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Women's Suffrage
Women gain their right to vote, or suffrage, on August 18, 1920. African American men gained their right before women. The ratification of the 19th amendment granted women's suffrage. -
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. The game was close up until the double play featuring a base-running miscue that ended the game in the Giants' favor. -
Sacco v Vanzetti Trial
The Sacco-Vanzetti trial begins. Immigrant Italian radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will eventually be convicted of murder and executed wrongly. -
Yankee Stadium
The Yankee Stadium is finally constructed in the Bronx, New York. The Yankee Stadium was known as the "House that Ruth Built" -
Scopes violates law on teaching evolution
A schoolteacher in Tennessee, John Scopes, was arrested for teaching evolution, in violation of new state law banning the teaching of Darwin. The "Scopes Monkey Trial," putting defense attorney, Clarence Darrow, against three-time presidential candidate, William Jennings Bryan, in a controversial debate of the modern world versus fundamentalism beliefs, captivates the nation. Scopes is eventually found guilty. -
The Klansmen March
40,000 Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, their white-hooded procession filling Pennsylvania Avenue. -
"The Gold Rush" Premiers.
Charlie Chaplin's popular silent comedy, "The Gold Rush", premieres before enthusiastic audiences. Chaplin was inspired by photos of the Klondike Gold Rush -
Sacco & Vanzetti Execution
With all possible grounds of appeal now suggested and denied, Italian immigrant radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are finally executed by electric chair. -
Babe Ruth's 60th Homerun
New York Yankees star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record of 59. Ruth's record will stand for more than 30 years before being broken on October 1, 1961 by New York Yankee, Roger Maris. -
Mickey Mouse Is Born
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres, introducing the world to a new animated character: Mickey Mouse.
