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office January 6 Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile and 14:44.6 5,000m January 7 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City January 8 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas January 9 German Postal Minister A Hofle resigns due to corruption January 10 France-Saarland forms January 10 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor January 11 Franc B. Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State January 12 John Howard Lawson's "Processional," premieres in New York City January 14 Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck," premieres in Berlin January 15 Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP January 16 General M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense January 16 Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council January 19 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record) January 20 U.S.S.R. and Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to U.S.S.R. January 21 Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe president January 22 Albania Republic proclaimed under President Achmed Zogu January 24 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island January 24 Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden January 28 -46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record) January 29 British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader January 30 Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople January 31 Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola February 1 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkampferbund in Berlin February 2 Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism and socialism February 2 Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km February 2 NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began February 8 Kaufman and Berlin's "cocoanuts," premieres in New York City February 8 Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta February 9 German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France February 9 Haifa Technion (Israel), opens February 10 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind February 10 AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year February 12 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress February 12 E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo February 12 Estonia forbids communist Party February 13 U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult February 14 State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed February 21 1st issue of "New Yorker" magazine published February 21 Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Magdeburg February 24 Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York February 25 Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska February 25 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran February 25 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles February 26 Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government February 27 Hitler's resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich February 27 Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 and 6-37 vs. England February 28 Congress authorizes a special handling stamp February 28 Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games) February 28 "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hit #1 February 28 Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms March 2 Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament March 2 Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage March 2 Nationwide road numbering system and U.S. shield marker adopted March 2 SDAP-Second-Faction of parliament demands drastic disarmament March 4 President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations March 4 Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by U.S. March 10 Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran March 12 British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement March 13 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games March 13 Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution March 19 Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop March 21 Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens March 21 Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar March 23 Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution March 24 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions March 30 Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians March 30 Stanley Cup: Vict Cougars (WCHL) beat Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1 March 31 WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) April 1 1st transmission of Danish state radio April 1 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated April 3 Great Britain goes back to gold standard April 3 Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde April 5 Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election April 5 Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer April 6 1st film shown on an British Air flight April 9 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital April 10 Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd) April 10 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald April 11 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco April 13 Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St. New York City April 14 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN) April 15 NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1 April 17 New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery April 17 Paul Painleve follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier April 18 World's fair opens in Chicago April 20 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00.6 April 21 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR April 21 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral April 21 Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London April 23 1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged April 23 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms April 26 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big" April 28 Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army April 28 Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard April 29 Netherlands returns to gold standard May 1 A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single May 1 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony May 2 Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park opens May 4 League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage May 5 John T. Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee May 5 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases) May 5 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak May 6 Ty Cobb hits his 5th home run in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884 May 7 Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row May 7 Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play May 8 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59 May 8 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco May 9 Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid May 11 Communist Party of Holland splits May 11 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR May 12 Uzbekistan and Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics May 12 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament May 16 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6 May 17 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit May 21 Canadians allow to sell beer May 21 George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt May 21 Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole May 26 Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery May 26 Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139) May 30 British mariners shoot on demonstrators May 30 Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy May 30 Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals June 1 Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games) June 3 Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits June 3 Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin) June 3 White Sox manager Eddie Collins gets 3,000 hit June 5 29th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester CC Mass June 6 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old June 12 William DeHart Hubbard of U.S., sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4" June 13 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8 June 15 Philadelphia A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15 June 22 Spain and France fight Morocco June 23 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers June 23 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming) June 25 Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece July 1 New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7 July 1 SDAP wins 4 chairs in Second-Parliamentary election July 1 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in U.K. July 3 38th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Joan Fry (62 60) July 4 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses July 4 45th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats J Borotra (63 63 46 86) July 4 Yankees Lefty Grove beats A's Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings July 10 Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial July 10 U.S.S.R.'s official news agency TASS forms July 11 Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government July 13 French occupation force begins evacuating country July 17 Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits July 18 Hitler publishes Mein Kampf July 20 Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France July 20 Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmatie July 21 Monkey Trial ends-John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism July 22 Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher July 23 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers July 24 Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tennessee High School, fined $100 and costs July 31 Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied July 31 Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England August 1 Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk and Netherland East-Indies August 3 Last U.S. troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912) August 4 1st Dutch Colijn government forms August 4 U.S. Marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation August 7 League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied August 8 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, D.C. August 9 Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out August 10 Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die August 12 KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions August 14 Mount Rushmore 1st proposed August 15 Norway annexes Spitsbergen August 15 White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919 August 18 Belgian and U.S. sign treaty about war debts August 18 Cardinal Mercier warns Belgians against socialism/liberalism August 20 WJR-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions August 21 BV Emmen soccer team forms August 24 39th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62) August 25 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem New York) August 25 Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg August 28 Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island August 29 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him August 30 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium September 1 Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee September 3 1st international handball match held September 3 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die September 5 112 F (44 degrees C), Centerville, Alabama (state record) September 5 29th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones September 12 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0) September 13 1st U.S. University for Blacks, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans September 13 Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1 September 18 Bill Tilden wins 6th straight U.S. tennis championship September 19 45th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (46 119 63 46 63) September 22 Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers September 23 George Kaufman's "Butter and Egg Man," premieres in New York City September 23 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP September 26 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill September 26 Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead September 29 French General of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed September 29 Greek republican constitution enforced September 30 General Pangulos disbands Greek parliament October 4 Harry Heilmann's 6 hits edges Ty Cobb .393 to .389 as batting champ October 5 WSM-AM in Nashville, Tennessee begins radio transmissions October 6 Greek premier Papanastasiou orders General Pangulos arrested October 11 Belgian episcopelian sspeaks against Flemish activism October 11 New York Giants play 1st NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0 October 12 Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8) October 12 German-Russian trade agreement signed October 14 Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee) October 15 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series October 15 Willem Landre's opera "Beatrice" premiers in The Hague October 16 Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact) October 16 Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution October 18 French General Sarrail bombs Damascus October 18 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th home run of the season October 19 Italian army takes Somalia October 21 Sidney Howards "Lucky Sam McGarver," premieres in New York City October 25 Lester Patrick takes over New York Rangers October 25 Rightist German ministers disavows Treaty of Locarno October 27 Water skis patented by Fred Waller October 30 KUT-AM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions October 31 Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia November 1 VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam November 5 Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties November 7 Italians liberal-national party joins fascist November 9 German NSDAP form SS November 11 Earnest Thalmann becomes chairman of German KPD November 11 Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings November 11 Night of Kersten - Colijn Dutch government falls by SGP-amendement November 11 Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays November 12 U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts November 16 American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY) November 16 Philip Barry's "In a Garden," premieres in New York City November 21 Red Grange plays final University of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears November 22 Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college November 24 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast) November 24 Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St. New York City November 25 KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy November 26 Netherlands and Germany sign trade agreement November 27 German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno November 28 7th French government of Briand sworn-in November 28 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn November 28 NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses and dies of TB 4 months later December 1 Treaty of Locarno signed December 5 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1 December 5 German government of Luther falls December 6 Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy) December 6 Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 19-7 December 7 Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St. New York City December 7 Noel Coward's "Easy Virtue," premieres in New York City December 9 AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and raise to $40,000 December 9 Pro football a hit in New York City; Grange and Bears beat Giants before 73,000 December 10 George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel December 11 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas December 12 Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo December 12 Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia December 12 Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over December 15 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Mont Candiens 3, New York Americans 1 December 15 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic December 17 Col William "Billy" Mitchell court-martial for insubordination December 17 Russia and Turkey sign non-aggresion pact December 21 Eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow December 21 Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against New Zealand December 23 Sultan Ibn Saud of Nedzjed conquers Djeddah December 26 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans December 26 New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70 December 26 NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1 December 26 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar December 28 George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in New York City December 30 NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 December 31 14th congress of CPSU decides to accelerate industry
