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1921
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As of the start of 1921, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 1 – In American football, the University of California, january 2 The football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube from Belo Horizonte is founded as Palestra Italia in Brazil. The first religious radio broadcast is heard over station KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, the Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia,244 die. The De Young Museum opens in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, january 20 – The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel, all 56 on board die. January 21 The Italian Communist Party is founded in Livorno, the Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa. Womens suffrage is attained in Sweden, the full-length silent comedy-drama film The Kid, written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Jackie Coogan, is released in the United States. January 25 – The Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci is righted in Taranto Harbour, february 12 – Red Army invasion of Georgia, The Democratic Republic of Georgia is invaded by forces of Bolshevist Russia. February 20 – The Young Communist League of Czechoslovakia is founded, february 21 –1921 Persian coup détat, Rezā Khan and Ziaeddin Tabatabaee stage a coup détat in Iran. February 23 – The moderately conservative public official Oscar von Sydow takes over the Swedish premiership from Baron Louis De Geer the younger, february 25 – Red Army invasion of Georgia, The Red Army enters the Georgian capital Tbilisi and installs a Moscow-directed communist government. February 27 – The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is formed in Vienna, february 28 – The Kronstadt rebellion is initiated by sailors of the Soviet Navys Baltic Fleet. March – Group Settlement Scheme in Western Australia begins, March 1 – The city of Kiryū, located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, is founded. March 4 – Warren G. Harding is sworn in as 29th President of the United States, March 5 – Irish War of Independence, Clonbanin Ambush, Irish Republican Army kills Brigadier General Cumming. March 6 – The Portuguese Communist Party is founded, March 8 Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato e Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid. Allied forces occupy Düsseldorf, Ruhrort and Duisburg, March 12 – The İstiklâl Marşı, the Turkish national anthem, is officially adopted. March 13 – Occupation of Mongolia, The Russian White Army captures Mongolia from China, roman von Ungern-Sternberg declares himself ruler. March 14 – Armenian Soghomon Tehlirian assassinates Mehmed Talaat, former Interior Minister of Turkey, in Charlottenburg, March 16 – Six Irish Republican Army men of the Forgotten Ten are hanged in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. March 17 The Red Army crushes the Kronstadt rebellion and a number of sailors flee to Finland, dr. Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London, England. The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution, March 18 – The second Peace of Riga ends the Polish–Soviet War
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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1919 in the United States
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Events from the year 1919 in the United States. January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60, January 15 – The Boston Molasses Disaster, A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150. January 16 – The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition, January 25 – The Hotel Pennsylvania, is built in Manhattan, and becomes the worlds most popular hotel. February 6 – The Seattle General Strike begins, february 11 – The Seattle General Strike ends when Federal troops are summoned by the state of Washingtons Attorney General. February 25 – Oregon places a 1 cent per U. S. gallon tax on gasoline, february 26 – An act of the United States Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park. March 3 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the conviction of Charles Schenck, march 5 – A. Mitchell Palmer becomes Attorney General of the United States through recess appointment. March 15 – The American Legion forms in Paris, debs enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for speaking out against the draft during World War I. April 15 – Boston Telephone Strike of 1919 begins, ends successfully for the telephone operators and supporters on April 20. April 30 – Several bombs are intercepted in the first wave of the 1919 United States anarchist bombings, may 1 – Riots break out in Cleveland, Ohio,2 people are killed,40 injured, and 116 arrested. May 1 – Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina kills three men, beginning of Red Summer. May 16 – A U. S. Navy Curtiss aircraft, commanded by Albert Cushing Read, departs Trepassey, Newfoundland, june 2 – Eight mail bombs are sent to prominent figures as part of the 1919 United States anarchist bombings. June 15 – Pancho Villa attacks Ciudad Juárez, when the bullets begin to fly to the U. S. side of the border,2 units of the U. S. 7th Cavalry Regiment cross the border and repulse Villas forces. July 1 – Thirsty First, The Wartime Prohibition Act comes into effect, July 6 – The British dirigible airship R34 lands at Mineola, New York, completing the first transatlantic flight by airship. July 27 – The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 begins when a man throws rocks at a group of 4 black teens on a raft. August 11 – The first NFL team for Wisconsin is founded by Curly Lambeau, September 6 – The First Transcontinental Motor Convoy, The U. S. Army expedition across America, which started July 7, ends in San Francisco. September 10 – September 15, The Florida Keys Hurricane kills 600 in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, September 22 – The Steel strike of 1919 begins across the United States. September 28 – Omaha Riot, A lynch mob besieges the police station and courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska, october 1 – The Elaine Race Riot breaks out in Arkansas. October 2 – President of the U. S. Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, october 9 Black Sox Scandal, The Chicago White Sox throw the World Series
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1920 in the United States
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Events from the year 1920 in the United States. President, Woodrow Wilson Vice President, Thomas R. Marshall Chief Justice, Edward Douglass White Speaker of the House of Representatives and these raids take place in several U. S. cities. January 6 – Babe Ruths December 26 trade to the New York Yankees is made public, January 9 – Thousands of onlookers watch as The Human Fly George Polley, climbs the New York Woolworth Building. He reached the 30th floor when a policeman arrested him for climbing without a permit January 13 – The New York Times ridicules the American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard. The newspaper printed a correction to this editorial on July 17,1969, January 16 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D. C. Prohibition in the United States begins with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming into effect, January 19 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations. January 30 – The oldest surviving pro wrestling match on film happens, february 14 – The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago. March 10 – The Baylor Business Mens Club changes its name to the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce and it has operated under this name since the change. March 19 – United States Congress refuses to ratify Treaty of Versailles, march 28 – The 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak hits the Great Lakes region and Deep South states. May 2 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, post Office rules that children may not be sent via parcel post. July 29 – The United States Bureau of Reclamation begins construction of the Link River Dam as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, august 20 – The first commercial radio station in the United States, 8MK, begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. August 26 – 19th Amendment to US Constitution is passed, guaranteeing womens suffrage, september 29 – First domestic radio sets come to stores in USA – Westinghouse radio costs $10. Senator Warren G. Harding defeats Democratic Governor of Ohio James M. Cox in the U. S. presidential election, in the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as a commercial radio station. The first broadcast was the results of the presidential election, December 25 – Foundation of the Rosicrucian Fellowships Spiritual Healing Temple The Ecclesia at Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside, California
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1922 in the United States
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Events from the year 1922 in the United States. January 28 – Snowfall from the Knickerbocker storm, the biggest-ever recorded snowstorm in Washington, D. C. causes the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre to collapse, February 3 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered. February 24 – Leser v. Garnett, A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, march 20 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier. April 7 – Teapot Dome scandal, The United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome oil reserves in Wyoming, april 13 – The State of Massachusetts opens all public offices to women. April 22 – The Lambda Chapter of the Joe Whelan Sorority, may 5 – In the Bronx, construction begins on Yankee Stadium. May 11 – Radio station KGU begins broadcasting in Hawaii, may 12 – A 20-ton meteorite lands near Blackstone, Virginia. May 30 – In Washington, D. C. the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated, june 11 – Première of Robert J. Flahertys Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film. June 14 – U. S. President Warren G. Harding makes his first speech on the radio, july 11 – The Hollywood Bowl opens. She will not take office till November 21, and will serve for only one day. November 12 – Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated is founded by 7 educators in Indianapolis, the group becomes an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30,1929, when a charter is granted to the Alpha Chapter at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Molly Pitcher Club is formed to promote the repeal of Prohibition in the United States, the California grizzly bear becomes extinct. Lochner era U. S. occupation of Haiti Prohibition Roaring Twenties January 1 – Ernest Hollings, Senator from North Dakota in 1992 February 10 – Harold Hughes, U. S. S. Blanchard, United States Senator from Louisiana from 1904 to 1908 August 1 – Francis S. White, United States Senator from Alabama from 1914 to 1915 August 23 – Albert J
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1923 in the United States
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Events from the year 1923 in the United States. March 1 – The USS Connecticut is decommissioned, March 2 – The first issue of Time magazine is published. S. April 18 – The first Yankee Stadium opens its doors in the Bronx, may 9 – Southeastern Michigan receives a record 6 inches of snow after temperatures plummeted from 62 °F to 34 °F degrees between 1 and 6 pm on the previous day. May 27 – The Ku Klux Klan defies a law requiring publication of its members, July 13 – The Hollywood Sign is inaugurated in California. August 2 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States, september 8 – Honda Point Disaster, Seven U. S. Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. September 17 – A major fire in Berkeley, California erupts, consuming some 640 structures, september 18–26 – Newspaper printers strike in New York City. October 16 – Roy and Walt Disney found The Walt Disney Company, december 10 – Sigma Alpha Kappa is founded at Loyola University New Orleans. The Moderation League of New York becomes part of the movement for the repeal of Prohibition in the U. S. Soledad C, chacón is elected Secretary of State of New Mexico, all subsequent holders of this office through 2011 will also be women. The American Law Institute is established, rainbow trout introduced into the upper Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park. Senator from South Dakota from 1981 to 1987 Chuck Yeager, pilot February 28 Jean Carson, actress Charles Durning, actor March 9 – James L. Buckley, judge and U. S. S. Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize July 14 – Robert Zildjian, musical instrument manufacturer July 22 Bob Dole, U. S. Griffin, U. S. Senator from Michigan from 1966 to 1979 November 8 – Jack Kilby, electrical engineer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics November 9 – James Schuyler, poet November 18 – Ted Stevens, U. S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009 November 18 – Alan Shepard, astronaut November 23 – Daniel Brewster, april 28 – Knute Nelson, Norway-born Governor of Minnesota from 1893 till 1895 and United States Senator from Minnesota from 1895 till 1923. August 2 – Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States from 1921 till 1923, list of American films of 1923 Media related to 1923 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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Flag of the United States
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The flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States. S. Nicknames for the flag include The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, the current design of the U. S. flag is its 27th, the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777. The 48-star flag was in effect for 47 years until the 49-star version became official on July 4,1959, the 50-star flag was ordered by the then president Eisenhower on August 21,1959, and was adopted in July 1960. It is the version of the U. S. flag and has been in use for over 56 years. At the time of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, the flag contemporaneously known as the Continental Colors has historically been referred to as the first national flag. The name Grand Union was first applied to the Continental Colors by George Preble in his 1872 history of the American flag, the flag closely resembles the British East India Company flag of the era, and Sir Charles Fawcett argued in 1937 that the company flag inspired the design. Both flags could have been constructed by adding white stripes to a British Red Ensign. However, an East India Company flag could have nine to 13 stripes. In any case, both the stripes and the stars have precedents in classical heraldry, Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year. While scholars still argue about this, tradition holds that the new flag was first hoisted in June 1777 by the Continental Army at the Middlebrook encampment. The first official U. S. flag flown during battle was on August 3,1777, Massachusetts reinforcements brought news of the adoption by Congress of the official flag to Fort Schuyler. A voucher is extant that Capt. Swartwout of Dutchess County was paid by Congress for his coat for the flag, the 1777 resolution was most probably meant to define a naval ensign. In the late 18th century, the notion of a flag did not yet exist. The flag resolution appears between other resolutions from the Marine Committee, on May 10,1779, Secretary of the Board of War Richard Peters expressed concern it is not yet settled what is the Standard of the United States. However, the term, Standard, referred to a standard for the Army of the United States. Each regiment was to carry the standard in addition to its regimental standard. The national standard was not a reference to the national or naval flag, the appearance was up to the maker of the flag. Some flag makers arranged the stars into one big star, in a circle or in rows, one arrangement features 13 five-pointed stars arranged in a circle, with the stars arranged pointing outwards from the circle, the so-called Betsy Ross flag
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Timeline of United States history
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This is a timeline of United States history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political and economic events in the United States and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of the United States, some dates before September 14,1752, when the British government adopted the Gregorian calendar, may be given in the Old Style
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Warren G. Harding
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Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4,1921 until his death in 1923. In historical rankings of the U. S. presidents, Harding is often rated among the worst, Harding was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio. He lived in rural Ohio all his life, except when political service took him elsewhere and he settled in Marion when not yet 20 years old and bought The Marion Star, building it into a successful newspaper. In 1899, he was elected to the Ohio State Senate and, after four years there and he was defeated for governor in 1910, but was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1914. Harding ran for the Republican nomination for president in 1920, the leading candidates, such as General Leonard Wood, could not gain a majority to secure the nomination, and the convention deadlocked. Hardings support gradually grew until he was nominated on the tenth ballot and he conducted a front porch campaign, remaining for the most part in Marion and allowing the people to come to him. He won in a landslide over Democrat James M. Cox and Socialist Party candidate Eugene Debs, running on a theme of return to normalcy and becoming the first sitting senator to be elected president. Harding appointed a number of well-regarded figures, including Andrew Mellon at the Treasury, Herbert Hoover at Commerce, a major foreign policy achievement came with the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–1922, in which the worlds major naval powers agreed on a naval limitations program that lasted a decade. Two members of his cabinet were implicated in corruption, Interior Secretary Albert Fall, the resulting scandals did not fully emerge until after Hardings death, nor did word of his extramarital affairs, but both greatly damaged his reputation. Harding died of an attack in San Francisco while on a western speaking tour, he was succeeded by his vice president. Harding was born November 2,1865, in Blooming Grove, nicknamed Winnie as a small child, Harding was the eldest of eight children born to George Tryon Harding, Sr. and Phoebe Elizabeth Harding. Tryon farmed and taught school near Mount Gilead, Ohio, through apprenticeship, study, and a year of medical school, Tryon became a doctor, and started a small practice. Hardings mothers ancestors were Dutch, including the well known Van Kirk family, Harding also had ancestors from England, Wales, and Scotland. It was rumored in Blooming Grove that one of Hardings great-grandmothers was African American and his great-great grandfather Amos Harding claimed that a thief, who had been caught in the act by the family, started the rumor in an attempt at extortion or revenge. Nevertheless, even after Warren Hardings death in 1923, African Americans made claims of kinship, the Harding family, who were abolitionists, moved to Caledonia, Ohio, where Tryon acquired The Argus, a local weekly newspaper. At The Argus, Harding, from the age of 11, in late 1879, at the age of 14, Harding enrolled at Ohio Central College in Iberia, where he proved an adept student. He and a put out a small newspaper during their final year at Ohio Central. During his final year, the Harding family moved to Marion, Ohio, about 6 miles from Caledonia, in Hardings youth, the majority of the population still lived on farms and in small towns
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