Video: ‘Launch of 1st Liquid-Fuel Rocket — March 16, 1926’
(Tuesday, March 16, 1926) — Rocket science pioneer Robert H. Goddard successfully tested the first liquid-fueled rocket today at his Aunt Effie’s farm in Auburn, Massachusetts.
Category Archives: 1920s
First successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversations take place 90 years ago this hour (Mar 7 1926)
(Sunday, March 7, 1926, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. GMT) — For the first time, extended and successful conversations were held by telephone between New York and London this morning at a demonstration of progress in the transatlantic radio telephone by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Radio Corporation of America and the British General Post Office.
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Joseph Kennedy purchases Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) 90 years ago today (Feb 7 1926)
Video: 'PBS American Experience & The Kennedys 1 of 2' (Feb. 7, 1926, at 13:17)
(Sunday, February 7, 1926) — Boston banker Joseph P. Kennedy entered the motion picture production business today by buying, with some associates, control of the Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) film studio from Lloyds Bank and other British financial interests.
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Beatles producer George Martin born 90 years ago today (Jan 3 1926)
Video: 'The Fifth Beatle, George Martin Documentary.'
(Sunday, January 3, 1926) — British record producer, composer and musical arranger George Martin, sometimes referred to as “the Fifth Beatle” in reference to his extensive involvement on each of the Beatles’ original albums, was born today into a working-class family in Drayton Park, England.
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‘Battleship Potemkin’ opens in the Soviet Union 90 years ago today (Dec 24 1925)
Video: 'Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Full Movie; English'
(Thursday, December 24, 1925, Christmas Eve) — Battleship Potemkin, a Soviet silent film about the 1905 mutiny by the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin against their officers of the Tsarist regime, opened today in the Soviet Union.
Directed by S.M. Eisenstein, the film starred Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov.
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First motel opens in San Luis Obispo, California 90 years ago today (Dec 12 1925)
(Saturday, December 12, 1925) — The first motel, the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo (originally known as the Milestone Mo-Tel), opened today in San Luis Obispo, California.
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Gershwin’s ‘Concerto in F’ premieres in New York 90 years ago this hour (Dec 3 1925)
Video: 'Hamelin plays Gershwin - Concerto in F'
(Thursday, December 3, 1925, 3:00 p.m. EST) — George Gershwin’s “Concerto in F” had its world premiere today at New York’s Carnegie Hall, with Gershwin at the piano.
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Pittsburgh Pirates win World Series in seven games 90 years ago this afternoon (Oct 15 1925)
Video: '1925 World Series Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Senators (Minnesota Twins)'
(Thursday, October 15, 1925, afternoon EST) — The Pittsburgh Pirates won the 1925 World Series today, beating the Washington Senators 9-7 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the seventh and deciding game.
It was the second of five World Series titles for the Pirates (1909-1979).
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‘The Vagabond King’ opens on Broadway 90 years ago this hour (Sep 21 1925)
Video: 'Carolyn Thomson - Only A Rose'
(Monday, September 21, 1925, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Vagabond King, an operetta by Rudolf Friml in four acts, opened tonight at the Casino Theatre on Broadway in New York.
The cast was led by Dennis King as Villon and Carolyn Thomson as Katherine.
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‘The Freshman’ opens in the U.S. 90 years ago today (Sep 20 1925)
Video: 'Harold Lloyd The Freshman 1925'
(Sunday, September 20, 1925) — The Freshman, a silent comedy film about a naive college boy who tries to join the football team after making a fool out of himself, opened today in the United States including Colony Theatre in New York City.
Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, the film starred Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston.
