Category Archives: 1920s

First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade held in New York City 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 27 1924)

1920s, Christmas


Video: 'Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 90th Anniversary Special'

(Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27, 1924, 9:00 a.m. EST) — In a grand celebration marking the start of the holiday season, Macy’s department store hosted its first-ever Thanksgiving Day parade today, captivating over 250,000 spectators along a two-mile stretch of Broadway in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Continue reading First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade held in New York City 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 27 1924) →

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge elected to full term, defeating John W. Davis 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 4 1924)

1920s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1924'

(Tuesday, November 4, 1924, during the 1924 presidential campaign) — Republican U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt of New York was elected to a full term today, defeating Democratic challenger John W. Davis, former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Continue reading U.S. President Calvin Coolidge elected to full term, defeating John W. Davis 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 4 1924) →

U.S. President Jimmy Carter born in Plains, Georgia 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1924)

1920s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Jimmy Carter - U.S. President | Mini Bio | BIO'

(Wednesday, October 1, 1924, 7:00 a.m. EST) — Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, was born James Earl Carter, Jr., today in the small town of Plains, Georgia. Continue reading U.S. President Jimmy Carter born in Plains, Georgia 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1924) →

Democrats nominate John W. Davis to challenge U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in general election 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 9 1924)

1920s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Democratic convention in New York City 1924'

(Wednesday, July 9, 1924, 3:38 p.m. EDT) — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis of West Virginia was nominated for president of the United States today by delegates at the 1924 Democratic National Convention meeting at Madison Square Garden in New York. Continue reading Democrats nominate John W. Davis to challenge U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in general election 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 9 1924) →

Republicans nominate U.S. President Calvin Coolidge for second term 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (June 12 1924)

1920s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Opening of Republican Convention in US (1924)'

(Thursday, June 12, 1924, 1:37 p.m. EDT) — President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts was nominated for a full second term today by delegates at the 1924 Republican National Convention meeting at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland. Continue reading Republicans nominate U.S. President Calvin Coolidge for second term 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (June 12 1924) →

U.S. President George H. W. Bush born in Milton, Massachusetts 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (June 12 1924)

1920s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'George H.W. Bush: Biography of the 41st American President'

(Thursday, June 12, 1924) — George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States (1989-1993) and the 43rd vice president of the United States under President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989), was born George Herbert Walker Bush today into a wealthy, established family at 173 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts. Continue reading U.S. President George H. W. Bush born in Milton, Massachusetts 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (June 12 1924) →

Former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, 67, dies in Washington 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 3 1924)

1920s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Biography with Mike Wallace - Woodrow Wilson (1962)'

(Sunday, February 3, 1924, 11:15 a.m. EST) — Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), died this morning in his S Street home in Washington, D.C., at age 67 of a stroke and other heart-related problems. Continue reading Former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, 67, dies in Washington 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 3 1924) →

First Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, in the French Alps 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 25 1924)

1920s


Video: '25th January 1924: First Winter Olympic Games begin in Chamonix, France'

(Friday, January 25, 1924) — The 1924 Winter Olympics opened today at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. Continue reading First Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, in the French Alps 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 25 1924) →

Adolf Hitler attempts to seize power in Germany with ‘Beer-Hall Putsch’ in Munich 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD(Nov 8 1923)

1920s

Video: 'Hitler's Beer Hall Disaster I BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1923 Part 1 of 1'

(Thursday, November 8, 1923, 8:30 p.m. Central European Time; during the Beer Hall Putsch, part of political violence in Germany (1918–1933)) — The Beer Hall Putsch, a failed coup d’état by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, began tonight as approximately two thousand Nazis marched on the Feldherrnhalle, in the city center. Continue reading Adolf Hitler attempts to seize power in Germany with ‘Beer-Hall Putsch’ in Munich 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD(Nov 8 1923) →

Great Kanto earthquake kills 120,000 people in Japan, prompts massacre 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 1 1923)

1920s


Video: 'Japanese earthquake 1923'

(Saturday, September 1, 1923, 11:58:44 a.m. Japan Standard Time) — A devastating earthquake with an approximate magnitude of 7.9 struck the Kanto Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu today, killing 120,000 people and leaving 2 million homeless as half the city of Tokyo was destroyed. Continue reading Great Kanto earthquake kills 120,000 people in Japan, prompts massacre 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 1 1923) →