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Yankee Stadium. On February 6, 1921, the New York Yankees announced the purchase of ten acres of property in the west Bronx. The future home of Yankee Stadium was purchased from the estate of William Waldorf Astor for $675,000. On April 18, 1923, "The House That Ruth Built" opened for business.
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Apr. 15, 1921 - Sam Cardinelli, extortionist and "Black Hand" leader, was executed by the State of Illinois for the murder of a saloon owner, after a challenge to the execution was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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the world series is broadcasted on the radio for the first time
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Federal legislation that changed the status of married immigrant women so that not all of them would automatically obtain the citizenship of their husbands
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john is going to trail because of teaching his students what evelotion is.
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first person to fly over the alantic by himself
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sacco and vansetti was exucuted after an unfair trail by electric chair
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On September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the 1927 season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years
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Mickey first was seen in a single test screening (Plane Crazy). Mickey officially debuted in the short film Steamboat Willie (1928), one of the first sound cartoons
