Category Archives: 1920s

Former President Wilson calls U.S. course ‘cowardly’ in Armistice Day eve address 90 years ago this hour (1923)


Video: 'Woodrow Wilson's 1923 Armistice Day Radio Address'

(Saturday, November 10, 1923, 8:38 p.m. ET) — On the eve of Armistice Day marking the fifth anniversary of the end of World War I, former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson declared tonight in a radio address from his Washington home that the attitude of this country since the World War had been “deeply ignoble,” “cowardly and dishonorable.”

New York Yankees win first of 27 World Series championships 90 years ago today (1923)


Image: '1923 World Series game at the Polo Grounds'

(Monday, October 15, 1923) — The New York Yankees won the 1923 World Series today, beating the New York Giants 3-1 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in upper Manhattan, New York, in the sixth and deciding game. It was the first of 27 World Series victories for the Yankees (1923-2009).

President Harding’s body laid to rest in Marion, Ohio 90 years ago this hour (1923)


Video: 'Warren G. Harding: America's 29th President' (Aug. 10, 1923, at 13:42)

(Friday, August 10, 1923, 4:18 p.m. EST) — The casket containing the body of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, was placed in the vine-covered vault prepared for it in the Marion Cemetery today. It will rest there until his fellow townsmen decide on the form of the memorial they would erect to honor Marion’s greatest son.

President Harding’s body arrives in home town 90 years ago this hour (1923)


Video: 'Warren G. Harding: America's 29th President' (Aug. 9, 1923, at 13:26)

(Thursday, August 9, 1923, 12:40 p.m. EST) — Traveling slowly through long lines of home folks, the funeral train carrying the body of President Warren G. Harding arrived today in Marion, Ohio. The body will lay in state at the home of the late president’s father before burial tomorrow.

New York Giants win World Series 90 years ago today (1922)


Video: 'World Series Champions: Baseball's Golden Era' (1922 World Series at 0:22)

(Sunday, October 8, 1922) — The New York Giants won the 1922 World Series today, beating the New York Yankees 5-3 at at Polo Grounds (IV) in Manhattan, New York, in the fifth and deciding game (one game ended in a tie). It was the Giants’ third World Series win.

Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell dies 90 years ago this hour (1922)


Video: 'Alexander Graham Bell'

(Wednesday, August 2, 1922, 2:00 a.m. local time) — Alexander Graham Bell, generally regarded as the inventor of the telephone, died of complications arising from diabetes today at his private estate, Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 75.