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1923
January 9 - President Harding withdraws the last U.S. troops stationed in Germany after World War I.
February 3 - Lassen Peak, a volcano in California, erupts.
March 3 - Four men are arrested for smoking in a Salt Lake City, Utah cafe.
March 5 - Montana and Nevada enact old-age pensions.
March 24 - The Twin Cities are the first cities in the world to have the noiseless roller-bearing street cars.
March 30 - The Laconia, the first passenger ship to sail around the world, returns to New York after 130 days at sea.
April 7 - The first operation for a brain tumor under local anesthetic is performed at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City by Dr. K. Winfield Ney.
April 15 - The first public sound-on-film performance is shown at the Rialto Theater in New York City.
April 28 - The lower House of the Legislature defeats a bill legalizing Sunday football and baseball.
April 28 - The Ford Motor Company starts a partial payment plan for the small car buyer.
May 5 - Bernice Goldstein, a Phi Beta Kappa at Syracuse University, is not allowed to graduate because she cannot learn to swim.
May 28 - Unemployment in the U.S. has almost ceased to exist.
May 28 - The U.S. Attorney General decides it is legal for women to wear trousers where and when they please.
May 28 - Giant Blasting Powder is patented by the Giant Blasting Company of San Francisco, California and is used for bomb lances in whale hunting.
June 16 - The first legislation to establish the American language as the official U.S. language is enacted.
June 27 - The first successful mid-air fueling between airplanes is completed over Coronado, California.
August 2 - President Warren Harding of the U.S. dies and is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge.
August 3 - Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as 30th U.S. President.
August 13 - United States Steel Corporation institutes the 8-hour work day.
September 16 - The first Catholic Seminary for the education of African American priests is founded in Mississippi.
September 24 - Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport.
October 12 - The first parachute jumping contest is held at Mitchell Field, New York.
November 6 - Jacob Schick is granted a patent for the electric shaver.
November 12 - In Akron, Ohio Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company announces it has purchased all patents and rights to manufacture Zeppelin dirigibles.
November 20 - An article in Pictorial Review reports that 8,549,511 women are earning money in the U.S.
November 26 - All mail planes are ordered to be equipped with special radios, sending and receiving sets by order of the Postmaster.
December 3 - The first Congressional open session is broadcast via radio on WRC in Washington, D.C.
December 6 - President Coolidge broadcasts the first Presidential message over radio.