(Friday, February 8, 1924, 9:40 a.m. local time) — The first execution by gas in the United States took place today at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City as Gee Jon, a convicted of murder, was put to death.
Category Archives: 1920s
Former US President Woodrow Wilson laid to rest 90 years ago today (Feb 6 1924)
Video: 'Woodrow Wilson's funeral'
(Wednesday, February 6, 1924) — Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), was laid to rest today in the quiet peace of subterranean vaults in the National Cathedral. Wilson, 67, died Feb. 3, 1924, as a result of a stroke and other heart-related problems (click here to watch more video of today’s funeral).
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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.”
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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).
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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.
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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.
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Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa assassinated 90 years ago today (1923)
Video: 'Pancho Villa: Clip from Documentary'
(Friday, July 20, 1923) — Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa was assassinated today while visiting Parral. He was 45.
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RMS Laconia becomes first passenger ship to circle globe 90 years ago today (1923)
Video: 'RMS Laconia: "Her Story"'
(Friday, March 30, 1923) — The Cunard liner RMS Laconia became the first passenger ship to circle the globe as it arrived today in New York. The voyage lasted 130 days and called at 22 ports.
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Inventor Lee De Forest demonstrates ‘Phonofilm’ 90 years ago today (1923)
Video: 'A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor (1923)'
(Saturday, March 12, 1923) — Inventor Lee De Forest demonstrated his sound-on-movie-film system, called “Phonofilm,” to the press today in New York.
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Time magazine debuts 90 years ago today (1923)
Video: '1923 - TIME Magazine'
(Saturday, March 3, 1923) — Time magazine, a weekly news magazine published in New York City and founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, made its debut today.
