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The World Series was broadcasted on the radio where the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in game 3
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"The House that Ruth Built", was constructed in the Bronx, New York
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Harding dies of stroke in San Fansisco hotel room, Vice President Calvin Coolidge takes over presidency
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The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exedes $1 Billion
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Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution, in violation of new state law banning the teaching of Darwin.
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Forty thousand Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, their white-hooded procession filling Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Charlie Chaplin's popular silent comedy The Gold Rush premieres before enthusiastic audiences.
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Risqué entertainer Mae West is found guilty of obscenity by a New York court and sentenced to ten days in jail.
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Aviator Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo transatlantic flight, landing his "Spirit of Saint Louis" in Paris 33 hours after departing from New York. Lindbergh becomes a national hero.