 |
German economy
collapses. |
|
Socialists riot in
Vienna. |
|
General strike
follows acquittal of
Nazis
for political murder. |
|
Trotsky expelled
from
Russian Communist Party. |
|
Charles A.
Lindbergh flies first successful solo nonstop
flight from New York to Paris.
|
|
Ruth Snyder and Judd
Gray convicted of murder of Albert Snyder; they are executed at Sing Sing
prison in 1928. |
|
Philo T. Farnsworth
demonstrates working television model. |
|
Georges Lemaître
proposes Big Bang Theory. |
|
Babe Ruth
hits 60 home runs in the season; record stands for
next 34 years. |
|
The Jazz
Singer, with
Al Jolson,
first part-talking
motion picture. |
