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Thursday, November 23, 2023

Friday, November 23, 1923. Law and Radio.


President Coolidge was visited by members of Delta Theta Phi, a law fraternity.


On the same day, the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union was established.

Germany banned the Communist and Nazi parties.  A third party, the Nationalist Party, was also banned.

Gustav Stresemann lost a vote of confidence in the Reichstag and resigned as the  Chancellor of Germany.

Australian radio station 2SB went on the air, giving Australia regular radio programming for the first time.  It is still on the air as Radio Sydny.



Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Wednesday, June 7, 1922. State Farm Insurance Company founded.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the largest American automobile insurer, was founded on this day in 1922 as a mutual insurance company designed to assist farmers.  The founder, George J. Mecherle, was a tractor salesman and retired farmer.

The Greek Cruiser Georgios Averof shelled the Turkish city of Samsun.  The Ottoman government deported Greek residents of western towns under their control as a reprisal.

The British Mount Everest Expedition was called off due to the deaths of seventeen Sherpas in an avalanche.

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Thursday, May 18, 1922. Harding at meetings on the work.

Warren G. Harding's speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was broadcast on a local Washington, D. C. radio station, making Harding the first President whose voice was heard over the airways.


On the same day, fifty steel executives agreed to reduce the twelve-hour workday in the industry at a dinner in which Harding made the request.