Bronze Icon: Doc Savage, Early Influences

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China

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February 12, 1912 – Imperial rule in China ends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Chinese_history

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March 16, 1912 – Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates dies after deliberately walking off into a blizzard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Oates

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April 15, 1912 - RMS Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic

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July 27, 1912 – The 1912 Summer Olympics end at Stockholm, Sweden. American athlete Jim Thorpe brings home gold medals for the men’s decathlon and pentathlon. Thorpe is often cited as the greatest all-round athlete of the twentieth century. Included in the program was the modern pentathlon. George S. Patton placed fifth in this event. He would go on to great fame as a World World II general.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decathlon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentathlon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton

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October 1, 1912 – The first story in the Tarzan series, Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is published in All-Story Magazine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_of_the_Apes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man

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December 20, 1912 – The “Pittdown Man” hoax occurs.

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1913

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January 1, 1913 – The first installment of a five-part serialization of The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_of_Mars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal

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February 1, 1913 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal reopens.

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February 13, 1913 – The US Congress ratified the 16^th Amendment authorizing the Federal government to collect income taxes.

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February 15, 1913 – Collier’s publishes the very first Fu Manchu story by Sax Rohmer, The Zayat Kiss.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier%27s_Weekly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Manchu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayat

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March 24, 1913 - The Palace Theatre, the home of vaudeville, opens in New York City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_Theatre

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May 30, 1913 – The First Balkan war ends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Balkan_War

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June 1, 1913 - The first part of a seven-part serialization of The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in New Story. This is the second book in the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_Tarzan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908

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June 8, 1913 – The bodies of two young boys are discovered in Scotland. Sydney Smith will be the first forensic scientist to produce evidence used in convicting the boy’s father of murder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Smith_(forensic_expert)

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1029

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_medicine

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July 1, 1913 – Part one of three parts of The Cave Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cave_Girl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlord_of_Mars

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December 1, 1913 – The third book of the Barsoom series, Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, begins the first of four parts in All-Story.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/68

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1914

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January 1, 1914 – A five part serialization of The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in New Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaw_of_Torn

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/369

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March 7, 1914 – The Eternal Lover by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in All-Story Weekly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_Lover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_King

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March 21, 1914 – The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in All-Story Weekly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Earth%27s_Core_(novel)

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April 4, 1914 - At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins a four-part serialization in All-Story Weekly. This is the first of the Pellucidar novels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beasts_of_Tarzan

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May 16, 1914 – The third book of the Tarzan series, The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, begins a five-part serialization in All-Story Cavalier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_of_Ireland

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May 29, 1914 – Over a thousand passengers drown when the Empress of Ireland sinks in the St. Lawrence River.

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June 28, 1914 - Archduke Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated at Sarajevo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarajevo

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July 28, 1914 – The Austrian-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian-Hungarian_Empire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia

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August 1, 1914 – Germany declares war on Russia.

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August 3, 1914 – Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium.

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August 4, 1914 – England declares war on Germany.

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August 15, 1914 – The Panama Canal opens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Panama_Canal

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October 9, 1914 – The Ottoman Empire enters the war as a German ally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire

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October 24, 1914 – The first segment of a four-part serialization of The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story Cavalier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mucker_(novel)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_Lover

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1915

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January 23, 1915 – A four part serialization of Sweetheart Primeval by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story Cavalier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell

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January 25, 1915 - Alexander Graham Bell began US transcontinental telephone service with a call between New York City and San Francisco.

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January 28, 1915 - The United States Coast Guard is created.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard

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January 31, 1915 – The German Army bombards Russian troops with tear gas shells.

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April 22, 1915 - The German army uses poison gas (chlorine) at the Second Battle of Ypres.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres

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April 25, 1915 – Allied troops land at Gallipoli.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli

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April 26, 1915 – Italy signs the Treaty of London.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_London_(1915)

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May 1, 1915 – A five part serialization of Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story Cavalier. It is the second book in the Pellucidar series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellucidar_(novel)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania

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May 7, 1915 – The German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-20

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May 12, 1915 – Britain releases the Bryce Report detailing German war crimes in Belgium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_report

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May 23, 1915 – Italy declares war on Germany and Austria.

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July 30, 1915 – The German Army uses flamethrowers against British troops at Hooge, Belgium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamethrowers

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August 7, 1915 – A three-part serialization of Barney Custer of Beatrice by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story Cavalier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_King

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man-Eater

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November 15, 1915 – A six-part serialization of The Man-Eater by Edgar Rice Burroughs beings in New York Evening World.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_World

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December 4, 1915 – The first part of a six-part serialization of The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story. This is the fourth book in the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Son_of_Tarzan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Thirty

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December 18, 1915 – “Polaris – of the snows” by Charles B. Stilson begins in All-Story Weekly.

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December 19, 1915 – The German Army uses chlorine and phosgene gas against British troops.

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1916

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February 1916 – All-Around publishes Beyond Thirty by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun

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February 21, 1916 - The Battle of Verdun begins.

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March 11, 1916 – The USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nevada_(BB-36)

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April 24, 1916 – The Easter Rising revolt begins in Dublin, Ireland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence#The_Easter_Rising

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May 2, 1916 – The USS Oklahoma (BB-37) is commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37)

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May 31, 1916 – The Battle of Jutland begins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland

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April 8, 1916 – All-Story Weekly publishes the first of three segments of Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the forth book of the Barsoom series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuvia,_Maid_of_Mars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hampshire_(1903)

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June 5, 1916 – HMS Hampshire is sunk by a German naval mine. British War Minister Lord Kitchener drowns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener

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June 12, 1916 – The USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) is commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pennsylvania_(BB-38)

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June 17, 1916 – The first part of five of The Return of the Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tom_Island

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June 21, 1916 – US and Mexican troops fight at Carrizal, Mexico.

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July 30, 1916 – German saboteurs blow up a major munitions dump on Black Tom Island in New York Harbor.

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August 12, 1916 – “Minos of Sardanes” by Charles B. Stilson begins in All-Story Weekly.

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September 1, 1916 - New Stories of Tarzan (Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book. This will become the fifth book of the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Tales_of_Tarzan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Book_Magazine

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September 23, 1916 – Part one of four of The Girl from Farris's by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_(BB-39)

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October 1, 1916 - The Capture of Tarzan (Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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December 1, 1916 - The God of Tarzan (Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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January 1, 1917 - Tarzan and the Black Boy (Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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October 17, 1916 – The USS Arizona (BB-39) is commissioned.

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November 1, 1916 - The Fight for the Balu (Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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November 7, 1916 - Woodrow Wilson re-elected President of the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson

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November 18, 1916 – The first part of a five-part serialization of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar begins in All-Story. This is the sixth book of the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_and_the_Jewels_of_Opar

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/92

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November 21, 1916 – HMHS Britannic, sister ship to RMS Titanic, sinks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic

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December 7, 1916 - Lloyd George becomes Britain Prime Minister.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_George

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December 31, 1916 – The Russian mystic Rasputin is assassinated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputin

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1917

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January 11, 1917 – German saboteurs destroy the Kingsland factory in New Jersey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsland_Explosion

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January 17, 1917 - The US buys the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25,000,000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Islands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands

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February 1, 1917 - The Witch-Doctor Seeks Vengeance (Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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February 13, 1917 – French authorities arrest the spy Mata Hari.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari

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February 17, 1917 - President Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany.

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March 1, 1917 – The Zimmerman Telegraph is released to the public. American public opinion against Germany becomes increasingly hostile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmerman_Telegraph

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March 1, 1917 - The End of Bukawai (Jungle Tales of Tarzan 7/12) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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March 4, 1917 – President Wilson begins his second term in office.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Wilson

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March 15, 1917 – Czar Nicholas II abdicates in the face of the February Revolution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czar_Nicholas_II

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March 31, 1917 – Part one of four parts of The Cave Man by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#U.S._declaration_of_war_on_Germany

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April 1, 1917 - The Lion (Jungle Tales of Tarzan 8/12) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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April 6, 1917 - The United States declares war on Germany.

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May 1, 1917 - The Nightmare (Jungle Tales of Tarzan 9/12) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published (in Blue Book.

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May 21, 1917 – A large fire in Atlanta, Georgia leaves 10,000 people homeless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Atlanta_Fire

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May 26, 1917 – A tornado in Matoon, Illinois causes over a hundred deaths.

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June 1, 1917 - The Battle for Teeka (Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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June 2, 1917 – King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Greece

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June 15, 1917 – The US Congress passes the Espionage Act.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act

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June 16, 1917 – Harry Miller completes his custom-made race car the Golden Submarine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Arminius_Miller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Oldfield

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20070816/FREE/70802014

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June 30, 1917 – A three-part serialization of The Lad and the Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_St._Louis_Riot

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July 1, 1917 - A Jungle Joke (Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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July 1, 1917 – A race riot in East St. Louis, Illinois results in many deaths.

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July 6, 1917 – Ottoman forces are defeated by T.E. Lawrence and the Arab forces at Aqaba.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_E_Lawrence

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July 11, 1917 – The Third Battle of Ypres begins. Mustard gas is used prior to the offensive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Ypres

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July 20, 1917 – The provisional government declares Finnish independence from Russia.

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August 1, 1917 - Tarzan Rescues the Moon (Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

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August 18, 1917 – A large fire in Thessanoliki, Greece leaves 70,000 without homes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Thessaloniki_Fire_of_1917

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September 15, 1917 – “Polaris and the Goddess Glorian” by Charles B. Stilson begins in All-Story Weekly.

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October 8, 1917 – John D. Pedersen, a weapons designer working for Remington Arms, demonstrates his top secret invention (Pedersen device) to a select audience of high-ranking military officers and government officials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedersen_device

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1903_Springfield_rifle

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November 24, 1917 – A bomb explodes in the Milwaukee Police Department’s central station.

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December 5, 1917 – Russian and Germany sign an armistice.

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December 6, 1917 – Finland adopts a Declaration of Independence from Russia.

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December 6, 1917 – An explosion in Halifax Harbor kills 2,000 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

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1918

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February 16, 1918 – Lithuania declares its independence from the Russian Empire.

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February 24, 1918 – Estonia declares its independence from the Russian Empire.

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March 1, 1918 - The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

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March 3, 1918 – Russia makes a separate peace with Germany.

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March 11, 1918 – The first case of swine flu is reported at Fort Riley, Kansas.

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March 12, 1918 – The capital of Russian moves from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

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March 19, 1918 – The United States creates geographic time zones for the country.

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March 21, 1918 – Paris is shelled by the Paris Gun sitting some 75 miles away.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Gun

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April 21, 1918 - The Red Baron, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, is killed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Baron

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May 12, 1918 – RMS Olympic, a fast troop transport and sole surviving sister ship to RMS Titanic, sights the German submarine U-103 which begins firing its deck gun at the British ship. Captain Bertram Fox Hayes onboard Olympic orders his engines to full speed and steers toward the submarine. The u-boat crew is shocked when Olympic changes to a collision course instead of taking evasive action. Olympic rams the submerging u-boat, piercing the submarine’s pressure hull and forcing it to surface. The u-boat crew narrowly escapes before the damaged boat sinks. It is the only incident in World War I where a surface ship rams a u-boat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterseeboot_103_(1917)

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May 16, 1918 – Sedition Act of 1918 becomes law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918

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June 6, 1918 – The Battle of Belleau Wood begins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_Dog

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June 16, 1918 – Eugene V. Debs is arrested and charged under the Sedition Act of 1918 after making a speech against the US involvement in the war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debs_v._United_States

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June 22, 1918 – Four waiters are arrested for poisoning restaurant customers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Finn_(drugs)#The_Chicago_restaurant_poisonings

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July 9, 1918 – A train wreck in Nashville, Tennessee kills 101 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Train_Wreck_of_1918

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July 15, 1918 – The Second Battle of the Marne begins.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=815&HPF_rid=8658504&HPF_mid=2569_T1_Url23

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July 16, 1918 - – Nicholas II of Russian and his family are executed.

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August 6, 1918 – German forces are defeated at the Second Battle of the Marne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Marne

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August 1, 1918 - The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book. This is the first book in the Caspak trilogy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land_That_Time_Forgot_(novel)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People_That_Time_Forgot_(novel)

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October 1, 1918 - The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book. This is the second book in the Caspak trilogy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_C._York

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Book_(magazine)
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October 8, 1918 – Sgt. Alvin C. York single-handedly captures 132 Germans and kills another twenty-five. York later receives the Medal of Honor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor

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October 11, 1918 – An earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Puerto Rico kills 100 people.

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October 12, 1918 – Thousand of acres are burned and hundreds of people killed in the Cloquet fire in Minnesota.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_Cloquet_Fire

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November 7, 1918 - Bolshevik socialists led by Vladimir Lenin seize control of the Russian government.

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November 9, 1918 – Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_II

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November 11, 1918 - World War I ends at eleven o'clock as the Armistice Treaty is signed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_(Compi%C3%A8gne)

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December 1, 1918 - Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in Blue Book. It is the third book in the Caspak trilogy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Time%27s_Abyss

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Book_(magazine)
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December 14, 1918 – A three-part serialization of H.R.H. The Rider by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in published in All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

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1919

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January 6, 1919 - Former President Theodore Roosevelt dies.

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January 15, 1919 – A large tank of molasses collapses in Boston, Massachusetts killing 21 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_molasses_disaster

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January 16, 1919 – Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition).

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February 20, 1919 – Michigan’s representative to the US House of Represenatives, Victor L. Berger, is convicted of sedition under the Sedition Act of 1918.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_L._Berger

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March 1, 1919 - An Eye for an Eye, part one of Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is published in Red Book. It is the seventh book in the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_the_Untamed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redbook

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March 23, 1919 – Benito Mussolini establishes the Fasci di Combattimento political party.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mussolini

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April 1, 1919 - When the Lion Fed, part two of Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is published in Red Book.

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April 13, 1919 – British and Gurka troops, reacting to demonstrations, kill hundreds in the Amritsar Massacre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amritsar_Massacre

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April 19, 1919 – Italy presses claims over territories formerly belonging to the Austria-Hungarian Empire at the Paris Peace Conference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Conference,_1919

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May 1, 1919 - The Golden Locket, part three of Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is published in Red Book.

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June 1, 1919 - When Blood Told, part four of Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is published in Red Book.

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July 1, 1919 - The Debt, part five of Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is published in Red Book.

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August 1, 1919 - The Black Flier, part six of Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is published in Red Book.

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August 9, 1919 – All-Story Weekly presents Zorro’s first appearance in The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley.

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1920

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January 10, 1920 – The League of Nations is established.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations

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January 16, 1920 – Prohibition goes into effect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition

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February 1, 1920 - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police began its existence when the Royal Northwest Mounted Police merges with the Dominion Police.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police

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February 13, 1920 - The perpetual neutrality of Switzerland is recognized by the League of Nations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations

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March 20, 1920 – A five-part serialization of Tarzan and the Valley of Luna begins in All-Story. This becomes part of Tarzan the Untamed, the seventh book in the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_and_the_Valley_of_Luna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti

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April 15, 1920 – A robbery and murder by Ferdinand Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzette captures the nation’s attention.

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June 3, 1920 – The USS Tennessee (BB-43) is commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tennessee_(BB-43)

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June 12, 1920 - Man O’ War wins the Belmont Stakes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_o%27_War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont_Stakes

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November 2, 1920 – Warren G. Harding is elected President of the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_and_Allan

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1921

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1921 - She and Allan by H. Rider Haggard is published.

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February 12, 1921 – A seven-part serialization of Tarzan the Terrible by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story. This was the eighth book in the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_the_Terrible

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March 4, 1921 – Warren G. Harding becomes the 29^th President of the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_Race_Riot

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May 31, 1921 – A race riot occurs in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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August 10, 1921 – The USS California (BB-44) is commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_California_%28BB-44%29

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June 2, 1921 - A flash flood along the Arkansas River in Colorado kills more than 100 people.

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July 21, 1921 – The USS Maryland (BB-46) is commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maryland_%28BB-46%29

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August 23, 1921 – Undergoing test flights before being delivered to the US Navy, the British-built R-38 crashes and is destroyed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38_%28ZR-2%29

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September 21, 1921 – An explosion at a fertilizer plant in Oppau, Germany kills over 500 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppau_explosion

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October 8, 1921 – A four-part serialization of The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton

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1922

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January 5, 1922 – Explorer Ernest Shakleton dies.

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January 14, 1922 - The Irish Free State is established.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State

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February 18, 1922 – A seven-part serialization of The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Langley_(CV-1)

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March 20, 1922 - The USS Langley (CV-1) is commissioned as the first American aircraft carrier. The Langley was originally the USS Jupiter (AC-3) which was a collier. The ship was named after American aviator Samuel P. Langley.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pierpont_Langley

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May 10, 1922 – The Rickenbacker Car Company produces its 1,000^th vehicle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickenbacker_(car)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker

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May 20, 1922 – Actor Rudolph Valentino is arrested for bigamy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentino

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May 29, 1922 – The US Supreme Court rules that organized baseball is a game and not a business.

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May 30, 1922 – Supreme Court Chief Justice (and former President) William Taft dedicates the Lincoln Memorial.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial

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June 1, 1922 – A six-part serialization of The Girl from Hollywood by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Munsey’s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsey%27s_Magazine

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June 5, 1922 – George Carmack, who made the first find that set off the Klondike Gold Rush, dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carmack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush

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June 14, 1922 – President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to be heard on radio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamen

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November 4, 1922 – The tomb of Tutankhamen is discovered by Howard Carter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter_%28archaeologist%29

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December 9, 1922 – A seven-part serialization of Tarzan and the Golden Lion begins in Argosy All-Story. It is the ninth book in the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_and_the_Golden_Lion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR

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December 30, 1922 – The USSR is formally established.

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1923

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January 10, 1923 – US troops leave Germany.

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March 2, 1923 -The first issue of Time Magazine debuts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Magazine

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May 5, 1923 – A five-part serialization of The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story.

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May 27, 1923 – The first LeMans 24-Hour Race ends.

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August 2, 1923 – President Warren G. Harding dies in office. Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30^th President of the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge

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August 20, 1923 – The airship USS Shenandoah is launched.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shenandoah_%28ZR-1%29

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September 1, 1923 – The Great Kanto earthquake in Japan kills over 100,000 people

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake

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September 8, 1923 – The US Navy loses seven destroyers in the Honda Point Disaster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Point_Disaster

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October 23, 1923 – The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett makes his first appearance in the October issue of Black Mask.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_op

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mask_%28magazine%29

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December 1, 1923 – The USS West Virginia (BB-48) is commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_%28BB-48%29

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December 23, 1923 – Aviator Lawrence Sperry crashes in the English Channel after taking off from England for France. Sperry is noted for his invention of both the autopilot and the artificial horizon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Sperry

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1924

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January 19, 1924 – The Hounds of Zaroff (The Most Dangerous Game) is published in Collier’s Weekly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier%27s_Weekly

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January 21, 1924 – Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin

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February 2, 1924 – A seven-part serialization of Tarzan and the Ant Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story. This is the tenth book in the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_and_the_Ant_Men

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argosy_All-Story_Weekly

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February 8, 1924 – Nevada carries out the first execution using the gas chamber. Gee John, a member of the Hop Sing Tong, was executed for murder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_chamber

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_Jon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hop_Sing_Tong

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March 18, 1924 – Movies: The Thief of Bagdad, starring Douglas Fairbanks , opens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thief_of_Bagdad_(1924_film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks

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May 10, 1924 - J. Edgar Hoover appointed FBI director.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation

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May 21, 1924 - Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb achieve nation-wide notoriety for the murder of fourteen-year old Bobbie Franks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb

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May 26, 1924 – President Calvin Coolidge signs the Johnson-Reed Act into law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924

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May 27, 1924 – The Music Corporation of America is founded.

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July 1, 1924 –Nonstop transcontinental air mail service between New York and San Francisco begins. Prior to this date, planes would lie over during the night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airmails_of_the_United_States

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June 2, 1924 – Congress passes the Indian Citizenship Act.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Citizenship_Act_of_1924

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August 5, 1924 – The Little Orphan Annie newspaper comic strip begins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Annie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray

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September 13, 1924 – A six-part serialization of The Bandit of Hell’s Bend by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Los_Angeles_(ZR-3)

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November 25, 1924 – The German-built USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) is commission by the US Navy.

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1925

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February 21, 1925 - A four part serialization of The Moon Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Men

http://www.erblist.com/erblist/maidsum.html

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March 4, 1925 - President Calvin Coolidge is inaugurated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge

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March 9, 1925 – Oceanographer William Beebe explores the Sargasso Sea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beebe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargasso_Sea

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March 18, 1925 – The Tri-State Tornado brings devastation and death to parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_Tornado

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May 5, 1925 - John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scopes

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May 7, 1925 – Lester Dent takes a job in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with the Empire Oil and Gas Company.

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June 22, 1925 – Movies: A silent film version of A. Conan Doyle’s story The Lost World is released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World_(1925_film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World_(Arthur_Conan_Doyle)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle

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August 9, 1925 - Lester Dent marries Norma Gerling in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Dent

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September 3, 1925 – USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) crashes and is destroyed during a storm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shenandoah_(ZR-1)

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September 5, 1925 – A three-part serialization of The Red Hawk by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Hawk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argosy_All-Story_Weekly

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October 14, 1925 – Professional bodybuilder Eugene Sandow dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Sandow

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1926

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January 1, 1926 – James J. Walker becomes Mayor of New York City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Walker

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March 7, 1926 - The first successful trans-Atlantic radio telephone conversation took place, linking London and New York.

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March 10, 1926 – The Book-of-the-Month Club publishes its first book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book-of-the-Month_Club

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March 16, 1926 – American scientist Dr. Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard

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May 9, 1926 - Explorer Richard Byrd flies over the North Pole in a Fokker tri-motor airplane piloted by Floyd Bennett.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evelyn_Byrd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Bennett

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May 12, 1926 – The Italian airship Norge flies over the North Pole.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norge_(airship)

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May 18, 1926 – The disappearance of evangelist Aimee McPherson creates a national sensation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_McPherson

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August 2, 1926 - The Ford Tri-Motor starts passenger service.

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October 31, 1926 – Magician and performer Harry Houdini dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini

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1927

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January 1, 1927 –The Lost Race by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales. The story is related to the Bran Mak Morn series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bran_Mak_Morn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendine_Sands

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March 3, 1927 – Driver John Perry-Thomas is killed at Pendine Sands attempting to set a new land speed record driving his car “Babs.”

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March 6, 1927 – Movies: Metropolis is released in the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Lang

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thea_von_Harbou

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March 11, 1927 – Paul Jaworkski and his “Flatheads” gang commit the first armored car robbery in the United States in Bethel Park, a few miles outside of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

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March 29, 1927 – A new land speed record of 200 mph is set at Daytona Beach by Henry Seagrave driving the Sunbeam 1000 HP Mystery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Seagrave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_1000_hp

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April 16, 1927 – A five-part serialization of The War Chief by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story.

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April 19, 1927 – Actress Mae West is jailed on an obscenity charge resulting from play Sex.

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April 30, 1927 – Government officials dynamite the levee below New Orleans to protect the city during the 1927 flood.

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April 30, 1927 – The Federal Industrial Institution for Women opens.

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May 16, 1927 – Movies: The Bat, based on a popular novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart, is released.

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May 18, 1927 - Grauman's Chinese Theater opens.

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May 21, 1927 –The Spirit of St. Louis lands in Paris, France winning the Orteig Prize. Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly the Atlantic Ocean solo. Lindbergh had left Long Island, New York the previous day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_St._Louis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orteig_Prize

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May 30, 1927 – Floodwaters on the Kentucky River peak.

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July 1, 1927 - The Master Mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published in the Amazing Annual. This is book six in the Barsoom series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_Mind_of_Mars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A_(1927-1931)

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October 10, 1927 – Ford Motor Company begins production of the Model A.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ford_Motor_Company

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November 13, 1927- The Holland Tunnel opens connecting New York and New Jersey via an underwater tunnel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Tunnel

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November 16, 1927 – The USS Saratoga (CV-3) is commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)

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December 1, 1927 – A six-part serialization of Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Blue Book. This is the eleventh novel in the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan,_Lord_of_the_Jungle_(novel)

http://www.erblist.com/erblist/tzlordjsum.html

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December 14, 1927 – The USS Lexington (CV-2) is commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-2)

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December 17, 1927 – The submarine USS S-4 (SS-109) sinks with all hands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_S-4

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1928

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February 1928 – Weird Tales publishes The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraft_Mythos

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March 19, 1928 – Radio: Amos ‘n’ Andy airs its first show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_%E2%80%98n%E2%80%99_Andy

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April 8, 1928 – The Los Angeles Times prints an article on "The Lost Ship of the Desert."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Ship_of_the_Desert

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May 6, 1928 – Chrysler adds the DeSoto to its auto line.

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May 19, 1928 – A six-part serialization of The Apache Devil by Edgar Rice Burroughs beings in Argosy All-Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Duray

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June 14, 1928 – Leon Duray breaks the speed record clocking in at 148 mph while driving a Miller 91 Packard Cable Special.

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August 1, 1928 – Buck Rogers appears in Armageddon 2419 A.D. in Amazing Stories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon_2419_A.D.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Francis_Nowlan

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August 1, 1928 – The Skylark of Space by Edward E. Smith is published in Amazing Stories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skylark_of_Space

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elmer_Smith

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Stories

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August 1, 1928 – The Solomon Kane story Red Shadows by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin

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September 8, 1928 – Alexander Fleming accidentally discovers the antibiotic penicillin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_penicillin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming

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September 18, 1928 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin (LZ 127) makes its first flight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_127_Graf_Zeppelin

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September 19, 1928 - Construction begins on the Chrysler Building in New York City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_P._Chrysler

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October 1, 1928 – A five-part serialization of Tarzan and the Lost Empire by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Blue Book. It is the twelfth book in the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_and_the_Lost_Empire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt

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November 1, 1928 – A four-part serialization of Conquest of the Moon by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Modern Mechanics & Invention.

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1929

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January 1, 1929 – Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes Governor of New York.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt%27s_terms_as_Governor_of_New_York

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January 1, 1929 – The Solomon Kane story Skulls in the Stars by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers

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January 27, 1929 – The Buck Rogers newspaper comic strip begins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Calkins

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February 1, 1929 – A three-part serialization of Lost Inside the Earth by Edgar Rice Burroughs beings in (AEC) Modern Mechanics & Invention.

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February 11, 1929 - The Vatican City comes into existence as a sovereign state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City

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February 14, 1929 – Seven people are executed by rival gang members in Chicago. The event becomes known as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Valentine%E2%80%99s_Day_Massacre

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February 14, 1929 – Famed body builder Charles Atlas forms his own company, Charles Atlas, LTD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Atlas

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March 1, 1929 – A six-part serialization of Tanar of Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Blue Book. It is the third book in the Pellucidar series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanar_of_Pellucidar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover

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March 4, 1929 – Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st President of the United States.

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March 5, 1929 – David Buick, founder of the Buick Motor Company, dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Buick

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick

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April 1, 1929 – A four-part serialization of Carter of the Red Planet (PM) by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Modern Mechanics & Invention.

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April 18, 1929 - The first Our Gang film with sound is released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Gang

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April 19, 1929 – US Navy airship ZMC-2, a metal-clad airship, makes its first flight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZMC-2

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April 25, 1929 – USS Pensacola (CA-24) commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pensacola_(CA-24)

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May 16, 1929 – Movies: The first awards ceremony by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is given at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Hotel_(Hollywood)

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May 28, 1929 – Movies: On with the Show opens. The film is notable for being the first color film with synchronized sound.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_with_the_Show

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May 31, 1929 – The USSR and Ford Motor Company sign an agreement for Ford to produce cars in Russia.

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June 1, 1929 – The Solomon Kane story Rattle of Bones by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu

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June 23, 1929 – Movies: The vampire thriller Nosferatu is released in the United States. The movie was originally released in Germany on March 4, 1922.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._Murnau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schreck

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August 1, 1929 – The Kull story The Shadow Kingdom by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kull_of_Atlantis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_127_Graf_Zeppelin

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August 8, 1929 – The airship Graf Zeppelin begins an around-the-world flight from the Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Engineering_Station_Lakehurst

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August 10, 1929 – Movies: The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu is released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Dr._Fu_Manchu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Oland

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August 29, 1929 – The airship Graf Zeppelin completes its first around-the-world flight.

Polar explorer Hubert Wilkins was a notable passenger on this trip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_127_Graf_Zeppelin#Round-the-world_flight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hubert_Wilkins

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September 1, 1929 – The first installment of The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett appears in Black Mask.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(novel)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Spade

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mask_(magazine)

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September 1, 1929 – A seven-part serialization of Tarzan at the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Blue Book. This novel combines the Tarzan series with that of Pellucidar. It is the thirteenth Tarzan story and the fourth Pellucidar story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_at_the_Earth%27s_Core

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mirrors_of_Tuzun_Thune

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September 1, 1929 – The Kull story The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kull_of_Atlantis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Tombaugh

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1930

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February 18, 1930 - Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto, the ninth planet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

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March 12, 1930 – Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March to Dandi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March_to_Dandi

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March 17, 1930 - John Willys (Willys-Overland Corporation) is appointed US ambassador to Poland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Willys

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March 31, 1930 - The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America adopt the Hays Code.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code

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March 1930 – Gladiator by Philip Wylie is published by Alfred A. Knopf.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(novel)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Wylie

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April 1, 1930 – A six-part serialization of A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Blue Book. It is the seventh book in the Barsoom series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fighting_Man_of_Mars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Wright

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April 6, 1930 – Radio: The Will Rogers Program debuts.

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April 8, 1930 – Orville Wright receives the Daniel Guggenheim Medal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Guggenheim_Medal

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April 21, 1930 – A fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322 inmates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Penitentiary

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May 2, 1930 - Movies: The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, starring Warner Oland, is released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_Dr._Fu_Manchu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Oland

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May 8, 1930 – Collier’s publishes the first installment of Fu Manchu’s Bride by Sax Rohmer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier%27s_Weekly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Manchu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Northampton_(CA-26)

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May 17, 1930 – USS Northampton (CA-26) commissioned.

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May 17, 1930 – Radio: Information Please debuts.

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May 24, 1930 - Amy Johnson makes the first solo flight by a woman from England to Australia. She left Croydon, near London, England, on May 5, 1930 in a single engine Gipsy Moth. On May 24, 1930 she landed in Darwin, Australia after flying 11,000 miles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Johnson

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May 28, 1930 - Construction on the Chrysler Building is complete.

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June 1, 1930The Moon of Skulls by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

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June 4, 1930 - Lt. Apollo Soucek flies to an altitude of 43,166 feet in the open cockpit of an F3W Apache.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F3W_Apache

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June 17, 1930 – USS Houston (CA-30) commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Houston_(CA-30)

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June 24, 1930 – USS Chester (CA-27) commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chester_(CA-27)

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July 7, 1930 - Construction begins on Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder_Dam

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July 23, 1930 – Aviator Glenn H. Curtiss dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_H._Curtiss

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July 31, 1930 – Radio: The Shadow program debuts.

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August 1, 1930 – The Solomon Kane story The Hills of the Dead by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

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August 6, 1930 – New York Judge Joseph Crater disappears under mysterious circumstances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Force_Crater

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August 27, 1930 – The Peruvian government is taken over by a military junta.

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August 1930 – Skylark Three by Edward E. Smith begins in Amazing Stories.

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September 2, 1930 – Frenchmen Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte become the first aviators to fly west from Europe to America.

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September 6, 1930 – A military coup in Argentina establishes a new president.

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September 28, 1930 - Daniel Guggenheim dies.

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October 1, 1930 - A seven-part serialization of Tarzan, Guard of the Jungle by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Blue Book.

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October 5, 1930 – The English airship R101 crashes in France killing 48 people.

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November 1, 1930 – The Bran Mak Morn story Kings of the Night by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

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November 2, 1930 – Tafari Makonnen is crowned as Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia.

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November 3, 1930 – Getúlio Vargas becomes president of Brazil after a military coup.

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November 13, 1930 – A remake of The Bat is released with the title The Bat Whispers. Batman creator Bob Kane credits this movie as being part of his inspiration for the Batman comic character.

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December 19, 1930 – Mount Merapi in Indonesia erupts killing over 1,300 people.

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December 1930 - Lester Dent receives a telegram from Dell Publishing urging him to come to New York.

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1931

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January 1, 1931 - Lester and Norma Dents arrive in New York City.

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January 15, 1931 – USS Louisville (CA-28) commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Louisville_(CA-28)

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January 15, 1931 – Italo Balbo arrives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with 12 Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boats after leaving Italy on December 17, 1930. It was the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a formation of planes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Balbo

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February 3, 1931 – The Hawke’s Bay Earthquake in New Zealand kills 256 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931_Hawke%27s_Bay_earthquake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand

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February 14, 1931 – Movies: Dracula is released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_%281931_film%29

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May 1, 1931 – A five-part serialization of Land of Hidden Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Blue Book.

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March 3, 1931 - The Star Spangled Banner becomes the US national anthem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Spangled_Banner

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March 6, 1931 – Radio: The March of Time debuts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_March_of_Time

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March 9, 1931 – USS Chicago (CA-29) commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chicago_(CA-29)

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March 17, 1931 – Radio: Kate Smith Sings begins twice a week on NBC radio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Smith

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March 19, 1931 – Gambling becomes legal in Nevada.

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March 31, 1931 – An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua and kills 2,000 people.

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March 31, 1931 – Legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne is killed in a plane crash (TWA Flight 599).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knute_Rockne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_599

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April 6, 1931 - Radio: Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie debuts on radio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Annie#Radio

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April 6, 1931 – Time Magazine reviews Jungle Ways by William B. Seabrook. The story features an account of Seabrook eating human flesh.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741397,00.html

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May 1. 1931 – The first part of a five-part serialization of The Land of Hidden Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Blue Book.

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May 1, 1931 – President Herbert Hoover dedicates the Empire State Building.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building

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June 1, 1931, Time Magazine reviews Green Hell by Julian Duguid describing the author’s trip into the Chaco region in South America.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,752904,00.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Chaco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Siemel

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June 23, 1931 – Aviator Wiley Post sets out on an around the world flight in a single engine airplane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post

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August 5 1931 – The Wilkins-Ellsworth Submarine Expedition sets out from Bergen, Norway to the North Pole.

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August 8, 1931 – The airship USS Akron is launched.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Akron_%28ZRS-4%29

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August 31, 1931 – Severe flooding on the Yangtze River in China displaces millions of people.

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September 1, 1931 - The Footfalls Within by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughter_of_the_Dragon

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September 1, 1931 – The Solomon Kane story The Footfalls Within by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

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September 5, 1931 – Movies: Daughter of the Dragon is released starring Warner Oland. It is the movie adaptation of The Daughter of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Oland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invergordon_Mutiny

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September 15, 1931 – The Royal Navy mutinies over pay cuts at Invergordon, Scotland in the United Kingdom.

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September 19, 1931 - Japan invades Manchuria, China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria

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October 1931 – The first installment of a six-part serialization of The Triumph of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Blue Book. This becomes the fifteenth book of the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_Triumphant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy

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October 4, 1931 – The Dick Tracy newspaper strip begins.

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October 4-5, 1931 – Aviators Pangborn and Herndon make the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the United States flying a Bellanca CH-400.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Pangborn#Trans-Pacific_flight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellanca_CH-400

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October 18, 1931 - Thomas Alva Edison dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison

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October 24, 1931 – The George Washington Bridge in New York City is dedicated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge

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November 8, 1931 – The Panama Canal closes for repairs caused by earthquakes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

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November 9, 1931 - Physic Edgar Cayce arrested in New York City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce

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November 21, 1931 – Movies – Frankenstein in released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_%281931_film%29

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December 22, 1931 – Prohibition agents raid The Stork Club in New York City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Prohibition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stork_Club

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December 31, 1931 – Movies: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde debuts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde_%281931_film%29

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1932

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January 26, 1932 – The British submarine HMS M2 sinks with a loss of all hands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_M2

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February 21, 1932 – Movies: The Murders in the Rue Morgue opens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_in_the_Rue_Morgue_%281932_film%29

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February 27, 1932 – Members of the Lapua Movement attempt to overthrow the Finnish government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapua_Movement

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March 1, 1932 - The Lindberg baby is kidnapped.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping

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March 3, 1932 - Italian auto engineer and racer Alfieri Maserati dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfieri_Maserati

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March 9 1932 – Henry Pu Yi, last Emperor of China, becomes regent of Japanese controlled Manchukuo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pu_Yi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchukuo

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March 12, 1932 – A six-part serialization of Tarzan and the City of Gold by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy. It is the sixteenth book of the Tarzan series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_and_the_City_of_Gold

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_Deep_South_tornado_outbreak

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March 21, 1932 – Multiple occurrences of tornadoes across Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky cause death and destruction. More than 350 people were killed by the storms in the 1932 storms.

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March 25 1932 – Movies: Tarzan the Ape Man opens featuring Olympic swimming champion Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_the_Ape_Man_%281932_film%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Weismuller

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March 26, 1932 – Henry Leland, originator of the Cadillac auto, dies. Leland also founded the Lincoln automobile company which was purchased by Ford Motor Company in 1922.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Martyn_Leland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_(automobile)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ford_Motor_Company

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March 31, 1932 - The Ford Motor Company makes public its V-8 engine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ford_Motor_Company

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April 18, 1932 - Famed author William Faulkner goes to work writing scripts for MGM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM

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April 29, 1932 – Radio: One Man’s Family opens with its first episode.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Man%27s_Family

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May 2, 1932 – Radio: Comedian Jack Benny debuts in his own radio show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny

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May 4, 1932 - Al Capone is processed into the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Federal_Penitentiary

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May 7, 1932 – A twelve-part serialization begins in Collier’s magazine of The Mask of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Manchu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier%27s_Weekly#Serials

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May 12, 1932 - The body of the Lindbergh infant is located.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_baby

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May 19, 1932 - Movies: Scarface: The Shame of a Nation premiers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_%281932_film%29

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May 21, 1932 - Amelia Earhardt flies the Atlantic Ocean solo in her flight from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhardt

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May 29, 1932 – Army veterans beginning assembling in Washington, DC in what will become known as the Bonus Army.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army

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June 4, 1932 – A military coup in Chile restores constitutional rule.

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June 6, 1932 – The US begins a federal tax on gasoline under the provisions of the Revenue Act of 1932.

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July 9, 1932 – King Gillette, inventor of the safety razor, dies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Camp_Gillette

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July 28, 1932 - Army troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur drive the Bonus Army out of Washington, D.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army

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July 30, 1932 – Los Angeles hosts the 1932 Summer Olympics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_Summer_Olympics

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July 1, 1932 – The Solomon Kane storyWings in the Night by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_and_the_Leopard_Men

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August 1, 1932 – The first of a six-part story by Edgar Rice Burroughs titled Tarzan and the Leopard Men begins in Blue Book. This is the eighteenth book in the Tarzan series.

http://www.erblist.com/erblist/tzleopsum.html

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August 4, 1932 – Movies: White Zombie, staring Bela Lugosi, is released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Zombie_%28film%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Lugosi

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August 22, 1932 - The Third International Eugenics Conference is held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_International_Congress_of_Eugenics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History

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September 1, 1932 – NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker resigns. Fearing indictment he quickly leaves for Europe. Joseph V. McKee becomes the next Mayor of New York City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Walker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_V._McKee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_New_York_City

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September 16, 1932 – Movies: The Most Dangerous Game premiers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_%28film%29

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September 17, 1932 – The first installment of six-parts of The Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs begins in Argosy All-Story Weekly.

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September 1932 – The first installment of When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer begins in Blue Book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Worlds_Collide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Wylie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Balmer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Book_%28magazine%29

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November 1932 – The Savage Gentleman by Philip Wylie is published by Farrar &Rinehart.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Wylie

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November 1, 1932 – Worms of the Earth by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_of_the_Earth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mask_of_Fu_Manchu

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November 5, 1932 – Movies: The Mask of Fu Manchu is released. Boris Karloff plays the role of Dr. Fu Manchu.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Karloff

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November 7, 1932 – Radio: The Buck Rogers series debuts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers#Radio_show

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November 15, 1932 - USS Indianapolis (CA-35) commissioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)

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December 1, 1932 – The Phoenix on the Sword by Robert E. Howard is published in Weird Tales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_on_the_Sword