• 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.

The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation.

In the summer of 2021 the Rotary Club of San Marcos, Texas, added 14 new Paul Harris Fellows to its roster, bring the total up to 46. Twenty of  Paul Harris Fellows are Multiple Paul Harris Fellows, meaning they have given $2,000 or more to the Foundation, or have had contributions made in their name.

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