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)
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)
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)
Video: 'Warren G. Harding: America's 29th President' (Aug. 8, 1923, at 8:56)
(Wednesday, August 8, 1923; the caison bearing Harding’s body arrived on the Capitol plaza at 11:21 a.m. EDT, ceremonies were completed by noon) — Warren G. Harding, the 29th U.S. President who died of a heart attack on Aug. 2, 1923, while in office, was honored today by a state funeral inside the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. Continue reading State funeral held for U.S. President Warren G. Harding in Capitol rotunda 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 8 1923)
Video: 'This Place in History: Coolidge Homestead'
(Friday, August 3, 1923, 2:47 p.m. EST) — Calvin Coolidge, the 29th vice president of the United States, was sworn-in as the 30th President of the United States early this morning at his family home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, succeeding to the presidency upon the passing of President Warren G. Harding, who had died of natural causes in San Francisco four hours and 17 minutes prior. Continue reading Calvin Coolidge sworn in as 30th U.S. president upon death of Warren G. Harding in Plymouth Notch, Vermont 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 3 1923)
Video: 'Harding Dead (1920-1923)'
(Thursday, August 2, 1923, at around 7:30 p.m. PST) — Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States, died tonight of congestive heart failure during a conversation with his wife in the Palace Hotel’s presidential suite in San Francisco, California. Continue reading U.S. President Warren G. Harding, 57, dies of a heart attack in San Francisco 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 2 1923)
Video: 'Hollywood Sign History - Decades TV Network'
(Friday, July 13, 1923) — A sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spelling out “HOLLYWOODLAND” was dedicated today in the Hollywood Hills to promote a subdivision in Los Angeles, California. Continue reading Hollywood Sign dedicated in Los Angeles 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 13 1923)
Video: 'Yankee Stadium Opens - Decades TV Network'
(Wednesday, April 18, 1923, 3:30 p.m. EST) — The first game was played at the original Yankee Stadium in New York today as the Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Continue reading Babe Ruth blasts 3-run homer as Yankees defeat Red Sox 4-1 in first game played at original Yankee Stadium 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 18 1923)
Video: 'Harold Lloyd's SAFETY LAST! - U.S. Re-release Trailer'
(Easter Sunday, April 1, 1923) — Safety Last!, a romantic comedy silent film about a small-town boy out to impress his girlfriend scales a skyscraper in the big city, premiered today at the Strand Theater at 1579 Broadway, at the northwest corner of 47th Street and Broadway in Times Square, New York City. Continue reading ‘Safety Last!’ romantic comedy silent film opens in New York City 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 1 1923)
Video: '16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun's burial chamber'
(Friday, February 16, 1923; during the Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun) — After 32 centuries, the inner chamber of the Tomb of Tutankhamun was opened today in Egypt near Luxor, as British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team broke the seal and went inside to find the sarcophagus of the boy pharaoh of Egypt. Continue reading British archaeologist Howard Carter unseals King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in southern Egypt 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 16 1923)
