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Washington Conference Convenes
Washington Conference, also called Washington Naval Conference, by name of International Conference On Naval Limitation , (1921–22), international conference called by the United States to limit the naval arms race and to work out security agreements in the Pacific area. Held in Washington, D.C., the conference resulted in the drafting and signing of several major and minor treaty agreements. -
"Harlem Shadows" is published
Harlem Shadows is fundamentally Claude McKay’s philosophy of life, even though it was published when he was in his early thirties and had not experienced his infatuation and subsequent disillusionment with communism, had not seen his fame (and subsequent eclipse) as a writer of novels and short stories, and had not suffered poverty, disease, calumny, and ostracism by former friends and colleagues—particularly after espousing Catholicism. -
Teapot Dome
Teapot Dome, a government-owned oil field in Wyoming-to enrich himself. Teapot Dome was supposed to be set aside to ensure warships always had a predictable supply of fuel. But then in the early 1920s the Department of the Interior took control of the oil field from the Department of the Navy. Secretary Fall was deeply in debt and years overdue in paying taxes, and so he concocted a scheme. -
Congress passes National Origins Act
The National Origins Act of 1924 tightened the 1921 quota system by setting quotas at 2% of each national group residing in the America in 1890. By moving the year back from the census figures of 1910 to 1890 this allowed a larger number of quotas to be allotted to the "Old Immigrants" from North-Western Europe than the "New Immigrants" from South-Eastern Europe. -
Scope Trail
The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes brought to the tiny town of Dayton, Tennessee, a roster of all-star lawyers, including Clarence Darrow, attorney for the defendant, a schoolteacher who defied the state’s ban on teaching evolution in its schools, and William Jennings Bryan, the former secretary of state whose 1896 “Cross of Gold” speech was featured in yesterday’s Almanac entry. -
Lindbergh completes first solo flight
Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh was just 25 years old when he completed the trip. -
Kellogg-Brian Pact was Signed
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement signed by a number of nations in 1928, named after Frank B. Kellogg, United States Secretary of State, and Aristide Briande, the foreign minister of France. Its intention was to outlaw the use of war to resolve disputes between signatory states.
