Category Archives: 1920s

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

1920s, World Series


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)

1920s


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.

Irish Civil War begins with Battle of Dublin 90 years ago today (1922)

1920s


Video: 'The Madness From Within - The Irish Civil War Part 2' (June 28, 1922, at 9:35)

(Wednesday, June 28, 1922) — The Irish Civil War began today with the Battle of Dublin between rival nationalists over the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State. The conflict lasted nearly a year, resulting in defeat for anti-treaty forces.

‘Nosferatu’ opens in Berlin 90 years ago today (1922)

1920s, movies 1920s

(Saturday, March 4, 1922) — Nosferatu, an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel, opened today in Berlin.

Directed by F. W. Murnau, the classic German Expressionist horror film stars Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok.

First disarmament conference opens 80 years ago today (1921)

1920s, U.S. Presidents

(Saturday, November 12, 1921) — The Washington Arms Conference, the first international conference held in the United States and the first disarmament conference in history, opened today at Memorial Continental Hall in downtown Washington.

The conference was called by U.S. President Warren G. Harding and run by Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes.

‘The Sheik’ premieres in Los Angeles 90 years ago tonight (1921)

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(Sunday, October 30, 1921) — The Sheik, a silent movie directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, and Adolphe Menjou, premiered tonight in Los Angeles. It was based on the bestselling romance novel “The Sheik” by Edith Maude Hull.

New York Giants win World Series 90 years ago today (1921)

1920s, World Series


World Series 1921

(Thursday, October 13, 1921) — The New York Giants won the 1921 World Series today, beating the New York Yankees 1-0 at the Polo Grounds in New York City in the eighth and deciding game (it was the last of the experimental best-five-of-nine series).