MAJOR
HAPPENINGS
Congress enacts the Water Power Act and creates the Federal
Power Commission to regulate power plants.
The Democratic Party nominates the little-known James M. Cox, Governor of
Ohio, for President and Franklin Roosevelt for Vice-President. |
SPORTING
EVENTS
THE FIRST Female SKATER to complete the Single Salchow in official competition -
Theresa Weld
THE FIRST Female SKATER to complete the Single Axel in official competition - Sonja Henie
T. Rice rides Paul Jones to victory in Kentucky Derby.
Indians take Brooklyn Robins to win World Series.
Harvard beats Oregon 7-6 in football to win the Rose Bowl. |

Oh, I know it's a penny here and a penny there, but look
at me. I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. |

Presents....the year
1920
|

Start every day with a smile and get it over with.
Children should neither be seen nor heard from - ever again.
Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but
food and water.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Film - Mary Pickford stars in Pollyanna
The jolliest band of the 1920s. Fred Hall's Sugar Babies reacquaints
us with the exuberant and sometimes downright zany music of pianist Hall
and his crew
Black Jazz Musicians: Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton,
Louis Armstrong
HIT SONGS
Avalon - Al Jolson Margie -
Benny Davis Whose Baby Are You? - Anne Caldwell Japanese Sandman
- Raymond Egan
TOP MOVIES
The Last of the Mohicans - Within Our Gates |
FAMOUS
PEOPLE BORN THIS YEAR
Dave Brubeck Federico
Fellini Dirk Bogarde
Eric Rohmer Isaac Stern
Charlie Parker |
AVERAGE
SALARY
$1,179.00 |
HOUSE
PRICE
$6,296.00 |
AUTO
PRICE
$500.00 |