Feb 23 The Federal Radio Commission, now known as the Federal Communications Commission, is established in Washington, DC.

Feb 10 President Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference

Feb 11 US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran

Feb 13 Uprising against Portuguese regime of General Carmona defeated

Feb 14 Conn Smythe takes over the Toronto St. Patricks team and renames them the Maple Leafs

Feb 16 US restores diplomatic relations with Turkey

Feb 05 Buster Keaton's movie "The General" released &bombed

Feb 20 The birth of Sidney Poitier, American actor and director

Feb 16 Noël Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London

Feb 03 Uprising against regime of General Carmona in Portugal

Apr 05 Johnny Weissmuller set records in the 100 & 200 meter freestyle

Apr 07 Using phone lines TV is sent from Wash DC to NYC

Apr 03 Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone

Apr 01 Automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice

Apr 01 The American Department of Labor puts immigration quota on Canadians looking for work in the USA.

Apr 22 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1209 Pumma

Apr 08 Automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice

Apr 29 Construction of the Spirit of St Louis is completed

Nov 22 Carl Eliason of Sayner, Wisconsin, was granted the first patent ever given for a snowmobile design on this day.

Nov 12 Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green

Nov 09 Giant Panda discovered, China

Nov 03 Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt)

Nov 12 Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party, catapulting Josef Stalin to the top.

Nov 18 CBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born

Nov 13 NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, first twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens

Sep 17 Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco

Sep 24 NHL's Toronto St Patricks become the Maple Leafs

Sep 16 Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Assn title

Sep 07 Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF

Sep 22 Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney)

Sep 10 France wins its 1st Davis Cup

Sep 16 The birth of Peter Falk, US television and film actor (TV's 'Columbo')

Sep 18 Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air (16 radio stations)

Sep 04 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour

Sep 29 Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri

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