The Rotary Club of San Marcos is 100 years old on December 1, 2021. Here are some events that happened back in 1921:
- President Warren G. Harding becomes President, replacing Woodrow Wilson.
- Calvin Cooledge becomes Vice President.
- The U.S. declares an end to a State of War with Germany, Austria, and Hungary (WWI)
- The Tomb of the Unknown (soldiers) is dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery.
- Babe Ruth hit his 138th home run, setting a new home run record.
- The first World Series broadcast in made on KDKA, Pittsburgh.
- The first religious broadcast is made over KDKA, Pittsburgh.
- President Franklin Roosevelt is struck by paralytic polio.
- Coco Chanel introduces Chanel No. 5.
- The first Lowes store opens, in North Carolina.
- The U.S. is in its 2nd year of national alcohol prohibition.
- Iowa becomes the first state to impose a cigarette tax.
- Adolf Hitler becomes chair of the Nazi Party.
- William Howard Taft is sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the only person to be President and Chief Justice.
- The Tulsa Race Massacre occurs in Tulsa, OK.
- The Irish Republic is created, and the Irish War of Independence begins, pitting Catholic versus Protestant Ireland.
- Torrential rain in Texas left 5 to 9 feet of rain standing in San Antonio. Hundreds of people died. Rain totals varied from 24 to 36 inches in 35 hours.
- THE ROTARY CLUB OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, WAS CHARTERED BY ROTARY INTERNATIONAL.
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