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W.E.B. DuBois organizes the first Pan-African Congress in Paris |
| Maid of Harlem, an all black musical starring Fats Waller, Mamie Smith, Johnny Dunn and Perry Bradford, is a hit at the Lincoln Theater in New York City | |
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The Poetry Society of America Prize goes to Carl Sandburg for Cornhuskers |
| Major racial disturbances occur across America during what is later called the "Red Summer," over 100 people die and 1,000 are wounded | |
| Shortwave radio is invented |
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Jan. 6: Theodore Roosevelt dies at age 60 |
| Jan. 29: the 18th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified prohibiting the manufacture, sale and transport of intoxicating liquors (repealed in 1933) | |
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Feb. 5: United Artists founded in Hollywood by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith |
| April: A child labor provision passes in the Federal tax code, helping to reduce child labor by 40% by the end of the year | |
| May 6: L. Frank Baum, author of the Wizard of Oz, dies at age 62 | |
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June 4: Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the Constitution granting the right to vote to women; the Amendment is passed on to the states for ratification |
| June 28: Treaty of Versailles signed, bringing World War I to an official end and creating a League of Nations, the forerunner to the United Nations | |
| July 4: Jack Dempsey defeats Jess Willard in three rounds for the World Heavyweight Boxing championship | |
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Aug. 14: Chicago Tribune found guilty of libeling Henry Ford for calling him an anarchist |
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Aug. 25: First international daily air service begins between Paris and London |
| Sept: 365,000 steelworkers strike nationwide in protest over long hours and low pay | |
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Oct. 1-9: Cincinnati Reds win World Series over Chicago White Sox 5 games to 3 |
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Nov. 20: First U.S. municipal airport opens in Tucson, Arizona |
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